Stelrad Radiators has provided radiators for an enterprising new community gym and youth hub in Leonard Street, Hull, which officially opened on 12 January.
The Peel Project has received £32,000 worth of gym equipment from its national partners, Places Leisure. The organisation said it has set about providing a facility in Hull that would lead to an increase in physical activity to reduce health inequalities in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the city. Gym membership prices start from £10 a month, with subsidised or free gym membership for the over 55s in the city subject to grants.
The organisation behind the new facility has taken a lease on premises and renovated it. The Peel Project noted that set up costs are estimated at around £95,000 to include the gym equipment, building materials, paint, new electrics, full heating system, CCTV, fire safety system and the cost of tradesmen.
Jamal Choudhury, managing director, said: “We know this facility will change a generation and community positively and address the lack of youth engagement whilst making healthy living available to those who face poverty and significant social barriers in the city.
“It is an exciting and much needed project in an area which lacks community led fitness and youth facilities and where people are disadvantaged. We hope this facility will lead to people who do not partake in physical activity and have barriers to entry to start all kinds of physical exercise and of course having a hub for people to use as a safe place, to help reduce isolation and to begin to socialise, keeping young people off the streets is all part of what we are trying to do here. We are hugely grateful to Stelrad for their support in getting this new facility off the ground.”
Chris Harvey, Stelrad’s marketing director for the UK and Ireland, added: “We have a good reputation in the industry and in Yorkshire for being supportive of worthy causes and we were delighted to be able to provide a number of our Compact radiators free of charge to this exciting project in Hull, just down the road from our South Yorkshire base in Mexborough.
“The Peel Project is a pioneering community and youth organisation in Hull, led by individuals with lived experiences from diverse ethnic backgrounds. It offers free-to-access grassroots activities, educational workshops, and events. The organisation’s vision is to promote and celebrate meaningful inclusion of people from black and minority ethnic communities in all aspects of civic life within the City of Hull.
“With a special focus on Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnicities (BAME), it aims to improve lives and build communities. We wholeheartedly support these aims and are delighted to be able to support it in our own small way.”