Birch Community group has open day for new gym
Date published: 09 October 2017
Some of the equipment at Birch Community's new gym
Birch Community group opened a new gym on Monday (9 October).
The modest gym features a crosstrainer, exercise bike, two treadmills, rowing machine plus a weighted bench.
Refreshments and sign-up forms for those wishing to use the gym were also available.
Run by three volunteers at Green Meadow in Wardle, the non-profit group run a variety of activities from the building, which was two houses knocked into one.
Currently the centre is also used by a children’s club, and activities such as boxercise.
The gym is open for anyone over the age of 16 to use on a ‘pay as you gym basis’ for a small fee of 50 pence. Anyone aged 16 to 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.
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