Inclusive

Inclusive Swimming

This open session is designed for people with disabilities and their carers and family members in a friendly and safe environment. Pool hoist assisted entry to the pool and easy access steps available.

It is a dementia-friendly session with no music for people with sensory sensitivities.

The session has a reduced capacity and includes access to our 20m pool with moveable floor 

Ages: All ages, under 8's must be accompanied by an adult. Carers can attend for free and do not need to book in.

Times: Tuesday 14:40-15:30pm and Thursday 11.50am-12.40pm 

Inclusive Gym

Our Inclusive Gym sessions aim to reduce the sensory load for people who want to come to the gym but find the normal noise and lighting associated with a fitness environment overstimulating or off-putting.

During our Inclusive Gym sessions they will have:

Reduced capacity to avoid the area being crowded

A member of staff in the gym available to guide participants

The music will be of for the duration of the session

Carers can enter free if not using the gym

Tuesdays 12pm-1pm 

Gym equipment

 

 

 

Working with the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI), The Sands Leisure Centre has a number of IFI-accredited pieces of fitness equipment within the gym.

IFI Equipment is fully inclusive enabling both disabled and non-disabled people to benefit from a full body, cardiovascular and resistance-based workout.

Equipment includes IFI bikes, arm bikes and inclusive resistance machines.

If you have any questions regarding the equipment please contact us 

Love to Move COMING SOON!

Love to Move is an age and dementia friendly, cognitive enhancement programme, which is transforming the lives of people living with dementia. Love to Move is specially designed to get older people moving and functioning better. The programme achieves this by carefully integrating the use of foundation movement skills, cognitive stimulation and social interaction activities. Part of Love to Move is based on bilaterally asymmetrical movement patterns. This is understood to benefit older people and those with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, by enabling the left side and right side of the brain to process information independently, thus improving cognitive function, coordination and the ability to carry out activities of daily living more independently. Above all, the programme is fun!

SEND Explore Gymnastics

SEND gymnastics adapts traditional gymnastics activities such as balancing, jumping, rolling, or using equipment like beams and trampettes to suit each individual’s needs and abilities.

Ages: 4+

Times: Friday at 4pm 

Price: £25 per month DD

Sessions might include:

Modified equipment (softer mats, lower beams)
Smaller class sizes
Simplified instructions and use of visual or sensory cues
Extra time to learn and practice skills
A focus on fun, confidence, and participation, rather than competition

SEND Swimming Lessons

We offer weekly swimming lessons specifically designed for children with SEND, these sessions are aimed at children aged 4 years and above.
These fun and supportive sessions focus on building water confidence and developing swimming skills through play-based activities and enjoyment.

Ages: 4+

Times: Tuesday 6:15pm

Price: £27 per month DD

Sessions Might Include:

Using the same core assessment criteria as our swim school, our SEND lesson is structured but playful, helping get the maximum out of children whilst in the pool environment. 
Our qualified instructors are in the water to help assist the children throughout their swimming journey. 

The Well Communities

We partner with The Well Communities to enable them to deliver their 12-step rehabilitation programme.

Better provides health and fitness space for the programme to enable participants to develop their physical well-being.

Bee Unique

Alongside our partners at Bee Unique, we provide inclusive pool sessions in our 20m pool with a movable floor. This sessions is designed to reduce the sensory load as much as posisble and with the movable floor the sessions can be tailored to the needs of the group.

NHS Physiotherapy Department

The redevelopment project at The Sands Centre has allowed GLL to consolidate the existing arrangements with the North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust Musculoskeletal (MSK) team. The MSK team already provide treatment services at The Sands Centre but can now expand their services and develop new joint/collective treatment and rehabilitation activities with GLL and other partners.

The NHS provision is situated at ground level to provide easy access.

Level Water

In partnership with the charity Level Water, we also offer free swimming lessons for children aged 4-11 with physical and sensory disabilities. For those who require additional assistance, we provide funded 1:1 sessions to support their needs. 

Please note that these funded classes are not currently available for children with learning, social, or behavioural disabilities.