A newly launched girls’ sports hub has already proven to be a great success.

The Halliwell Girls’ Sports Hub was launched jointly by the Flowhesion Foundation and The Centre of Excellence to give girls in the area the opportunity to take part in a range of sports.

These have included cycling, boxing, rock climbing, swimming, with the girls already in the processing of doing an eight part “boxercise” programme and planning to start rock climbing.

Centre of Excellence chair Ahmed Patel said: “We want young people in Halliwell to be active, fit and be the best version of themselves.

“We had repeated requests from the community to run these sessions.

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“The sports hub has been a great success.”

The Centre of Excellence has been working with the Astley Street based Flowhesion Found in running the hub.

The foundation was recently accredited to run the Duke of Edinburgh Award and young people who join the sports will be able to take part.

This will allow them to work towards gaining the widely recognised and prestigious award for themselves and will also allow them to take part in various outings and activities.

Flowhesion Foundation sports hub co-ordinator Julie Vining said: “Our Foundation sees a world where all live better, feel better and achieve more.

“The hub achieves a lot of this.

“We’ve had a great response.

“The girls are really enjoying the sessions and have planned lots of different sports activities they want to take part in over the year.”

The Flowhesion Foundation has already worked on various projects across the community in recent times and hopes to see the hub, run with the Centre of Excellence, grow in popularity.

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The foundation has also worked on promoting community cohesion, regardless of people’s backgrounds or identity.  

So far, the sports hub has proven to be a big hit with its new members, in particular thanks to the opportunity it has given them to learn new skills and meet new people.

Hub attendee Nisha Sadaf said: “I’m really enjoying the sessions, I’m making new friends, learning new things but most importantly its good for my health.”

Anyone interested in taking part or who wants to find out more can email  girls.sport@flowhesionfoundation.org.uk or call 01204275106.