Extend Exercises
Diabetes Awareness Days
Healthy Hearts are available for all
Living with Arthritis

See below for details of forthcoming events for the above activities

Extend Exercises

'Extend' is a registered charity that provides recreational movement to music for men and women over-sixty and for less able people of all ages. Their mission is to promote health, increase mobility and independence, improve strength, co-ordination and balance and to counteract loneliness and isolation, thereby enhancing the Quality of Life

The Care Development Team has promoted Extend exercise in Shropshire for the past four years. Their Extend Teacher training courses have led to a number of Extend exercise classes around the county. The CDT has also enabled a number of older peoples social groups and clubs to start their own Extend classes with the help of a Care Development grant.

If you would like to find out more about becoming an extend teacher, or to find a class in your area, contact the Care Development Worker for Shrewsbury and Atcham, North Shropshire and Oswestry, Sophie Griffiths, on 01743 342161 or Daphne Simmons (Shrewsbury and Atcham, Bridgnorth and South Shropshire) on 01743 342162.

You can also visit the Extend website on:
www.extend.org.uk/index.html »  (This link will open in a new browser window)

Diabetes Awareness Days

The CDT work in partnership with local GP practices across the county to target people with diabetes and their carers.

Diabetes awareness events are designed to raise awareness, and give clear information and advice to people. They include presentations from a food therapists, Diabetes UK and health care professionals and highlight the importance of exercise with a short demonstration of 'Extend'.

As a follow up to these days we offer support for people who would like to start their own self-help group for diabetics, or set up an exercise class in their local area.

'Healthy Hearts are available for all'

The morning session is for people to receive advice and information that will help them to maintain and improve a healthy heart. The emphasis is on 'fun' and the sessions include a cooking demonstration to show that healthy food can be easy to prepare, economical and most of important to all tasty. There will also be information and advice from a nutritional therapist.

Living with Arthritis

'Living with Arthritis' is a series of free talks, demonstrations and discussions over four two-hour sessions. The focus is on living with Arthritis and the sessions are designed for people with osteo or rheumatoid arthritis, or their carers.

The topics covered include medicines management, exercise, diet, and pain management and are covered by local practitioners with a special interest in the condition.

As a follow up to these days we offer support for attendees who would like to start a self-help group, or an exercise class in their area.

This page was last updated on: 12th April 2006