Hull Gets Fit And Lights Up
With Green Energy Gym
Two proud Made in Britain members have
joined the campaign to 'fight the flab' in
one of the most deprived and obese cities
in the country.
The Great Outdoor Gym Company (TGO)
from Kent has been working with Hull City
Council since the London 2012 Games
in the city's attempts to deliver its own
Olympic legacy.
provider for the London Olympics, in
enclosing the latest Hull project at Barbara
Robson Park in Sutton Village.
Kingston upon Hull East MP Karl Turner
(pictured) officially opened the Barbara
Robson Green Gym, where the effort made
by gym users is converted into electricity
that is used to power the lights in the park,
the adjacent floodlit multi-use games area
TGO has installed eight freeto-use outdoor gyms in Hull
that are readily accessible to
people of all ages and abilities,
breaking down the barriers
to physical activity and acting
as a gateway to improving
health.
One of them, Shaw Park Eco
Gym, is powered entirely by
human movement and is lit
up at night at no cost allowing
people to exercise around the
clock, attracting official visits
from as far afield as Japan and
Hungary – and being voted
second best outdoor gym in the world
after California's muscle beach.
Now TGO has engaged Made in Britain
founding company Zaun, which was the
main perimeter and security fencing
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while Zaun has installed a free standing
basketball unit at the MUGA that is ringed
with Duo8 panels and attractive BowTop
fencing around the outdoor gym.
TGO founder and MD Matt Delaney, ex
London Director of Sport England, PE
teacher and professional basketball player,
wanted to help communities get more
active by offering high quality training
facilities in every community.
He said: “Hull has been a
brilliant pioneering partner for
us in championing our green
energy gyms. We have a real
opportunity to transform local
parks and playing fields into
health and wellbeing spaces
for the whole community and
tackle health issues from the
angle of prevention rather
than cure.”
(MUGA) and to charge mobile phones. The
gym is the first of its kind in the city and
only the 5th in the UK.
Sutton Ward councillors
funded the gym while NHS
North Yorkshire and Humber
Commissioning Support Unit
has employed a fitness instructor to advise
and run programmes to encourage people
to start to lead a healthier lifestyle.
It includes a wealth of easy-to-use
equipment for health and fitness fun,
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