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Westbridge Park Fitness Centre, Stafford

Monday 22nd January 2007

Westbridge Park Fitness Centre, managed by Stafford Borough Council celebrated becoming an Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) facility with an IFI launch week in  December 2006. 
 
Members of the public were invited to visit Westbridge Park Fitness Centre during the launch week, where trained staff members were on hand to give tours of the fitness suite, talk through the specialised equipment and answer questions.   One of the regular user groups of Westbridge Park Fitness Centre is The Clifford Project, a unique initiative for young people with learning difficulties aged 16 – 25 years. The project, established over four years ago, offers work based learning with a balanced and varied curriculum, which includes leisure and recreation activities to further build teamwork and self-confidence.  
 
Bob Flowers, tutor support worker at The Clifford Project commented “We have been coming to Westbridge Park Fitness Centre every Tuesday afternoon for about a year now. The students usually start their hour-long session with cardio-vascular work including walking, rowing and cycling, then move onto circuits and weight training. It is really important for the students, and it’s great for them to meet the staff and people from the local community. The staff here are fantastic and give everyone great support.”  
 
The wide range of equipment at Westbridge Park is suitable for a variety of users, and Stafford Borough Council’s Inclusive Activator Richard Winnerah, commented, “The Clifford Project is one of a number of user groups who visit the centre and we hope that by raising awareness of the IFI facility more people will come along to the centre to get active! ”
 
For more information about Westbridge Park Fitness Centre please ring 01785 619600 add prefix 18001 to access BT Typetalk.
 

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