Active Suffolk Annual Report 2021:22 - Flipbook - Page 8
Coddenham Centre
Not long after its transfer to charitable
status in 2019 and rebranding as The
Coddenham Centre, the Fit Villages team
began working with the Centre to support
the start-up of the Nordic Walking sessions,
which saw local residents introduced to
this easily accessible exercise. The sessions
attracted huge interest throughout the
funded period and its legacy lives on since
it is now the home of the Suffolk School of
Nordic Walking.
The Coddenham Centre has since also
partnered up with the NHS and local
Macmillan cancer support team to offer
walks for those living with cancer, whilst also
offering a weekly training and walks from
a ‘Workout Walks’ to a gentler ’Stroll with
Poles’ sessions which help to support frailer
participants, some aged 80+, to remain
active!
As well as walking, the Fit Villages project also
supported the launch of carpet bowls in the
summer of 2020.
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One regular attendee said:
We have had tremendous assistance with the initiation
and running of this sporting activity at the Coddenham
Centre, without Fit Villages it is difficult to see how we could have
done this by ourselves.
The Centre continues to offer a whole host of physical activity
sessions including Pilates, Yoga, indoor and outdoor Tennis,
Bowls, HIITT, dancing, an outdoor Gym and Tai Chi. The latter
trainer being successfully sourced with the help of the Fit Villages
team. It really is a hub of activity and Fit Villages have played a
vital part in creating such an active community.
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Fit Villages supported the Coddenham Centre to safely
introduce Nordic Walking and other activities to the
community. The funding enabled us to facilitate professional
training and guidance to offer unique and effective exercise for
all. We are proud to have supported the health and wellbeing of
the community and beyond during such difficult times, with help
of the Active Suffolk team.
Andrew MacPherson, Chair - The Coddenham Centre CIO