24TH - 30TH SEPTEMBER 2012

Tai Chi

Aerobics

Zumba

Table Tennis

Seated Exercise ...and much more!

www.lrsport.org.uk/activeageing Welcome to -Shire & Rutland’s Active Ageing Week. There will be a number of activities taking place in order to encourage people to get and stay active in later life.

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST £2.50 24th Fit to Dance Village Hall 10.30 – 11.30am (£2 concessions) Ballroom, Latin & 24th Blaby Social Centre 7.30 – 8.30pm £5 Sequence £2.50 25th Fit to Dance Braunstone Civic Centre 10.30 – 11.30am (£2 for concessions) 25th Seated Exercise Kirby Muxloe Church 2 – 2.30pm £1.50 25th U3A Kurling Enderby Village Institute 2 – 3pm £1 25th Beginners Line Dancing Cosby Village Hall 6.30 – 7.30pm £4 25th Line Dancing Memorial Hall 7.30 – 10pm £3 £2.50 members 26th Forever Fit for the over 50’s Enderby Leisure Centre 10am – 12.30pm £3.35 non-members 26th Over 50’s Keep Fit & Tone Pavilion 10 – 11am £4 26th Seated Exercise Braunstone Civic Centre 10.30 – 11.15am £2 Mature Movers (50+) 26th Glen Parva Memorial Hall 10.30 – 11.30am £4 Movement & Exercise St Andrews Church, 26th Line Dancing 1 – 3pm £3 East 26th Indoor Kurling Kirby Muxloe Village Hall 2 – 3pm £2 26th Bootleggers Line Dancing Countesthorpe Village Hall 7.30 – 9pm £3.50 Tai Chi (Beginners / £5 (1 hr) 26th Cosby Village Hall 7.30 – 9pm Improvers) £6 (1 ½ hrs) 27th Over 50’s Keep Fit & Tone Village Hall 10.15 – 11.15am £4 27th Over 50’s Zumba Sapcote Pavilion 1 – 2pm £3.50 Over 50’s Gentle & Seated 27th Bunning Hall, Cosby 1.30 – 2.30pm £2 Exercise 7 – 8pm 27th Dance for Beginners Community Centre £4 8 – 9pm £2.50 28th Fit to Dance Village Hall 10.30 – 11.30am (£2 for concessions) Whetstone Parish Council 28th Seated Exercises & Games 1.30 – 2.30pm £1.50 Offices 28th Seated Exercise Blaby Social Centre 2 – 3pm £2.50 Intermediate Ballroom 28th Blaby Social Centre 7 – 8pm £5 & Latin DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST Beginners / Intermediate 29th Elmesthorpe Village Hall 10.30am – 12pm £4.50 Ballroom & Latin Dance

For more information on activities in Blaby, contact: Active Together Blaby Tel: 0116 272 7703 • Email: [email protected]

Charnwood

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST 24th Geocaching Watermead Park (Meadow Lane Car Park) 2 - 4pm Free 25th Bowls Brush Bowls Club 11am - 1pm Free 26th Health Walk Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall 2 - 4pm Free £10 27th Canoeing Quorn Hall 10am - 12.30pm (Booking required) £10 28th Archery Quorn Hall 2 - 4.30pm (Booking required)

For more information on activities in Charnwood, contact: Active Together Charnwood Tel: 01509 634673 • Email: [email protected]

