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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

QUESTION NO.27

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Chief Executive what training, if any, has been offered to communities with older people exercise equipment?

REPLY:

Next week as part of Health & Wellbeing Week, SDCSP is organising some short park walks with demonstrations of the outdoor exercise equipment located in South Dublin Co. parks.

 All the walks/ demos will take place at 10.30am, are free of charge and will be led by trained tutors. These walks would be ideally suited to active retired and to those looking to regain fitness and mobility.

 Tues Sept. 15th 10.30am

Waterstown Park, Palmerstown, meet at the car park entrance beside Stewarts Hospital sports centre.

Weds Sept 16th 10.30am

Corkagh Park, Clondalkin meet at the main entrance to the park beside St. John’s Road

*Griffeen Park, Lucan, meet at leisure centre car park (*This was wrongly advertised as Aylesbury Park in The Echo).

Thurs Sept 17th 10.30am

Ballymount Park, Kingswood, Tallaght, meet at car park at entrance

Beechfield Park, Walkinstown, meet at park

Fri Sept 18th 10.30am

Glendown Park, Templeogue, meet at park

Greenhills Park, Walkinstown, meet at Greenhills Community Centre

 All the walks and information on a fitness session with the exercise equipment will be put online (www.sdcsp.ie) and made available in print format in the near future. 

Details of these walks have been circulated to community organisations.

South Dublin County Council Sports Office also organises games days and PALs (Physical Activity Leader) training for Active Retired Groups. Active Retired Groups can then seek small grants for the purchase of equipment under the Go For Life grant scheme.