Thanks to Instagram and other social media, the fitness industry is encouraging millions of people to improve their fitness, get stronger and feel healthier.
Sportsability Fitness Training is an Active IQ training provider, working with people from all different backgrounds setting them on their fitness career journey.
Beverley based hair and beauty spa, Sessions House, will feature in a new Channel 5 reality series called The House of Extraordinary People. The show will hit appear on our screens on Monday 18 March, 10pm.
This life-affirming series will air for 3 nights and follows 9 extraordinary people from around the world with unusual appearances. They want to show what it’s really like to stand out because they’re different.
Sportsability Fitness Training is running a competition to win a place on their Level 2 Instructing Fitness Gym course, worth £550.
As the gateway qualification to the fitness industry, this Level 2 qualification opens up opportunities to become a Personal Trainer. It also provides a gateway to undertake add-on courses. These include spin sessions, aqua fitness and also to specialise in working with children and the elderly.
A former swimming instructor has gone in at the deep end with a business venture which sees her swap people for pooches.
With the official opening of Fit4Dogs fast approaching, Kirsty Skeates is already running rehab regimes for canine clients at her hydrotherapy centre.
A new joint venture for local sports training provider, Sportsability will help the company stake its claim in the burgeoning fitness industry, with use of the gym and facilities for its learners at Cottingham Parks.
The move aims to enhance the courses for fitness instructing and personal training, through the Active IQ qualifications Sportsability provides.
Parents and carers looking for ways to keep their children entertained this summer should look no further than the School’s Out 2018 booklet.
School’s Out 2018 will soon be delivered to more than 20,000 homes of children aged between four and 13 years old and who attend school in the East Riding.
A new swim school in Dunswell is providing lessons for pre-school children and adult learners with exclusive use of a private pool.
The school is run by Suzanne Mathers from Sportsability which is a local community interest company providing inclusive exercise for everyone, as well as training for gym instructors, fitness instructors, personal trainers, swimming and sports within schools.
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has praised the generosity of East Riding residents and the hard-working staff at Dove House
Mr. Stuart met CEO Anna Wolkowski during a recent visit to hospice which provides a vital service to people in the region during what can be a very difficult time.
A Beverley resident David Pattenden who spent his 70th birthday in the pool has raised over £500 for Dove House Hospice.
Using just his arms, It took David 2 hours 10 minutes to complete the 200 lengths of the pool at Beverley Leisure Centre, and he has not ruled out taking on another challenge when he is 80.
Beverley resident David Pattenden will aim to complete his final major challenge in aid of Dove House Hospice by swimming over 200 lengths on his 70th Birthday.
David, a retired policeman will take on the challenges he looks to raise £500 for the charity by swimming three miles at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
Customers of East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, in Anlaby, can enjoy a specially commissioned artwork by locally born artist Patrick Coyle, which has taken over the library, the swimming pool, the café and a squash court in the leisure centre until November.
Inspired by the joined-up nature of the building, Coyle interweaves three of its distinct environments through writing, performance and sculptural installation.
The LitUp Festival presents an exciting newly commissioned exhibition and performance by Hull- born artist Patrick Coyle at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, as part of the ‘Out of this Word’ programme.
‘High Enterprise’will be at one of the UK’s busiest Leisure Centres from Thursday, 28 September to Friday, 3 November.
Longcroft Sixth Form pupil, Holly Bentham, has been selected to be part of Team England competing at this year’s Youth Commonwealth Games.
The games are being held in Nassau, The Bahamas, commencing on the 18 July and concluding 5 days later on the 23 July and cover a multitude of sports including athletics, swimming, rugby 7s, tennis, beach volleyball along with Holly’s chosen sport of judo.
Parents and carers in the East Riding looking for ways to keep their children entertained this summer can get a wealth of great ideas from the School’s Out 2017 booklet.
School’s Out 2017 will be delivered in early July to 20,000 homes of children aged between four and 13 who attend an East Riding school. It is full of ideas and activities to keep children active and has a sport theme for what promises to be a superb summer of international sports events.
East Riding Leisure are reminding residents that they are running their ‘Shape up for Summer’ offer again in 2017, with three months’ premier membership for just £60, a saving £13 a month.
The offer can be purchased until 31 July and is a Premier membership that provides full unlimited access to all 10 East Riding Leisure Centres.
A host of fun activities will be held at East Riding Leisure Beverley during the May-June half term holiday.
From Saturday 27 May to Sunday 4 June the council’s 10 leisure centres throughout the area will be running a variety of family activities aiming to keep children entertained during the school break.
A friendship formed at a cardiac rehabilitation group 20 years ago is still going strong for two widowers who have paid tribute to the team and facilities at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice for helping to keep them fit and healthy.
Albert Irvin, 94, and Robert Cawkwell, 83, have become firm friends and training partners after first meeting through a cardiac rehabilitation scheme at Hull Royal Infirmary after both suffered heart attacks.
A dream has come true for pupils at a special school in the East Riding, who now have their own coach to transport wheelchair users to activities and events.
The 17-seater Sunshine Coach was provided to St Anne’s School and Sixth Form College at Welton by the children’s charity Variety, following the success of the school’s own fund raising efforts and generous donations from two local companies.
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