Club and hotel joins forces to promote healthy lifestyles

SOUTHAMPTON Football Club has announced a new regional partnership with the Village Hotel in Eastleigh to help encourage fans to meet their fitness goals and live a more active lifestyle.

Recent research from YouGov shows that more than 39 per cent of children and young people across Southampton have been classified at ‘less active’.

Further to this over more than 30 per cent of Southampton adults have been classified at physically inactive, which is more than three per cent worse than the national average.

Southampton Football Club’s director of regional business Mark Abrahams said: “Since opening in Eastleigh in 2021 we’ve been impressed with Village Hotel’s fresh approach, and in particular the health and wellbeing club that offers affordable and high-quality facilities for the community.

“We’re looking forward to working with the Village as a regional partner in 2023 and exploring new opportunities that deliver shared value.”

The regional partnership will see the Eastleigh Village Hotel and the south coast football team collaborate on a number of initiatives to support their combined goals of promoting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

To kickstart the new collaboration the Eastleigh Village Hotel will be offering fans the chance to win themselves an annual pass for their gym facilities, as well as a signed football shirt.

Village Hotels senior general manger Nalin Daud added: “We are extremely excited to become a regional partner with Southampton Football Club.

“We share Saints’ commitment to the local community by using sport and exercise to bring fans together and helping keep the community fit and healthy.”