The beginner running and walking charity, the MileShyClub, announced today the start of five new Couch to 5k running clubs coming to Salford, Manchester and Trafford this September.
The award-winning club already has 10 clubs across much of the borough of Trafford, with five beginner run clubs in Sale, Urmston, Old Trafford, Partington and Stretford, and five beginner walking clubs in Sale, Stretford, Old Trafford, the Trafford Centre and Wythenshawe. In addition to these clubs, the MileShyClub also regularly collaborate with other VCSE organisations in the local area, most recently with GM Ringway for a monthly walk in Longford Park (Stretford) and GreaterSports’ Right to the Streets Project in Gorse Hill Park (Stretford).
Club founder and CEO, Jane Dennison said,
“Like with many other organisations in the health and wellbeing sector, we experienced funding cuts this year which placed our walking clubs at risk. Therefore, we’ve had to get creative to look at ways to raise funds to keep our clubs going. Opening more beginner running clubs was a natural move as they’re always well attended and super popular, but remain affordable at £2 a session, pay as you go”.
With previous experience working in Salford for the social enterprise Beyond Empower (a service which supports disabled people to get active), Jane Dennison has wanted to make a move into the area for a while. She left the service in April this year to focus on opening the new clubs.
“I am so pleased that Sport England got behind us to make this move into Salford. It was easy to sell the idea of a new club in Altrincham as we’ve had people there wanting us there for a couple of years now, and the Altrincham Funeral Partners Fund backed us, thanks to Forever Manchester. We were also successful with The Big Life group and were able to start a walking club in July, with the run club to follow in September.”
The full breakdown of new clubs can be found below, starting week commencing 11th September:
Altrincham – Friday’s 9.30am
Wythenshawe – Monday’s 6pm
Worsley – Thursday’s 6pm
Swinton – Tuesday’s 5.30pm
Salford Quays – Tuesday’s 7.30pm
Full details and to sign up, visit www.mileshyclub.com