Horsham District Wellbeing is pleased to announce new Get Active courses in 2025 which will be available across the Horsham District, greatly expanding the availability of the Wellbeing team into surrounding villages.
Strength and Tone is a brand new course aiming to guide beginners through their first steps to getting active. Each session will involve aerobic exercise to get your heart rate up, targeted exercises to improve muscle strength, and will progressively challenge participants each week.
The course will run from Wednesday 15 January - Wednesday 26 March 2025 in Storrington, 11:30am-12:15pm.
Aquafit is a fun 10 session course running from Tuesday 21 January 2025, 10:30-11:15am at Steyning Leisure Centre and from Wednesday 22 January 2025, 11:00-11:45am at Billingshurst Leisure Centre Exercising in water provides a supportive environment for your body, reducing impact and resulting in much less strain on your muscles and joints. The class involves getting your heart rate up, strengthening your muscles and having fun!
The Council has worked in collaboration with local partners Chanctonbury Leisure Centre, Steyning Leisure Centre and Billingshurst Leisure Centre to help develop the availability of the new courses.
Commenting on the new courses, Horsham District Council Cabinet Member for Housing, Communities and Wellbeing Cllr Sam Raby said:
“Maximising our Health and Wellbeing offering is one of the key aims in our Annual Plan for 2025 as we strive to better understand the needs of our whole community to deliver services that support people to live long, active lives.
“I am delighted that we have a new range of fitness courses available across a broader number of outlets, and the beauty is that they are absolutely free to qualifying participants.
“These courses are a great introduction to exercise to lots of people who may think that exercise is not for them and often act as a gateway into a wide range of other activities.
“From experience we have found these classes are a great way to meet new people and quite often become more about the socialising which is also good for mental health.
“Check these courses out and book to take part as soon as possible for January as spaces are limited.”
To sign up, please visit:
https://horsham.westsussexwellbeing.org.uk/topics/being-active/get-active-courses
