Did you know that ½ an hour of moderate exercise (e.g. walking, playing football, jogging, dancing etc) 5 times a week will reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity? Exercise also improves your mood and reduces mild depression.
LEAP works with 9-25 year olds across the area to increase physical activity in this age group. A wide range of free and low-cost activities are on offer, including dance, skate-boarding, aerobics, bmx-ing, hiking, cycling, conservation and basket ball to name a few.
Log on to www.activeinhastings.org.uk or call the PCT on 457100 for more info– With over 150 local activities on offer – there’s bound to be something to suit you.
Sport 4 U works in partnership with local organisations (including NSPCC, Youth Development Service, Greater Hollington Partnership) to take sports to the streets and community venues of Hollington, Central St Leonards, Ore and Central Hastings. The sessions are lead by sports leaders and coaches and offer activities such as basketball, in-line skating, bmx-ing and street dance completely free!
For more information call the Sport Hotline on 781222.
Health walks – This was designed with people on low-incomes in mind – it doesn’t cost anything to go for a walk! The PCT currently provides a led walk every Wednesday (the frequency will increase in the summer months). Walkers meet outside the café in lower Alexandra Park at mid-day. A great way to get fit and meet people!
BTCV Green Gym - If you wan t to save the natural environment start here. Green gym is about practical conservation tasks, hanging around in the woods and making new friends. We provide training, hot drinks, tools and biscuits.
Contact Tim Hills on 446395 or 07740 899599 or e-mail east-sussex@btcv.org.uk
Pulse clients can apply for a ‘Passport for Leisure’ which gives discounts on swimming, gym membership and other leisure activities. You’ll need to work with your Pulse service provider to fill in a Pulse referral form in order to apply for this. Once you’ve filled it in take the form to the Information Centre where they’ll take your picture and issue your Passport to Leisure card. You have to pay £11.35 but then you get fab discounts on all kinds of leisure activities.
For more info, speak to your service provider, the Pulse Community Development Worker or Hastings Community & Leisure Directorate on 781446
So what are you waiting for??! Get active, feel happier, healthier, meet new friends and live longer!
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