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Top 10 Reasons to Exercise (not including losing weight)
4th December 2013
10. You’ll Improve Your Memory Ever feel like you think a bit more clearly after a good workout? Not only is your brain getting more energy and oxygen, but many…
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Jubilee Hall Highly Commended at Active Westminster Awards
2nd December 2013
On Friday 29th November, at the Active Westminster Awards, Jubilee Hall received recognition in two award categories – Active Place and Inclusive & Active. The gym in Covent Garden was…
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Getting Covent Garden's children more active!
27th November 2013
Jubilee Hall Trust (JHT) is working in partnership with St Clement Danes primary school to encourage children to be more active. The programme includes JHT delivering Streetdance classes at lunchtime…
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One in four Britons fails to exercise for 30 minutes per month
8th November 2013
Low cardio-respiratory fitness causes 17% of all early deaths in the UK. This is almost double those caused by smoking and five times those caused by obesity, and yet one…
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Chartered Sports Institute votes for new business plan
8th November 2013
A record number of CIMSPA members voted to adopt its future business plan at its first Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7th November, at the Trades Union Congress, London. The…
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Jubilee Hall in awards final!
25th October 2013
The Jubilee Hall gym in Covent Garden has been shortlisted for an ActiveWestminster Award in the Active Place category. Jubilee Hall originally opened in 1978 as London’s first community-owned and…
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Football Foundation launches new £102m fund at Colombo Centre
24th October 2013
On Wednesday 23rd October, the Minister for Sport, Helen Grant MP, launched the new Premier League/FA Facilities Fund at the Colombo Centre football pitches. This £102m commitment to grassroots football…
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Time to get back in the gym?
15th October 2013
Physical inactivity is a ‘silent killer’ responsible for more deaths than smoking and now one of the top four killers worldwide according to the World Health Organisation. Yet, the British…
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The Armoury's Liz wins national award!
27th September 2013
We are delighted to announce that Liz Velji, our GP Referral Specialist at The Armoury, was one of only five individuals nationally to win a ‘People’ award at the Members’…
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Camden council praises The Armoury
23rd September 2013
On Thursday 19th September, Jubilee Hall Trust (JHT) was invited to Camden council’s Health & Scrutiny Committee meeting to explain the work that is done at The Armoury, and to…
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Is Jubilee Hall Trust better than GLL and LA Fitness?
17th September 2013
Over the weekend of 14th/15th September, Jubilee Hall Trust’s Chief Executive, Phil Rumbelow and Operations Director, Jon Giles, competed in the Rat Race Scotland Coast to Coast challenge from Nairn…
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Helping children lead healthier lives
11th September 2013
Jubilee Hall Trust’s latest MEND programme for 7-13 year olds has just finished and nine children ‘graduated’. Sessions were delivered at Rye Oak primary school in Southwark, and the excellent…
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