Harborough

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST Welland Park Café, Market 24th Healthy Harborough Walks 12 – 1pm Free Harborough 24th Healthy Harborough Walks Lutterworth Sports Centre 1.30 – 2.30pm Free Mature Movers: Staying Alive, Getting Fitter, Feeling Thomas Estley Community 25th 9.40 – 10.30am £1.50 Good (Drop in Class – College, Broughton Astley ‘Stay Active in Retirement’) First session is Mature Moves (Dance 25th Medbourne Village Hall 6.45 – 7.45pm free, then £4 for Fitness Class for 50+) following sessions Mature Movers: Staying Thomas Estley Community 25th Live, Getting Fitter, Feeling 7 – 7.45pm £2.50 College, Broughton Astley Good (Aerobics Light) Naseby Square Community £1 for non Seven 26th Wii Sport Fun Hall, Off Stuart Road, 10 – 11am Locks residents Market Harborough DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST Welland Park Café, Market 26th Healthy Harborough Walks 10.15 – 11.15am Free Harborough Get Fit, Whilst You Sit! Brookside Gardens, £1.50 for non Seven 26th 10.30 – 11.15am (Chair Based Exercise) School Street, Fleckney Locks residents Thomas Estley Community 27th Healthy Harborough Walks 1.30 – 2.30pm Free College, Broughton Astley Mature Movers: Staying Alive, Getting Fitter, Feeling Thomas Estley Community 28th 9.40 – 10.30am £1.50 Good (Drop in Class –‘Stay College, Broughton Astley Active in Retirement’) 10am – 12pm* * please book a 20 28th Health Check Market Harborough Library minute appointment Free on day at reception TBC (likely to be 29th Weekend Wanderer Walk TBC Free 10.30am – 1pm) For more information on activities in Harborough, contact: Active Together Harborough Tel: 01858 821284 • Email: [email protected]

Hinckley & Bosworth

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST 24th Short Mat Bowling Westfield Community Centre 9.30 – 11.30am £2 Mature Movers £2.50 24th Bagworth Community Centre 10-11am (Gentle Aerobics for 50+) (free if first session) Mature Movers (Gentle Westfield Community £2.50 24th 1.30 – 2.30pm Aerobics for 50+) Centre, Hinckley (free if first session) 27th “Boot and Shoe” History Walk George Ward Centre, Barwell 10am – 12pm Free Mature Movers £2.50 27th Green Towers, Hinckley 1.30 – 2.30pm (Gentle Aerobics for 50+) (free if first session) 28th Zumba Plus Westfield Community Centre 11.15am – 12pm £3

For more information on activities in Hinckley & Bosworth, contact: Active Together Hinckley & Bosworth Tel: 01455 255875 • Email: [email protected] Leicester City

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION CONTACT Leicester gets Active 4 Life will help to build Find out more by visiting the website Leicester gets activity into your day that keeps your heart www.leicester.gov.uk/active4life Active 4 Life healthy, reduce your risk of serious illness such as or Telephone 0116 252 7350 diabetes, and strengthens joints ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION CONTACT If you have a medical condition that could benefit Find out more by visiting the website Active Lifestyle from physical activity then this scheme is for you, www.leicester.gov.uk/activelifestyle, Scheme it will offer you all the support and guidance you Telephone 0116 299 5585 need to enable you to get active. or contact your local GP

To find out further information on sports services in Leicester, visit the website www.leicester.gov.uk/sports

Melton

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST Age UK, Gloucester House, 11.30am- 24th Tai Chi Free 3 Norman Way, Melton Mowbray 12.30pm Melton Indoor Bowls Club, 24th Bowls Drop in Session Bowling Green, Leicester Road, 12 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray The Royal British Legion, 11.30am – 25th Zumba Gold Keswick House, Thorpe End, £1 12.20pm Melton Mowbray Seniors Drop in King Edward VII Community 25th 2 – 4pm Free Badminton Sport Centre, Melton Mowbray Melton Indoor Bowls Club, 25th Bowls Drop in Session Bowling Green, Leicester Road, 12 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray 10.30am (lasting 26th Beginners Health Walk Melton Country Park Free 30-60mins) The COVE, Sysonby Street, 26th Table Tennis 2 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray Age UK, Gloucester House, £1 26th Zumba Gold 3.30 – 4.20pm 3 Norman Way, Melton Mowbray (reduced rate) Melton Indoor Bowls Club, 25th Bowls Drop in Session Bowling Green, Leicester Road, 12 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray The COVE, Sysonby Street, 27th Table Tennis 10am – 12pm Free Melton Mowbray Meet at Egerton Park. Venue of 1.30pm (lasting 27th Senior Walks walk to be confirmed. Please call Free approx 90mins) for details Melton Indoor Bowls Club, 27th Bowls Drop in Session Bowling Green, Leicester Road, 12 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray King Edward VII Community 28th New Age Kurling 11am – 12pm Free Sport Centre, Melton Mowbray Age UK, Gloucester House, 28th Tea Dance 3 – 5pm Free 3 Norman Way, Melton Mowbray DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST Melton Indoor Bowls Club, 28th Bowls Drop in Session Bowling Green, Leicester Road, 12 – 4pm Free Melton Mowbray

