Soll Leisure Media Release
For immediate release – 24th November
Soll Leisure launches new Active Life, Healthy Heart course in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire based leisure management company, Soll Leisure, is launching a new course called ‘Active Life, Healthy Heart’, aimed at supporting local sedentary adults to increase their physical activity and make healthier lifestyle choices. The course will start in February 2016 and take place at the Park Club Milton, Oxfordshire.
Soll Leisure’s mission is to get more people, more active, more often and the ‘Active Life, Healthy Heart’ course aims to tackle existing barriers to help sedentary adults become more active. Increasing activity levels can significantly decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease by controlling weight and decreasing blood pressure and BMI.
The course will combine nutritional workshops, beginner exercise classes and supervised gym sessions at a price of £80 for the 12-weeks, with opportunities on offer to continue exercisingafter the course. Participants will be supported to increase fitness levels with instructor support and goal setting, as well as improving diet with the help of a qualified nutritionist.
The course is available to local residents in Oxfordshire requiring support to increase their physical activity levels and decrease risk of cardiovascular disease. Interested participants can self-refer to the course and the eligibility criteria involves being inactive (0-1 days a week physical activity),with high blood pressure (≥140/90) and/or high BMI (27.5 – 35).
Soll Leisure Community Development Manager, Richard Claydon said, “The Active Life, Healthy Heart’ course provides a great opportunity to improve heart health and begin a healthier, more active lifestyle. The course supports the county wide vision to increase participation in physical activity, to reduce sedentary behaviour, and improve the health and wellbeing of local residents. We are looking forward to seeing the positive changes that the participants receive.
Jenny Shaw, Physical Activity Manager at OxSPA, commented on the course, ‘‘Physical inactivity is one of the major modifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the Active Life, Healthy Heart course is an excellent way to help address this in Oxfordshire.’
If you would like more information about the Active Life, Healthy Heart course or would like to book a space please contact Richard Claydon, on 01235 861289 or email .
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Notes for editor:
Soll Leisure is a charity leisure management company operating sites in Oxfordshire, Kent and Hampshire. As a not for profit organisation the purpose is to provide leisure opportunities for the communities that it serves with all surpluses re-invested into the service and community.
Soll Leisure’s mission to get more people, more active, more often. Soll Leisure operates the Park Club Milton, Chatham, Ashford and Fleet, as well as Willowbrook Leisure Centre in Didcot.
Oxfordshire Sports & Physical Activity (OxSPA) is the County Sport Partnership for Oxfordshire. Their focus is to work with partners and stakeholders to add value and increase participation in sport and physical activity in Oxfordshire. For more information, telephone: 01865 252661.
Contact details:
Richard Claydon, Community Development Manager. Soll Leisure, the Park Club, 17 Croft Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RP.T: 01235 861289 W: / Email:
Oxford Sports Partnership, Please contact Jenny Shaw, Physical Activity Manager, , Telephone: 01865 252600. Website: