Every Wednesday afternoon, several members from the Fit Club project go to the Guildford Grange Residential Home to work with the elderly residents and give them a weekly activity and exercise session that aims to help increase fitness and mobility.
The activities vary each week, and range from walks around beauty spots within Sheffield to playing fun games such as bowling & skittles. Rosie Wynne and Kim Horspool, joint project leaders of Fit Club, say that the project helps to: "Increase fitness, mobility and flexibility of the residents by running interactive, fun sessions for the residents." A favourite activity amongst the elderly residents is using a parachute; this was a personal favourite of mine when doing PE at Primary school, so I wasn't at all surprised to learn that the residents of Guildford Grange Residential home enjoy it too.
The project leaders also added that the Fit Club project gives students that are studying physiotherapy a fantastic opportunity to gain experience, as well as have fun interacting with the residents.
Some of the activities lined up for the residents in the coming weeks include parachute games and taking the residents for a walk around the picturesque Botanical Gardens, which I am sure they will enjoy.
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