The Community Council of Shropshire
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See below for details of forthcoming events for the above activities
'Extend' is a registered charity that provides recreational movement to music for men and women over-sixty and for less able people of all ages. Their mission is to promote health, increase mobility and independence, improve strength, co-ordination and balance and to counteract loneliness and isolation, thereby enhancing the Quality of Life
The Preventative Services Development Team has promoted Extend exercise in Shropshire for the past five years. Their Extend Teacher training courses have led to a number of Extend exercise classes around the county. The team has also enabled a number of older peoples social groups and clubs to start their own Extend classes with the help of a Care Development grant.
If you would like to find out more about becoming an extend teacher, or to find a class in your area, contact your Preventative Services Development Officer:
You can also visit the Extend website on:
www.extend.org.uk/index.html (This link will open in a new browser window)
Some Extend Classes are listed below. There is a small charge payable to the teacher at each class:
1:30pm-2:30pm: Prees Village Hall
2pm-3pm: Ditton Priors Village Hall
2pm-3pm: Bradbury Centre, Whitchurch
4pm-5pm: Fairfields, Gobowen.
10am-11am: Grange Road Community Room, Bishops Castle
10:15am-11:15am: Beacon Community Centre, Market Drayton
1.30am - 2.30pm: Greenfields Community Rooms, Bridgnorth (not the 2nd Tuesday of the month)
2pm-3pm: Parish Pump, Duddleston Heath
10.30am - 11.30am: Sheltered Housing, Wilkinson Avenue, Broseley
10am-11am: Doddington Heights Community Centre
11am - 12pm: Dorrington Village Hall
10am-11am: The Lantern, Meadow Farm Drive, Shrewsbury
10am-11am: Victory Hall, Woore
10:30am-11:30am: Marton Village Hall
10:30am-11:30am: Ruyton XI Towns Memorial Hall
11:15am-12:15: Ellesmere Comrades Club
11:30am-12:30: Carreg Llwyd Church, Oswestry
1.30pm-2.30pm: Hadnall Village Hall
2pm-3pm: Baschurch Village Hall
2:15pm-3:15pm: Wem Methodist Church
10am-11am: Pontesbury Congregational Church
10:30am-11.30am: Bayston Hill Methodist Church Hall
1.30pm-2.30pm: Shawbury Village Hall
2.00pm-3:00pm: Radbrook Community Centre, Shrewsbury
The Preventative Services Development Team work in partnership with local GP practices across the county to target people with diabetes and their carers.
Diabetes awareness events are designed to raise awareness, and give clear information and advice to people. They include presentations from a food therapists, Diabetes UK and health care professionals and highlight the importance of exercise with a short demonstration of 'Extend'.
As a follow up to these days we offer support for people who would like to start their own self-help group for diabetics, or set up an exercise class in their local area.
The morning session is for people to receive advice and information that will help them to maintain and improve a healthy heart. The emphasis is on 'fun' and the sessions include a cooking demonstration to show that healthy food can be easy to prepare, economical and most of important to all tasty. There will also be information and advice from a nutritional therapist.
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