local Fitness Manager Rob Lukins with Andrew Sill
Lymphoedema support group on the move
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rom 13 October, Bournemouth and Poole Lymphoedema and Lipoedema Support Group has a new venue and will move to St Albans Medical Centre, East Way, Bournemouth. The group usually meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 10.30am. If you are living with swelling or
enlargement of the limbs, whether or not you have been diagnosed with primary or secondary lymphedema or lipoedema, and would like to link up with others, please come along to these support meetings. Call Margaret Butler on 07938 546485 or 01202 980551.
Ferndown Leisure Centre launches Disability Ambassador’s role Andrew Sill, a 16-year-old student from Ferndown Upper School, has taken up the new role as Ambassador at his local leisure centre to promote disability sports. “I am aware through struggling to find local disability sports how difficult this is,” says Andrew who has cerebral palsy. “My aim is to make it easier for the disabled to get the information by creating a communication network to signpost these sporting activities and how to access them.” He will be doing this at the Ferndown Leisure Centre, which is a hub site catering for people with disabilities in East Dorset. The centre aims to provide disability activities to get more disabled people involved in sports and leisure. Andrew adds, “I currently use the gym twice a week, and play cricket at the leisure centre. I find the sessions very beneficial as they have helped me to improve my balance. Cerebral palsy restricts me from doing dayto-day things, so imagine my delight when I found I could take part in fitness training in the gym amongst able bodied people. “Rob the fitness manager and his team are my personal training instructors, they provide me with programmes to follow, and due to their assistance I can use the more complicated machines, for example, the treadmill and the rower.” To find out more, call Andrew Sill 01202 877468 or visit www. ferndownleisurecentre.co.uk
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