Adult physical activity (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Leisure Services

• South Tyneside Council leisure services offer a wide range of physical activity provision and opportunities across the borough. There are currently 5 leisure centres located across South Tyneside. These are:
  • Jarrow Focus
  • Hebburn Central
  • Monkton Stadium
  • Temple Park Leisure Centre
  • Haven Point Leisure Centre

The leisure programme offers gym sessions, exercise classes and an extensive swimming programme as well as providing a base for many of the boroughs community and private organisations.

Outdoor Education

• South Tyneside Council's Outdoor Education Service offers a wide range of physical activity provision and opportunities both inside and outside the borough for the benefit of residents.

• There are currently two centres located inside South Tyneside:
  • Simonside Climbing Wall
  • Water Activities Centre
• There are also currently two centres located outside of South Tyneside:
  • Akenshawburn Cottages, Kielder, Northumberland
  • Thurston Outdoor Education Centre, Coniston, Cumbria
• The outdoor education programme offers:
  • evening-based open-access climbing sessions
  • a range of accreditation opportunities such as; First Aid, Mayors, John Muir and Duke of Edinburgh's Awards
  • volunteering opportunities
  • an extensive group-based activity programme

Road Safety

• South Tyneside Council has a road safety team which has the remit for providing road safety training to all year three pupils in the borough. The road safety team also provide bikeability training to year four and five pupils to develop their skills and confidence and encourage cycling to and from school.

Parks and Green Space

• South Tyneside Council manages a number of parks and green spaces including grass sports pitches, walkways, cycle routes, parks, beaches, coastal paths and allotments. These offer a range of opportunities for formal and informal physical activity.

Third Sector Provision

• South Tyneside has a wide variety of charitable and voluntary sector organisations that provide physical activity provision and are well placed to motivate individuals to become more active.

Sporting Facilities

• South Tyneside has a number of sporting facilities both public and privately owned: