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new community gym to open in chilton tom walker
A new community gym in Chilton, County Durham, has opened to the public. Chilton Community College Fitness Suite
forms part of the Legacy Gym programme – a joint venture between Durham County Council (DCC) and the Changing the Physical Activity Landscape project. Julie Tyrie, community action officer
at DCC, says: “We are extremely pleased to see the launch of another key addition to the growing number of volunteer-run gyms in the county.”
pete hayman
A new health and wellbeing board is to be set up a year ahead of schedule in West Sussex aſter the area was selected as an ‘early implementer’ by the Department of Health. West Sussex County Council
has been working alongside local government partners to develop the plans, with the board’s formal establishment due to take place this month. Health and wellbeing
boards form part of the planned revamp of the NHS, which is being led by the Department of Health. Boards are set to be operational UK-wide by April 2012. A ‘shadow’ board will guide the delivery of
West Sussex is one of the areas to be selected as an ‘early implementer’
local health services before its work is reviewed ahead of its formal inception next April. Louise Goldsmith, the leader of the county council, says: “Health and wellbeing is a
Trixter X-Bikes have been installed at the centre
dunston leisure centre opens after £5.1m revamp pete hayman
Gateshead Council has opened the new- look Dunston Leisure Centre, following a £5.1m redevelopment designed by S&P Architects and built by Willmott Dixon. It formed part of a £36m investment by
the council in improving its facilities, which included the revamp of Heworth Leisure Centre completed in late 2010. A new 219sq m (2,357sq ſt) gym and two
studios have been created, which feature Trixter X-Bikes and Technogym stations, along with interactive dance mats.
priority for the county council, and we are at the forefront of local authorities, leading the way on public health. “Establishing the board will allow us to
move further and faster on the joint working between health, social care and public health for the benefit of residents.”
work begins on £16m south shields site tom walker
South Tyneside Council has started work on a new £16m swimming pool and leisure complex on the seafront in South Shields. Designed by LA Architects, the complex
will be located on the town’s former Majestic and Quasar Laser site and will be delivered by construction firm GRAHAM. Facilities will include an 80-station gym,
fitness testing/consultation rooms, a 25m eight- lane competition pool and an 18m x 8m teaching pool – both with adjustable floors – and a leisure pool with flumes, sprays and water play. A sauna and steamroom, two dance studios and an outdoor terrace and amphitheatre also form part of the development.
Te leisure complex will be a boost to South Shields Due to open in spring 2013, the swimming
pool and leisure complex is designed to boost the redevelopment of South Shields’ foreshore.
NEWS early start for sussex board
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