haywards heath

Oathall's partnership with local gym

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The fitness professionals behind Haywards Heath’s Switch Gym are launching a new joint health and fitness initiative with Oathall Community College.

Switch has kitted out a new £40,000 fitness facility at the college, complete with the very latest gym equipment, as part of its drive to introduce fitness to the lives of the local community. Pupils will be able to use the gym equipment during the school day as part of their physical education lessons with programmes designed by Switch coaches and PE teachers.

The installation from Switch Gym is a continuation of a package of support for the college, which recently included a £2,000 donation towards the new maths and science blocks.

Switch Academy director Chris Patch said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Oathall Community College. Providing professional gym equipment to the students is very much in line with our mission to get a positive health and fitness message out to the community.

“To be able to provide young people with the knowledge of how to look after their physical health from such an early age and take that into adulthood is very much part of our commitment to health and fitness education in the wider community. We are extremely proud to open our facility at such a centre of educational excellence.”

Santa in the Park

Hundreds of Santas will be running and walking around Victoria Park in Haywards Heath on Sunday 9th December to raise money for the British Heart Foundation – and you could be one of them!

The charity and Freedom Leisure are joining together to organize the event. The Mayor of Haywards Heath, John Sabin, will be getting the Santas off to a flying start as well as joining in the fun run too at 9.45am. The walkers get off at a more leisurely pace at 10.45am.

You can jog 3 miles or walk a mile but whether you run or walk you will be doing it in style in a fabulous FREE Santa Suit. All budding Santas must register prior to the event online at: www.bhf.org.uk/haywardsheathsantajog. The event is open to the whole family, including grandparents, parents and children of all ages and Freedom Leisure are donating prizes for the best dressed Santas.