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8 The Link Magazine • June 2004
LIGHTING BUG New club aims to get kids healthy
An experienced play worker who moved to Priory Vale last year is
FACTORY WAREHOUSE recruiting children for Kidsplay - a new kind of club where physical
IN WEST SWINDON activity is top of the agenda.
Units 16/17 Westmead Industrial Estate, Westlea, Swindon Linsey Williams is very
concerned about the state of
Probably the widest selection the health and fitness of
of affordable lighting in Wiltshire many children and is offer-
ing parents a way to help
Open: Locate the Lighting Bug their offspring have fun and
Mon to Sat . ,. .,qs^ Jtd , get into regular exercise.
9.30am to 5.30pm Wes } "There has been a lot of
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of overweight children,"
10am to 4pm said Linsey. "And many par-
ents are concerned that
www.lightingbug.co.uk youngsters get into the habit
of housebound activities like
playing computer games or
watching TV for hours
which just allows them to
pile on the pounds.
"The British Heart Foun-
dation recently published re-
S ports stating that childhood
obesity is on the increase Linsey Williams with Abbey Meads School
which has the devasting ef- youngsters Peter and Bradley Kewell, Sophie
fect of causing heart disease and Mark Lorusso
later on in life. Diet is a ma-
jor issue and it's up to the parents caught in a dilemma as to how to
to change what is offered at meal keep children active, especially if
times, but lack of physical activity they are out at work during the
to burn off calories is a key factor. after school hours."
"That's where Kidsplay comes Kidsplay will meet for two hours
in. We hope to launch the first club during the week and sometimes at
for to 11 year olds at Abbey Meads weekends. Linsey will be running
Primary School in June. The aim of holiday sessions and hopes to launch
the club is to promote fitness by the club at other North Swindon
introducing children to well re- primary schools in the Autumn and
membered favourites such as Brit- also in West Swindon.
ish Bulldog, football rounders, Fizz To help your children break
Buzz and many more fun games. away from all those electronic
u "Many parents will remember boxes around the house, press the
playing those games themselves red button for stop, and call Linsey
but society has changed. Letting Williams on 07810 514860 to regis-
Swindon your child go to the corner shop ter for Kidsplay today.
Linsey is also looking for play
seems to be enough to worry about,
never mind letting there go to the workers who agree with her active
park to climb trees. Parents are lifestyle outlook.
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