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Fri, 29th May 2009
Fun for all in White City!
A fantastic community event in White City this week saw more than 250 residents take part in a whole host of actvities.
There was the chance to try out aerobics, yoga, dance, football with the coaching staff from QPR and lots, lots more at the fun-filled afternoon. Whilst children tried out the circus skills on the front lawn of the White City Community Centre on India Way, mums and dads met to share each others company and enjoy food prepared and served by local people.
The open day was held to promote physical activity, health and wellbeing as part of the Well London programme.
Central YMCA is one of seven organisations working together on the project.
Activities included:
Activate
A stall to promote all physical activities and evaluation.
Mend and Bend
Introduction to workshop where a professional dressmaker taught participants to design, cut and make their own dress from scratch on a tight budget.
Food Growing Workshop
Calling everyone with an interest in growing food. Introduction to organic gardening and seedling planting. |
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Spectacle Media Workshop
Participants were be trained to use the camera and audio equipment, taught interview skills and supported in producing their own creative material.
Circus Skills
Included the chance to try out circus activities including unicycle, tightrope, juggling, diabolo, spinning plates, hula hoops and rolla rolla.
Women Only Sessions
All of these sessions had female instructors and took place in a private room.
White City Football Club Youth Sessions
Football training, skills and games for young people.
Health MOTs
Check included measuring blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and blood fat and sugar. Lifestyle advice was on offer plus referral to a GP for those identified as potentially at risk
Notes to Editors:
- Well London is a bid to the Big Lottery Fund’s Wellbeing Programme. It is a coalition of the London Health Commission, Central London YMCA, Greater London Authority, Groundwork, London Sustainability Exchange, and University of East London. The bid strategy can be downloaded at www.london.gov.uk/lhc
- The Well-being programme will provide funding to support the development of healthier lifestyles and to improve well-being. The programme will focus on three strands: mental health – to help people and communities to improve mental well-being; physical activity – to help people to become more physically active in their daily lives and in their communities; and healthy eating - for children, parents and the wider community to eat more healthily. To deliver this programme, the fund will appoint a number of organisations that will each deliver a portfolio of projects in England.
- The Big Lottery Funds rolls out close to £2 million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours which together with other Lottery distributors means that across the UK most people are within a few miles of a Lottery-funded project.
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since its inception in June 2004.
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888
Out of hours: 07867 500 572
Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030
Textphone: 08456 021 659
- Full details of the work of the Big Lottery Fund, its programmes and awards are available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
- The London Health Commission is the strategic partnership in London that works to reduce health inequalities and improve the health of all Londoners. See www.londonshealth.gov.uk
- Central YMCA is the UK’s leading activity for health charity and is also the world’s first YMCA, established in 1844. Our objectives are to improve the health and quality of life of individuals and communities; champion the benefits of health-based activity for all; and address, and tackle, health inequalities within our society. See www.ymca.co.uk
- Groundwork London supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play. Our vision is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper. See www.groundwork-london.org.uk
- London Sustainability Exchange (LSx) aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable London by connecting and motivating people. They work in partnership with business, government and the voluntary and community sector to help overcome barriers to sustainable development in London. See www.lsx.org.uk
- University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community, with 20,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of our diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry. www.uel.ac.uk
- Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. We develop and promote the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm's length from government. Between 2006 and 2008, we will invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for thearts in England. We believe that the arts have the power to change lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country. For more information see www.artscouncil.org.uk
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, SLaM South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides mental health and substance misuse services for people living in the London Boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. In addition, the Trust provides substance misuse services for people in the London Boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley, as well as specialist services to people from across the UK. www.slam.nhs.uk
FOR ALL IMAGE & MEDIA ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT:
Suzie Joyce, PR Manager at
s.joyce@centralymca.org.uk or
call: 020 7343 1867
 
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