Sign up to FIT Jacks now at a venue near you
The start of Swansea City AFC Foundation’s expanded FIT Jacks programme is fast approaching, and you can now sign up for the new sessions - which will start from January 15 2024 - at a venue near you.
FIT Jacks is a free 12-week health and wellbeing programme, which combines fitness sessions with advice about healthy living, and to date has been successfully delivered by the Foundation at the Swansea.com Stadium.
After receiving a funding boost from Swansea Council through the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund, the Foundation is expanding FIT Jacks further into our local community with venues confirmed in Penderi, Cwmtawe, Llwchwr and the City clusters.
Since FIT Jacks started in February of this year, sessions have been held on a Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm. Now, with the planned expansion, there will be many more dates and times available at sites across the region.
There will be sessions at the following venues and times:
Llwchwr
Mondays at 5.15pm - New Lodge, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4PE.
Wednesdays at 10am – Gorseinon Institute, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4AD.
Cwmtawe
Tuesdays at 10am – Morriston Memorial Hall, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea, SA6 6JR.
Wednesdays at 6pm – Aenon Baptist Chapel, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 7AG.
Penderi
Thursdays at 10am or 6pm – Venue No.1, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4AE
City
Thursdays at 6pm - Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, SA1 2FA
More than 60 people attended the Foundation’s FIT Jacks expansion launch event on Monday evening, which aimed to give employers, associated cluster groups and people interested in signing up an insight into the programme itself, the numerous benefits it delivers, and how the scheme will be adapted for its outreach into the community.
Swansea City AFC Foundation head of health and wellbeing, Caroline Gwilym, said: “It was really exciting to have everybody in attendance, we’ve had a mix of previous participants, people from GP clusters, employers and people who want to sign up, so it was wonderful to have such a mix of an audience.
“We know what this programme can do for people, we’ve seen it time and time again, and now we get to give this opportunity to so many more people.
“We are really excited to get going in 2024 and spread this incredible programme far and wide.”
Lee Trundle was also in attendance at the FIT Jacks expansion launch event, and the club ambassador added: “It’s brilliant to see so many people interested in FIT Jacks and wanting to be involved in the programme.
“It was great to have so many people who have completed the programme already in attendance, and to be able to hear their stories.
“There were also a lot of people here who haven’t been involved in the programme so clearly the word is spreading, from a fitness, health and mental wellbeing stand point.
“There are people who wouldn’t be able to regularly make it to the Swansea.com Stadium who would really benefit from the programme, so it’s brilliant to be able to spread it out and deliver it to a wider audience.”
If you want to get involved and embark on your own journey through FIT Jacks, click below to sign up now.