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Leisure

What is it?

There are many benefits of being active including:

  • lower blood pressure and resting heart rate, ensuring your heart is more efficient

  • improved sleep at night

  • improved mood through endorphins released within the body

  • helping maintain bone strength to prevent osteoporosis later in life

  • keeping muscles strong and joints supple.

Active for Health is a new 12-week activity programme for adults (18 and over) to help you become active and move more. You can sign up for the Active for Health programme if you have a BMI of 25 or over, or 23.5 if you are from the BME community.

Active for Health Xtra is a new 12-week activity programme for adults (50 years and over) who have at least two of the additional risk factors of Cardiovascular Disease; diabetes, are a smoker, high blood pressure, have an unhealthy diet, have high cholesterol, family history of heart disease, are from a Black, Asian or minority background, are inactive, drink alcohol to excess, are overweight or obese.

The programmes will include a range of activities to help you improve your fitness, socialise, learn new skills, and ultimately improve your overall wellbeing.

Located at either a leisure centre, community venue or in a public open space, the programmes consists of 12 weeks of group activities including fitness classes, walking sports, team games, healthy eating, and wellbeing walks. Activities will be chosen by the group in consultation with the coach.

Once signed up for the 12-week course, each participant will receive a free 90-day offer to use the One Leisure or Freedom Leisure facilities subject to eligibility criteria*. This membership includes activities such as badminton**, squash**, cyclone (indoor cycling), the gym, fitness classes, and swimming, amongst other targeted activities delivered across One Leisure or Freedom Leisure.

What are the eligibility criteria?

  • Adults (18 years and over) with a BMI of 25 or over, or 23.5 if you are from the BME community OR

    AND
  • be inactive (undertake less than 30 minutes of exercise per week)

  • residents of Huntingdonshire or Fenland districts

  • customers will only be 'eligible' for one 'Active for Health' offer.

To find out more, read our:

Participants will be aged at least 50 years of age and meet at least two of the following eligibility criteria:

  • have diabetes/pre-diabetic (non-diabetic hyperglycaemia)

  • have high blood pressure

  • have high cholesterol

  • have a family history of heart disease

  • are from a Black, Asian or minority background

  • are overweight or obese

  • have an unhealthy diet

  • are a smoker

  • drink alcohol to excess

  • are inactive

AND

  • residents of Huntingdonshire district

Customers will only be 'eligible' for one 'Active for Health Xtra' offer or similar (for example, Let's Get Moving, Active for Health and Staying Active)

To find out more, read our Active For Health Xtra - Guidance For Public.

Those attending 'Active for Health' could be eligible to an additional free 90-day One Leisure offer which is subject to additional eligibility criteria.

Please note the additional 90-day One Leisure offer is only available to people who fully participate in the 12-week programme. To qualify you must attend at least one of the first two sessions (unless an exemption is applied in advance). If you are awarded the pass but then fail to attend the course Huntingdonshire District Council retains the right to remove the pass from your account.

** Badminton and other racket sports will only be free at off-peak times (before 4.30pm).

When and where is it?

Huntingdonshire

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Venue Start date Day Time Type
Old School Hall, Sawtry 13 January 2025 Mondays 4pm - 5pm Adults aged 18+ (Active for Health)
One Leisure St Ives Indoor 13 January 2025 Monday 5pm - 6pm Adults aged 18+ (Active for Health)
One Leisure St Neots 14 January 2025 Thursday 3.15pm - 4.15pm Adults aged 50+ (Active for Health Xtra)
One Leisure St Ives 14 January 2025 Tuesday 4pm - 5pm Adults aged 50+ (Active for Health Xtra)
One Leisure Huntingdon 15 January 2025 Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Adults aged 50+ (Active for Health Xtra)
One Leisure Huntingdon 15 January 2025 Wednesday 5pm - 6pm Adults aged 18+ (Active for Health)
One Leisure Ramsey 15 January 2025 Wednesday 5pm - 6pm Adults aged 18+ (Active for Health)
One Leisure St Neots 16 January 2025 Thursday 5pm - 6pm Adults aged 18+ (Active for Health)

Fenland

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Venue Start date Day Time Type
Hudson Leisure Centre, Wisbech

16 September 2024

Monday

11.30am - 12.25pm

Active for Health Fenland

Hudson Leisure Centre, Wisbech

16 September 2024

Monday

2pm - 2.55pm

Active for Health Fenland

Hudson Leisure Centre, Wisbech

16 September 2024

Monday

4.45pm - 5.40pm

Active for Health Fenland

George Campbell Centre, March

17 September 2024

Tuesday

2pm - 2.55pm

Active for Health Fenland

George Campbell Centre, March

17 September 2024

Tuesday

4pm - 4.55pm 

Active for Health Fenland

George Campbell Centre, March

17 September 2024

Tuesday

5pm - 5.55pm

Active for Health Fenland

How do I sign up?

Complete the Active for Health/Active for Health Xtra Application Form

How much does it cost?

Active for Health and Active for Health Xtra is free of charge.