Green Gym
Empowerment Activity| place of activity | |
| event date | weekly rotation |
| type of activity | Engagement |
| activity theme | Sport & Physical Activity |
| organisation | BTCV Waltham Forest |
| lead contact | Gareth Chalmers 020 8533 8022 07731450839 gg-walthamforest@btcv.org.uk |
| sector | Other |
| website | www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/environment/parksrec/green-gym.htm |
| target audience |
| participate | No discussion forum is available for this activity |
When and where?
The Green Gym will be running in Waltham Forest parks until 2013. Please keep checking the website for updated times and locations.
What is the green gym?
BTCV's Green Gym are FREE conservation and gardening sessions which enables people to increase their level of physical activity and improve their health whilst also improving their local environment.
Who can come along?
Come along, join in and give your input about what you would like to see in your local green space!
BTCV Green Gym is open to all volunteers regardless of experience or levels of fitness. (Under 16\'s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)
What will a session involve?
Experienced leaders will start and finish each session with a few minutes of gentle warm-up exercises and cool-down stretches to get muscles warmed up and reduce the risk of injury.
Work will involve creating habitats for wildlife in the local parks such as dead wood habitats, wildflower planting, coppicing trees and shrubs and weeding.
A variety of activities allow volunteers to rotate between tasks, try out different tools and work at their own pace.
The well earned break half way through the session is a chance to socialise with like-minded people, enjoy a hot drink and refuel with a banana.
