A new project which aims to get more disabled people in West Suffolk into the gym to improve their fitness and health is being launched in Bury St Edmunds on Monday (31 March).

The Health Inclusion Programme (HIP) is being co-ordinated by disability charity Optua in partnership with the West Suffolk Local Strategic Partnership, St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Forest Heath District Council and Babergh District Council.

The project is aimed at providing disabled people aged over 18 with a personal tailored fitness programme in their local gym.

The HIP will be running from Monday 31 March at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre’s gymnasium on Mondays from 2pm and 4pm and Fridays between 11am and 1pm. The initiative involves a 24-week programme tailored to suit the individual needs of those taking part.

The programme is available to anyone aged over 18 living in the Bury St Edmunds area with a disability.

The cost is £1 per session for up to three sessions per week and a concessionary card is also provided to reduce the costs of using the leisure centre for other activities.

HIP will also be running at the following locations:

• Kingfisher Leisure Centre, Sudbury
• Great Cornard Leisure Centre
• Brandon Leisure Centre
• Mildenhall Leisure Centre
• Newmarket Leisure Centre

For more details please contact Gemma Hockley on 01473 836770, email hip@optua.org.uk or come along to the Leisure Centre Café from lunchtime on Monday to meet Gemma Hockley, Matthew Hickey and the Bury St Edmunds Gymnasium team to enrol on the project or find out more.