Newark & Sherwood District Council

Chair based exercise is an ideal way of introducing older people to exercise.

The benefits of this type of exercise include improved balance, co-ordination, muscular strength, flexibility and stronger bones – all of which leads to greater independence in later life.

Not only do the classes provide physical benefits, but the classes are a social event, they provide a setting for people to meet new friends, some classes even provide food at the end of the session.

If you have a medical condition, maybe you are recovering from an injury or you want to lose some weight, whatever the reason, you could benefit from attending the ‘GP Active’ Scheme.

Through the scheme you can enjoy 12 weeks of half priced swimming, gym or take part in one of our exercise classes, whatever it is there is something to suit you.

There are a number of ways you can access to the scheme, you can ask for a referral from your GP or Practice Nurse or you can speak with your nearest leisure centre and ask to be referred straight on to the programme.

Strokeability is a gentle exercise programme specifically designed for people recovering from a stroke.

All classes are delivered by fully trained exercise professionals who have been through specific training in working with people who have had a stroke.

Through a partnership working with Newark, Kings Mill and Nottingham City Hospitals, we are able to provide cardiac rehab classes across all 4of our leisure centres.

Once patients have received hospital treatment and care after their episode, they are released from hospital and encouraged to continue exercising – which is where the classes come in.

These classes offer patients the opportunity to exercise in a safe and friendly environment with highly trained exercise professionals.

MEND - the healthy lifestyle programme for children aged between 7 - 13

MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, DO-IT!) is designed to help young people aged 7-13 and their families learn how to become more active and lead a healthier lifestyle.

The young people will take part in the programme for 4 hours each week, for 10 weeks. During each session they will try different types of physical activity and learn new active games.

Parents and guardians will also attend the sessions, so they can take an active role in supporting their children to make healthy lifestyle changes. Every week covers a different topic, from nutrition and food labelling , to monitoring TV time and experimenting with pedometers.

At the end of the 10 weeks, families will have a greater awareness and understanding of why and how they can make valuable and important lifestyle changes, as well as having made new friendships with other young people who share similar goals.

With the support of their parents, other children and programme staff, they will develop physical activity skills and an awareness of the local activity opportunities available to them.

Walking is a great way to keep active, meet new people and have some fun.

Newark and Sherwood District Council organises health walks in conjunction with local volunteer walk leaders.

These walks are completely free and are led by a fully trained walk leader. Across our district we have a number of health walks taking place each week, for a full list of these you can check on the Walking for Health website.

We can also provide free volunteer walk leader training for people who want to start a walking group in their area. We can provide you with everything you need to get this started up.

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