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Celebrating Love Parks – Enjoy Westminster Parks and Green Spaces

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Celebrating Love Parks 2024

Make the Most our Parks and Open Spaces!

Love Parks week is an annual campaign from KeepBritainTidy.org celebrating parks, green spaces, and the dedicated volunteers and workers that look after them all year round. This year, Love Parks week runs from 26 July – 4 August.

Green spaces play a vital role in boosting the health and wellbeing of residents and communities. From providing spaces for communities to come together, socialise, play and engage in group activities and events, to allowing some time for solo activities like walking, and reading to decompress, enjoy nature and get away from the grind of day to day life, they are truly versatile.

Westminster has over 80 parks and open spaces (30 of which have Green Flag status), so plenty to choose from if you are a resident, study, or work in the area. You can find out more on our dedicated Parks and Open webpage.

Make the most of it – read, walk, exercise, relax, meet a friend, play or simply enjoy nature.

Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym Launch

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Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym Launched Successfully

Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym launched to encourage physical activity in local area

We pleased to share that the outdoor gym at Grosvenor Estate launched on Saturday 27th July! Thanks to all of you that joined us on the day.

It was exciting to see the positive reaction from people in the local community. Our goal is to make sure physical activity and or the means to exercise and stay active is available to people from all walks of life. Not only does this have a positive impact on health by reducing the risk of developing several diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it also improves the general quality of life. 

As part of this project an unused playground has now been transformed into a fully functioning outdoor gym, featuring six new pieces of fitness equipment. We had one of our Everyone Active instructors on hand to guide people on how best to use it, alongside the Public Health Team. 

 

If you live locally or just feel like working out somewhere make sure you drop by and check it out: Grosvenor Estate, Between Schomberg and Tothill Houses, SW1P 4BH

Westminster Athletes at the 2024 Olympics!

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Westminster Athletes at the Olympics!

We have some exciting news to share! Two of our Champions of the Future Athletes are competing in the Paris Olympics this year!

Our Active Westminster Champions of the Future programme runs each year and is designed to support talented athletes aged 12+ who live study and work in Westminster. In addition to being a bursary scheme, it gives athletes accepted onto the programme access to workshops and resources including free physio, to help them realise and fulfil their sporting potential. 

 

Introducing our Olympians

Ashely McKenzie

This is Ashley’s 4th time in the Olympics. Hopefully you caught him representing Jamaica in the Judo competition on Saturday 27th July. Previously he represented Team GB, winning a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics. 

Ashley comes from Queen’s Park and joined Moberly Judo Club as a child. He has had an amazing career which has seen him win the Commonwealth Games Gold for England twice. 
 
Bianca Williams

Bianca is competing for Team GB in 200m athletics. She won bronze in last year’s World Athletics Championships as part of the 4x100m relay team and made the semi-final in 200m. Bianca has won multiple medals representing England and Team over her brilliant career and lives in Maida Vale and often trains at Paddington Recreation Ground. 

The schedule for Bianca’s Olympics is:

  • 4th August 09:55am 200m Round 1
  • 5th August 19:45pm 200m Semi-Final
  • 6th August 20:40pm 200n Final
Become a Champion of the Future!

If you are a gifted or talented young athlete who lives in Westminster, make sure you check out our Champions of the Future Programme. We want to help you get to the next level. The round of Applications open in February 2025 so make sure you keep an eye out. Who knows, next time around it could be you in the Olympics! 

 

Photo Credit: David Rock Design

Sport for Confidence in Westminster – Free Walking Group on selected Tuesdays

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Sport for Confidence in Westminster - Free Walking Group on Tuesdays

Did you know that just 30 minutes of walking every day can increase cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, reduce excess body fat, and boost muscle power and endurance? It can also reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers.

Lucky for you Sport for Confidence are running FREE Walking Groups on the following Tuesdays between 10:15 am and 11:00 am

  • Tuesday 6th August
  • Tuesday 13th August
  • Tuesday 3rd September 
The meeting point is: Queen’s Park, Harvist Road, London, NW6 6SG
 
Make sure you wear appropriate clothing and bring water as the sun should hopefully be out! Please note that sessions are weather dependant.

Accessibility access and toilets available.

 

If you are a new participant to please ensure that you contact lead occupation therapist Ava Thomas on 077-6 364 225 or on ava@sportforcondence.com for an initial assessment. She will also be the point of contact to sign up for existing participants.

Free Boxing and Exercise Classes for Westminster Residents!

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Free Boxing and Exercise Classes for Residents in Westminster!

The Treasure Boxing Club is kindly offering Free Boxing and Exercise classes to residents of Westminster through their Treasures Healthy Communities Program.

 
Program Schedule:

Mondays at WECH Community Centre

  • 5:00pm – After School Club for 6-12 year olds
  • 6:00pm – Box for your Future for 13 -25 year olds
  • 7:00pm – Female only HITT for 13 year olds+

Tuesdays at Churchill Gardens – Westminster

  • 5:00pm – After School Club for 6-12 year olds
  • 6:00pm – Box for your Future for 13 -25 year olds

Thursdays at Churchill Gardens – Westminster

  • 5:00pm – After School Club for 6-12 year olds
  • 6:00pm – Box for your Future for 13 -25 year olds
  • 7:00pm – Female only Boxing 13 year olds+
  • Club for 6-12 year olds
  • 6:00pm – Box for your Future for 13 -25 year olds

Fridays at Moberly Sports Centre – Westminster

  • 5:00pm – After School Club for 6-12 year olds
  • 6:00pm – Box for your Future for 13 -25 year olds

For weekly sign up form and further details email info@treasureboxingclub.com

Mums Allowed Summer Fitness Event at Church Street Community Centre

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Mums Allowed Summer Fitness and Wellbeing event on 20th August

Get ready for a day of fun sporting and wellbeing activities ladies! The Girls Allowed movement from the ESP Foundation are organising a day full of activities from Zumba and Boxing, to Rollerskating and Breath work on Tuesday 20th August. There will be a DJ on site, to get you in the mood and moving! 
 
The event is open to ladies aged 18 and over and will be taking place at the Church Street Community Centre, 1 Fisherton Street, London NW8 8BF between 12:30pm – 3:30pm.
 
Get fit, meet like minded people and have fun! 

 

Read more about the Girls Allowed movement on the ESP Foundation website. 

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