For more information on activities in Melton, contact: Active Together Melton Tel: 01664 502355 • Email: [email protected]

North West

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST

24th 50+ Activity Morning Hermitage Leisure Centre, 9 - 11.30am £2.60 for Leisure & 27th Whitwick Link Members Choose what you would like to do: £3.50 for non • Swimming (9-10am) members • 50+ Aerobics (10-11am) • Badminton Health Suite • Table Tennis sessions are • Squash available for an • Short Mat Bowls additional cost • Table Cricket of £2.20 • Gym Session Free refreshments available

24th 50+ Activity Morning Hood Park Leisure Centre, 9am - £2.60 for Leisure & 26th Ashby-de-la-Zouch 12.30pm Link Members Choose what you would like to do: £3.50 for non • Swimming (11.30am – 12.30pm) members • 50+ Aerobics (11.30am – 12.30pm) • Badminton Free • Table Tennis refreshments • Squash available • Short Mat Bowls • Table Cricket • Gym Session

For more information on activities in North West Leicestershire, contact: Active Together North West Leicestershire Tel: 01530 454606 • Email: [email protected]

Oadby & Wigston

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST 24th Beginners Tennis Willow Park Tennis Club, Wigston 10 - 11am £1 10am – 3pm 24th Adult British Quiz Walk Brocks Hill County Park £1 (Drop in session) DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST United Reformed Church, 25th Zumba Gold 2.45 - 3.30pm £3 Oadby Outdoor Fitness 26th Uplands Park, Oadby 10 - 11am Free Equipment Circuit 26th New Age Kurling Freer Centre, Wigston 2.30 - 3.30pm £2 27th Get Fit Circuit Freer Centre, Wigston 2 -3pm £2 27th Seated Exercise Wigston Library 2.30 – 3.30pm £2 Parklands Leisure Centre, 28th New Age Kurling 10 - 11am £2 Oadby Bassett Centre, 28th Pilates 10 -11am £3 South Wigston 28th Health Event Oadby Library 10am – 1pm Free Bassett Centre, 11.30am - 28th Zumba Gold £3.50 South Wigston 12.30pm 28th New Age Kurling Bassett Centre, South Wigston 2 - 3pm £2

For more information on activities in Oadby & Wigston, contact: Active Together Oadby & Wigston Tel: 0116 2572672 • Email: [email protected] Rutland

DATE ACTIVITY LOCATION TIME COST 24th Pilates Oakham Cricket Club 10 – 11.15am £10 Oakham Healthy St Anns & St Johns, South 24th 10.30am Free Walking Group Street, Oakham 24th Beginners Pilates Oakham Cricket Club 11.15am – 12.30pm £10 24th Circle Dance Empingham Audit Hall 2.30 – 3.30pm £3 24th Pilates Oakham Methodist Church 6 – 7.15pm £10 7.15 – 9.15pm 24th Ballroom and Latin Cottesmore Village Hall (please book in advance, £7 contact Ruth, 07963527063) 26th Pilates Oakham Cricket Club 10 – 11.15am £10 Ketton Healthy 27th Ketton Sports Association 1.45pm Free Walking Group 7.15 – 9.15pm 27th Ballroom and Latin Victoria Hall, Oakham (please book in advance, £7 contact Ruth, 07963527063) Scottish County All Saints Church Hall, 27th 7.30 – 9.30pm £2.50 Dance Club Oakham

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