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News round up Eastleigh
Project tackles loneliness A groundbreaking project to tackle loneliness in the Borough is being funded by the Eastleigh Local Area Committee. ChARTy Shop is designed to get people talking about loneliness using creative writing and the visual arts. Developed over the course of a year, the project will culminate in the opening of a pop-up shop in the town centre where residents are invited to donate, create and exchange items they have re-designed, that express personal opinions and experiences of loneliness. They will be supported by practicing artists.
New Park Sport festivals Get active this summer with Park Sport 2019 Eastleigh Borough Council’s Health and Wellbeing team are delighted to bring you the hugely popular Park Sport programme. Park Sport 2019 will provide a range of sports and activities for local children aged 8-16 years old to try this summer, from 29 July to 23 August, across the borough. Activities will include sailing, golf, squash, cycling, boxercise, dance and fishing. In addition to these sessions, there will also be two free Skate Jam events for BMX, Skateboard and
Scooter enthusiasts run by the professionals from Team Extreme, as well as free swimming for under 16’s at Hamble Sports Complex, Places Leisure Eastleigh and Wildern Leisure Centre. To mark 15 years of Park Sport, there will be two brand new one day festivals with activities on offer for children aged 8-16 years and their families. These festivals will take place Saturday 3 August at Places Leisure Eastleigh and Saturday 17 August at Hamble Sports Complex.
Step Up For You this summer Our Health and Wellbeing team are launching a campaign this summer to encourage residents to add more of the little things to their everyday life, so they can be healthier, happier and more active. Step Up For You encourages residents, who think they could be a little more active, to sign up to around ten emails, tailored to the recipient, that are full of tips, inspiration and motivation
to do a little more physical activity. The tips are simple and easy alternatives to daily tasks or activity choices. The content will improve and shape over time based on feedback as well as shared journeys and experiences from residents, e.g. through #StepUpForYou, which we may use to encourage others.
Find out more: eastleigh.gov.uk/stepupforyou
Activities will include badminton, trampolining, street dance, hockey, tennis, football, freestyle gymnastics and netball. There will also be a Silent Disco at the Places Leisure Eastleigh festival on 3 August, as well as fitness classes for parents, along with festival face painting and community information stands. Thanks to sponsorship from Hillcrest Structural Ltd and BP Oil, along with support of Eastleigh Borough Council Local Area Committees and Parish and Town Councils, Park Sport is heavily subsidised and all activities costs just £1 (booking fee) per person per session.
For more information about ChARTy Shop, email r.gowlandpryde@me.com Hedge End, West End & Botley
Bookings open Monday 1 July at eastleigh. gov.uk/ parksport For more information please email sportworks@ eastleigh. gov.uk
New roof for Wildern Swimming Pool A new roof for Wildern Swimming Pool has been given the go-ahead by the Hedge End, West End and Botley Local Area Committee. The existing roof will be replaced with an entirely new structure. Additional poolside seating space, with around 60 seats, and a viewing area are also included in the revamp. The project is being supported by Eastleigh Borough Council, in partnership with the Wildern Academy Trust. Hedge End, West End & Botley
Friday Night Football Friday Night Football will continue at Botley Recreation Ground until at least March 2021 – thanks to funding from the Hedge End, West End & Botley Local Area Committee and Botley Parish Council. Sessions also take place at Places Leisure Eastleigh from 6.30pm – 8.30pm in partnership with the Saints Foundation.
