Gracemount Leisure Centre has a new state-of-the-art gymnastics sprung floor. The 12m x 12m carpeted floor is the same type as that used in the Rio 2016 Olympics and will be used for the World Championships and all British Gymnastics events. Continue reading Gymnasts: spring into action!
Edinburgh Leisure is launching a new pre-school class, ‘Jump and Dive’ designed specifically for 3-5 year olds. Continue reading Jump into self-confidence
New weekly soft play sessions for children with additional special needs
Edinburgh Leisure believes that play is for everyone and that some children and families may need more support than others to get active and stay active … so they are introducing a specific soft play session for children with additional support needs.
The sessions will take place every Wednesday from 9am-10am at Clambers at the Royal Commonwealth Pool.
These sessions have been specifically designed to provide an inclusive service and will be appropriate for families of children with additional support needs including autism, cerebral palsy, sight and hearing impairments, global developmental delay, and genetic disorders.
Clambers offers opportunities for all children to have an amazing adventure with carefully designed baby, toddler and junior zones. There’s a comfortable café with uninterrupted views serving quality coffee with tasty and healthy treats for both parents and children.
Sessions cost £1.10 for children aged 0-11 months, £4.20 for children aged 12 months – 3 years, £5.20 for children aged 4 years and up. Siblings without additional support needs are very welcome to attend the sessions too.
Good health, wellbeing and friendships in later life are to be encouraged and celebrated at a free event dedicated to Edinburgh’s growing number of older people this Thursday. Continue reading ‘Stage not Age’ celebrated in Older Adults event
Edinburgh children who took part in a ActiveArt competition to celebrate the relaunch of Edinburgh Leisure’s Drumbrae Leisure Centre, have received their prizes from Olympian swimmer and silver medallist, Robbie Renwick and Drumbrae’s Manageress, Emily Neil. Continue reading Prizes for Drumbrae Leisure Centre’s Active Art winners
Drumbrae Leisure Centre reopened it’s doors yesterday following a £1 million revamp
There’s something for everyone at Drumbrae now, no matter what age or stage. And just to prove that point Triple Olympian swimmer and Rio Silver medallist Robbie Renwick and 79 year old fitness instructor Helen Flannigan, helped to relaunch the Leisure Centre which officially reopens to the public on Monday.
Helen led a Pound workout, which fuses cardio interval training with drumming, and is new to Edinburgh Leisure and one of the few places you can experience the class in the city, while swimmer Robbie conducted a Masters Class for intermediate members looking to improve their front crawl.
Also on hand to ensure the day went without a hitch were General Manager, Emily Neil at Drumbrae Leisure Centre and Head of Customer Operations, Lindsay Renwick (who’s Robbie’s uncle!).
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Now we can all get the chance to put our feet up!
Customers signing up for an Edinburgh Leisure soft-play membership in October will receive November free. For unlimited soft play for only £15.00 per month, little adventurers can enjoy unlimited fun in any of Edinburgh Leisure’s three soft play venues across the city.
The state of the art facilities: Clambers at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, Tumbles at Portobello and Scrambles and Rock Tot Playroom at the EICA: Ratho are suitable for children up to 10 years, are clean and safe, with friendly staff on hand. They all have great cafes too, selling healthy snacks and tasty treats.
To join, pop into your local soft play venue at Edinburgh Leisure and for further information visit: www.edinburghleisure.co.uk
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If your child has bags of energy to burn off – then join Edinburgh Leisure for a FREE Born to Move roadshow at Meadowbank Sports Centre on Friday! Continue reading Free Born to Move sessions this Friday
Edinburgh Leisure’s Leith Victoria Swim Centre is holding their first charity ‘Combatathon’ next Saturday (10 September) from 1.30pm-3.30pm to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Continue reading Join the ‘fight’ against cancer at Leith Victoria
Edinburgh Leisure has unveiled their September offer, designed to help thousands of new customers to try new activities and get more active this autumn. With recent research highlighting the dangers of inactivity, the not-for-profit company which manages City of Edinburgh’s Council leisure services is offering new members joining in September a free month in October.
With 30+ venues offering 9 swimming pools, 14 gyms and 700+ fitness classes per week, Edinburgh Leisure is the ‘biggest club in town’ providing the widest range of fitness classes, state of the art facilities and community based programmes across the capital, creating opportunities for everyone to get active, stay active and achieve more.
Catherine Wilson, Marketing Officer at Edinburgh Leisure said: “With the Paralympics just around the corner and with the Olympics recently finished, we hope it’s inspired people to sit less and move more. We’re passionate about providing opportunities and support for people to participate in physical activities and sport, whatever their age and stage.
“And for those joining in September, they’re going to be so busy with all the wonderful facilities that Edinburgh Leisure has on offer across the city centre that we’re urging them to keep October free, as well as giving them that month for free.”
From 26 August, new joiners will get one month free (October) when they join before the end of September. Existing members who refer a friend, who then joins, will receive £30 cash back.
With adult memberships starting from as little as £29.90, there is a range of packages, including swim, fitness, gym and climbing.
Many of Edinburgh Leisure’s gyms have had a recent refurbishment including Glenogle, Portobello, Craiglockhart, and The Royal Commonwealth Pool. Drumbrae Leisure Centre is also undergoing a major refurbishment, and is due for completion in October 2016. At the end of last year, Edinburgh Leisure had invested £1 million in fitness equipment in five of its 15 gyms.
Edinburgh Leisure gyms have the latest state of the art equipment including some of the newest cardiovascular machines; offer over 750 fitness classes per week including Les Mills Programmes; and have five modernised Victorian pools and the Royal Commonwealth Pool in their portfolio. They also recently launched Clip ‘n Climb at Edinburgh’s International Climbing Centre at Ratho, the first of its kind in Scotland.
Edinburgh Leisure is also running a weekly competition on their Facebook page to win one of five ‘My Zone’ belts. Visitors will be encouraged to tell Edinburgh Leisure what they are going to do to #SitLessMoveMore and #KeepOctoberFree. Winners will be picked at random on 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 September.
My Zone uses new technology and is a motivational belt which straps to the chest during exercise and tracks physical activity in real time and online.
The device measures the customer’s My Zone Effort Points (MEPs), a unique way of measuring activity and the results of exercise. It calculates calories burned, duration and time of activity, as well as factors including weight, muscle mass, body fat and heart rate.
For further information about the offer and to be inspired with hundreds of ways to get active, visit www.edinburghleisure.co.uk, like Edinburgh Leisure on Facebook (www.facebook.com/EdinburghLeisure/) or follow on Twitter (@Ed_Leisure)
