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new funding for £6.44m centre new outdoor
A new £6.44m leisure centre, currently
gym for seniors
being built at Forest Fields, Nottingham, Herne and Broomfi eld Parish Council
has received a £1m grant from Sport has installed an Xerscape outdoor gym
England’s Free Swimming Capital facility, designed for senior citizens, at
Modernisation Development Programme. the Cherry Orchard Playing Field in
Nottingham City Council is behind the Herne, near Herne Bay, Kent.
plans for the new complex, which will Seven pieces of gym equipment –
replace existing facilities at Noel Street including sit-up benches, triple pull-up
as part of the city’s £18.5m Leisure bars and a pull-down exerciser – have
Centre Transformation Programme. been installed at the site and can be
The funding, which is made available £1m grant awarded by Sport used by anyone over 12- years of age
to local authorities across England, is England’s free swimming programme and of any fi tness level.
designed to encourage more people to Designed in conjunction with
take up swimming by helping to provide ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and researchers from Staffordshire
modern facilities and to enhance Paralympic Games. University’s Centre for Sport and
facility accessibility. The new centre is designed by Archial Exercise, the equipment provides
The windfall coincides with the launch Architects and is being built by ISG benefi ts for upper and lower body
of the government’s free swimming Regions alongside the Djanogly City strength and cardiovascular fi tness.
initiative for people aged between 16 and Academy. It is expected to be completed The gym, funded by HBPC, is sponsored
60 years, which will run until 31 March by April 2010. The council hopes residents by Awards for All, Co-Op Community
2011. The intention of the initiative is will take the opportunity to improve their Fund, Kent International Airport and
to increase swimming participation health and wellbeing for free. Action with Rural Communities.
new £95,000 nhs-funded outdoor gym unveiled in nottingham park
A new 13-station outdoor gym – set alongside a traversing
wall, a basketball hoop, a football goal and a dance area
– has been unveiled at the Forest Recreation Ground in
Nottingham to encourage locals to increase their physical
activity levels.
Suitable for all ages, the new equipment has been supplied
by The Great Outdoor Company and Park Leisure, and has
been funded by a £95,000 grant from NHS Nottingham City.
NHS Nottingham City, in partnership with the city
council, is also funding a new ‘legacy gym’ at Clifton Central
Park, near to the Clifton Leisure Centre, and has fi ve more
outdoor facilities in the pipeline. Facility has been funded by NHS Nottingham City
£2m gym upgrade for sheffi eld hallam students
The refurb of two gyms at Sheffi eld Olympic bars. There are also 40 stations
Hallam University has led to an increase of Life Fitness kit and a SAQ (speed,
of more than 2,000 visits a month. agility and quickness) and plyometric
The university spent £2m upgrading area equipped by Life Fitness and Escape
the gyms – at the Collegiate Crescent Fitness, which includes cable motion
and the City Campus sports centres – to dual adjustable pulley, speed ladders,
cater for everyday gym-goers, as well as integrated force plate and plyometric
for the sporting elite in its Elite Hallam platforms to develop explosive power
Sports Programme and Talented Athlete and speed in athletes.
Scholarship Scheme. The City Campus gym has been
The Club Hallam Fitness Suite and upgraded to attract more females. The
High Performance Hallam Strength and 75-station facility, equipped by Life
Conditioning area at the Collegiate Fitness, has a personal training area and
Crescent campus now offers free offers Engage treadmills, the Life Fitness
Collegiate campus’ new gym includes weights including barbells, weight-lifting Circuit Series and Hammer Strength
40 stations of Life Fitness equipment bars, x-racks, dumbells, stability balls and Motion Technology Selectorised Series.
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