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  • Sport and Active Leisure Team
  • Address:
    Trimbridge House, Bath, BA1 2DP
  • E-mail:
    getactive@bathnes.gov.uk
  • Telephone:
    01225 396429
  • Fax:
    01225 396459
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  • Page Updated:
    10/12/2008
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    Sport and Active Leisure Team
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Ipod Winner Starts to Get Healthy and Get Active

Ipod winner Nigel Harrisson

Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Sport and Active Leisure Team have been encouraging members of staff to sign up to their free GET ACTIVE Scheme. Get Active members receive advice and tips via a regular online newsletter on how and where they can lead a more active lifestyle.  On top of this they also get access to a range of discounts, either to local leisure providers or retail outlets.

 

Sign up today to GET ACTIVE. It is completely free so there is no reason why everyone shouldn’t enjoy the benefits and reap the rewards from being part of the GET ACTIVE scheme.

 

One person who signed up to GET ACTIVE was Nigel Harrisson, Inclusion Support Service Manager within Children’s Service, who found himself the lucky winner of an IPOD, sponsored by Aquaterra Leisure, the operators of the Council’s Leisure Centres.

 

Nigel said, “I have recently started to look at healthier eating and more regular exercise to help improve my health. In my lunch hour, I now make a point of going for a walk around Keynsham and whenever I can, I go for a long walk at weekends. If I go shopping in Bath, I will park the car at the far end of Victoria Park and walk to the shops”.

 

Nigel also added, “The newsletter is very informative and useful giving out tips plus many events that are taking place in Bath and North East Somerset”.

 

Aquaterra Leisure who donated the IPOD manage Bath Sports Centre, Keynsham Sports Centre, South Wansdyke Sports Centre, Culverhay Sports Centre, The Pavilion, Entry Hill Golf Course and the Approach Golf Course.

 

Christian Stephens, B&NES Leisure Partnership Officer said “We are encouraging everyone to think about their health and to become more active and healthy in their everyday lives. The partnership with Aquaterra enables us to offer facilities across Bath and North East Somerset to suit all ages and abilities in a variety of sport’s, fitness and leisure activities”. 

 

For more information on the Council’s GET ACTIVE please log onto:  www.bathnes.gov.uk/getactive or call the Sport and Active Leisure Team on 01225 396429, or email:  getactive@bathnes.gov.uk

 

Nigel Harrisson (pictured centre) at Keynsham Sports Centre with Daryl Coombs (left), Supervisor for Aquaterra and Christian Stephens (right), Leisure Partnership Officer, Sport and Active Leisure, Bath and North East Somerset Council.