Voluntary groups in Ashfield can use a new free Health Hub at the Lammas Leisure Centre, Sutton, to help improve the lives of those living in the area.

Everyone Active, which runs the leisure centre on behalf of Ashfield District Council, has transformed one of the rooms at the leisure centre into a Health Hub and is offering it to any local group that wants to use it to help improve the health and wellbeing of Ashfield residents.

More than 400 people a week use the centre for different health and wellbeing groups and Everyone Active decided to give them a dedicated space that could be opened up to others.

Rebecca Phillips, Active communities manager for Everyone Active said: “Our mission is to help everyone to get a bit more active, regardless of their fitness.

“But it is clear that people’s health and wellbeing also improves from the support and help of others on issues that are about more than physical health.

“That’s why we’re happy to offer this new space to groups that support our vulnerable residents in Ashfield so together we can make a positive difference.”

Groups who are already using the hub are:

Working Age Dementia Group (with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Parkinson’s Group
Falls prevention programme (alongside Nottinghamshire County Council)
Chair-based exercise class
Exercise Referral Scheme
Stop smoking services
Active autism (to support families of those with autism)
Ashfield Voluntary Action

Any groups interested in booking the space should contact [email protected]

Pictured, from left, are Jayne Evans (Everyone Active – Exercise Referral Scheme co-ordinator), Joy Elmer (Ashfield District Council – leisure performance officer), Rebecca Phillips (Everyone Active – Active communities manager), Coun Tony Brewer (chairman of Ashfield District Council, who opened the health hub) and Alistair Gould (Everyone Active, assistant manager Lammas Leisure Centre).