Welcome

to The Sharp End: Fitness, fun and healthy living for people over 50

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We are a friendly and welcoming healthy living centre for people aged 50 or over. We offer a wide range of exercise and creative sessions weekly. You can join the Sharp End for £1.50* per week then you can attend as many sessions as you like. Or you can pay by the session (£3.00 per session). Try it out for free for the first week

* payable quarterly in advance (ie £18 for 12 weeks)

Click here to see our weekly programme

What do our members think of us?

We have over 200 active members. Below are the results from our last members survey (Dec 2010)

85% of our members are happy with our sessions/ activities
Over 85% reported maintenance or improvement in their emotional and/or physical wellbeing within the past 3 months
70% of our members feel involved in the services they receive from TSE
68% of our members do not attend other community activity apart from TSE
94% of our members had no unplanned hospital admissions the past 3 months
28% of our members still feel isolated sometimes,
Members spend up to two hours per week at TSE beyond their class time
In the first 6 months of 2010/11 LBH funded classes 13.03 average per class attendance, PCT funded 11 per class.

Registered Charity Number: 1054116

Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales : Number 3140955

“Sometimes when you wake up in the morning with all your aches and pains, you don’t feel like coming out, but when you come here you forget all about it until you get home.”