Sport and Physical Activity Strategy - Argyll and Bute Council
Sport and Physical Activity Strategy - Argyll and Bute Council
Sport and Physical Activity Strategy - Argyll and Bute Council
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22 <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Physical</strong> <strong>Activity</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> Swimming Pools – all four pools offer an aquatics programme that caters for all individuals from the casual swimmer to thecompetitive club members Fitness Gyms - there is provision of up to date well maintained equipment within all of the gyms across the service. Users can enjoya wide range of fitness programmes that cater for all individual goals <strong>and</strong> wants. Cafe/Bistro – Leisure Services have two excellent cafes within the Aqualibrium (bistro) <strong>and</strong> the Riverside Swim <strong>and</strong> Health Centreboth of which passed environmental health inspections <strong>and</strong> have won healthy eating awards due to their menu choices.Halls <strong>and</strong> Theatres Halls <strong>and</strong> Theatres cater for a wide range of activities such as meeting rooms, sports clubs, live entertainment, weddings <strong>and</strong>conferences. Over the past couple of years Leisure Services has successfully delivered a wide range of events such as the LabourParty Conference <strong>and</strong> the Royal National MOD. The service has also delivered live international music acts such as Blur, OceanColour Scene <strong>and</strong> Primal Scream, as well as comedy acts such as Kevin Bridges, Bill Baily <strong>and</strong> Al Murray.Specialised Programmes Swimming Development – Leisure Services has developed in partnership with Scottish Swimming the ABC Learn to SwimProgramme. The scheme is a nationally recognised programme with over 1500 children across the service being taught to swim byqualified level 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 teachers. The programme also has links to our Rookie Lifeguard Programme which teaches children theimportance of lifesaving <strong>and</strong> first aid skills. Fitness Classes – Our class programme offers a wide range of fitness classes from specialised programmes like: core stability, circuittraining, kettle bells, spinning <strong>and</strong> Powerplate, to mainstream classes such as the very popular Zumba <strong>and</strong> Pilates. <strong>Argyll</strong>Active – <strong>Argyll</strong>Active is a scheme which offers health care professionals the chance to refer patients, who need exercise, tospecialised fitness classes. The scheme caters for clients who have a number of health issues, for example: diabetes, high bloodpressure, MS, osteoporosis, heart conditions <strong>and</strong>/or mental health issues. The scheme currently offers an 8 week rollingprogramme which looks at increasing the amount of exercise the referral is taking while encouraging behaviour change.July 31, 2012
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