What’s free, what can be done anywhere? Can make you feel better both physically and mentally in just a short space of time, and can be an enjoyable social activity?
Walking!!
All the evidence shows that regular, brisk walking can significantly improve our physical and mental health. And even if we’re not very fit at the start, within a couple of weeks of regular, brisk walking we can turn it all around.
Walking with other people can help combat depression, can help manage and even reverse Type 2 Diabetes, can help you make new friends, improve your spoken English and break out of isolated situations.
Alicia Pierre, our fabulous new Walk Leader (funded by London Sport) will be leading three weekly walks around New Cross. Please join her (no booking required). Walks are as follows:
Mums with young Babies – Let’s Get Fit Together
Every Thursday 2pm-3pm from New Cross Learning, 283 – 285 New Cross Road, SE14 6AS.
Walk your Way to Fitness – Every Thursday 12.15pm-1.15pm from the Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, SE14 6LD
Walk and Talk – If you want to improve your spoken English or want to help others to do so, join this walk. Every Thursday 10.15am to 11.15am from Besson Street Community Garden, SE14 5AS.
For more information on all of these walks, call Alicia on 07990 444 905 or email Alicia.pierre@nxgtrust.org.uk. And a big thank you to London Sport for funding this project.
And if you can’t make these walks for whatever reason, GCDA also run a much wider range of community health walks on different days and in different parts of the borough. Click here for more information.