Community centre bridges the generation gap

A social and sports centre that caters for everything from football and racquet sports to line dancing and yoga has united the community of Coddenham.

The centre, which opened in February 2004, achieved Sport England’s desire to get more of the residents active in a facility that is used by young and old throughout the year.

Sport England invested over £425,000 of Lottery funding towards the cost of the project and the result is a single-court, multi purpose sports hall, changing facilities, all-weather multi use games area, a bowling green and a community room.

Coddenham Community Centre factfile

• Classes have been offered in yoga, body conditioning, line dancing and pilates
• Since it opened over 5,000 have used the facility helping Sport England towards its target of increasing participation by 1% a year up to 2020.
• New bowls, badminton and squash clubs have been created
• Coddenham ladies and youth football teams have been set up as a result of this facility
• Classes have been offered in yoga, body conditioning, line dancing and pilates

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"The multi-sport hub concept has proven to be one of the most effective means to bring sport and physical activity directly into communities. This new approach focuses on the development of community hubs that combine multiple sports and activities and also have the potential to bring health, social welfare and educational services together under one roof. Sport England has committed to developing a network of multi-sport hubs across the country to boost the number of people actively engaged in sport."

To find out more about the Everyday Sport campaign, for activities taking place in your area and simple tips on how to get active, log onto www.everydaysport.com or call the Everyday Sport hotline: 0800 587 6000.