Penistone Leisure Centre
People: Improving people’s mental wellbeing
We would like to provide support for mental wellbeing through social connection and physical activity. These programmes would include a variety of activities to engage our community.
About this cause
Penistone Leisure Centre is a community-run organisation. We provide affordable opportunities for community members to participate in fitness and leisure activities. The programmes we offer cover a range of interests and includes: exercise classes, team sports including walking netball, badminton and table tennis, social groups such as Pen-Active and boardgames at The Hub, young parents, arts and craft classes, dance, roller skating/blading, birthday parties and events, family activities such as public skate, parent and baby exercise classes and family games café. We also host Age UK’s Dementia Café and NHS Cardiac Rehab programme. Our centre welcomes participants of all ages and backgrounds and provides programmes tailored to their needs.
How this cause brings people in the community together
Our project will support social connection and mental wellbeing through physical activity for our community. As we become more isolated by the loss of social spaces and tighter budgets in the wake of the cost-of-living crisis, these programmes will provide affordable opportunities for people to meet and spend time connecting over physical and social activities.