Kings Hedges
Refurbishment of Kings Hedges Learner Pool – improvements have improve access to enable use as a community pool.
Floodlit 40m x 25m Artificial Turf Pitch at Manor Community College – a new pitch on the school site has provided a suitable base for community teams.
3 Court Sports Hall at Manor Community College – a new sports hall that
can be utilised for school and community
sport.
Arbury
Multi Use Games Area at St Albans Recreation Ground – a new multi use sports court to enable youth sport to be provided on the recreation ground.
East Chesterton
Improvements
to the community centre at Brown’s Field, East Chesterton – funding has enabled improvements
to the multi purpose
room to create exercise and storage areas.
Abbey
Redevelopment of the dryside changing and community accommodation at the Abbey Leisure Complex, has improved the facilities for the teams using the site for football and hockey.
- For information about the different sports facilities within Cambridge, please use our new Cambridge Sports Facilities map.
Active Cambridge projects to date include:
- Over 14,000 participants
- 1216 participants from a BME background
- 366 disabled participants
- 85 new volunteers within the community
- 103 people gaining National Governing Body qualifications
- 56 coaches working in the community
- 6 Clubs gaining Clubmark accreditation
- National Governing Body programmes in hockey, badminton, cricket and volleyball led by community sports coaches which has seen over 5000 young people receiving coaching
- Focussed work within 8 primary, 2 secondary and 1 special school in the Cambridge School Sports Partnership
- Established walks programme in Kings Hedges, Abbey and Arbury
- Established holiday programme throughout the north of the city attracting over 480 young people
- Formation of regular exercise classes including ETM and over 50’s activities within the Forever Active Project
- Establishment of North Cambridge Junior Cricket Club
- New social badminton club based at Manor Sports Centre
- Chesterton Community College achieves academy status by Badminton England
- Development of Street Games, which utilises over 10 sites within the Active Cambridge area
- Development of a new Multi Use Games Area, funded by Barclays Spaces for Sport
- Support to the Multi Cultural Mini World Cup.
Healthy Walks
Regular brisk
walking can increase fitness, strengthen muscles and increase mobility and balance, allowing participants to carry out everyday
tasks more easily. It also reduces the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis and can be used as part
of a weight loss programme.
It is a low impact activity that is unlikely to cause stress on joints, and as no special equipment is needed, it’s free!
Cambridge City Council’s Healthy Walks Scheme aims to provide safe, suitable opportunities for people to increase the amount of walking they do in their community, and become more active. Everyone is welcome, and participants are encouraged to bring their partners, friends, children and dogs!
The walks last between 30 - 45 minutes, incorporating both green and paved areas.
The Community Development team will lead the walks, however the scheme hopes to recruit volunteer walk leaders to take over in the future.
These walks are open to everyone, no matter what your level of fitness. All we ask is that you can walk for 30 minutes, unaided.
For more information, or to book a place, please contact Binnie Pickard on 01223 508149.
For more information regarding Walking & Cycling that the Cambridge City Council has to offer, please read our Walking and cycling pages.
For more information about the Active Cambridge project and how you can benefit and make a
difference in your area, please contact us:
Sally Stanhope
Sports Development Manager
Tel: 01223 457531
Email: Sally.Stanhope@cambridge.gov.uk