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fi a welcomes fi tness report
The FIA has welcomed a new
report, backed by the Conservative
Party, which seeks to boost the
health and fi tness levels of the
country (see also p20).
Fred Turok, FIA chair, says the
report – We’re All In This Together,
Improving the Long Term Health of the
Nation – is “excellent news for the
health and fi tness sector”.
The report recommends that
a single, branded vehicle should
be established to deliver three
key health messages: healthy
The revamp at the centre will include an upgrade of the fi tness faciliities diet, understanding the ‘calories
in, calories out’ equation, and
£2.8m revamp for donyngs
responsible drinking. It also
recommends amending the
Donyngs Recreation Centre in addition of a new cycling studio, a sauna, current tax system to support all
Redhill, Surrey, is in line for a £2.8m treatment rooms and a dedicated kids’ forms of physical activity through
refurbishment led by the facility’s new fi tness area. The study will also investigate a reduced VAT rate. Turok says:
operator, Nuffi eld Health. options to remodel the reception area, “This is a major milestone for
A partnership project with Reigate and café, changing rooms and soft play area. everyone who works in, or is
Banstead Borough Council, the revamp Current facilities include a six-court associated with, the sector.”
will include an upgrade of the centre’s sports hall, six squash courts, a health
gym facilities. The redevelopment of suite, a crèche and a dance studio. new gym for haringey
the fi tness suite, which is set to cost The 25m pool is also expected to sports centre
£320,000, will include increasing the benefi t from a facelift, along with White Hart Lane Community
number of stations from 72 to 100. repairs to the lighting, heating and Sports Centre in Haringey,
A feasibility study is underway to look ventilation systems to reduce energy London, has opened its new
at initial plans to relocate the gym to a use. Nuffi eld Health manages all three £200,000 Active Strength gym.
larger section of the centre, as well as the of the council’s leisure centres. The 189sq m (2,034sq ft) gym is
equipped with Technogym’s Pure
Strength resistance equipment,
breathe yoga centre to open
plus a range of cardio kit supplied
by Escape Fitness, Pullham Sport
A new purpose-built club dedicated Nick Clarke, who both have more and Technogym. The gym will also
exclusively to yoga, wellbeing and than 20 years’ experience in the offer weightlifting platforms for
pilates is set to open in Beckenham, fi tness industry. amateur, semi-professional and
Kent, this month. Offering a complete range of yoga professional training. Building work
Called Breathe, the club has been disciplines, Breathe will feature both was carried out by Apollo and
co-created by Claire Dunphy and hot and traditional yoga classes. took nine weeks to complete.
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