Welcome

Welcome to The Sharp End: Fitness, Fun and Healthy Living For people over 50 .

Keeping Active

Is a resource centre for older people living in Hackney. It offers a wide range of services and activities to promote the health and well-being of older people, improving their quality of life. It is an independent charitable project and a company limited by guarantee. The Sharp End has been operating since 1996.

Registered Charity Number: 1054116

Company limited by guarantee in England and Wales : Number 3140955

Classes and Activities

Every week there are 28 hours of classes run by the Sharp End based both in our headquarters, in community locations around the borough, The classes can be divided into 3 broad category’s though these are a bit arbitrary and not mutually exclusive.

These are:

Physical Exercise
Culture and Dance,
Relaxation

“Sometimes when you wake up in the morning with all your aches and pains, you don’t feel like coming out, but when you think about coming here and meeting all these other people with so many different complaints, you come here and then you forget all about it until you get home.”