Free and low cost activities, as recommended by Find Your Active Community Connector, Carol Wakeman Carol.Wakeman@ceessex.org.uk.
Free or low cost activities and walks
Qigong for Mental Health (fully funded by Active Essex)
12 week course at Brentwood Theatre, Shenfield Road, CM15 8AG. Wednesdays, 11:15am to - 12 midday. Booking only: gill.bauer@btinternet.com
Menocize Programme
13 week course funded by Active Essex, including movement and discussion, relating to women’s health. No booking needed – can dip in and out as appropriate. Contact: gill.bauer@btinternet.com
MIND Walks
Thurrock and Brentwood MIND. Leaving from Warley MIND on Thursdays at 10am for 1 hour.
FREE Health walks daily from Monday to Friday. Visit Brentwood walking and cycling.
Living with Cancer, Brentwood Leisure Centre
E-mail: referme@impulseleisure.co.uk
Running and walking activities:
Park Run/Park Walk - Free 5k timed weekly walk or running event.
Check the website for your local Brentwood Park Walk/Park Run every Saturday (Adults) in South Weald Park and there is a Junior Park Run/walk planned in Hutton, 9am on Sundays, when the weather is warmer.
Brentwood Beagles Athletics Club
Thorndon Walking & Running Club
Contact Donna on 07876 336948 or Su on 07914641199
Tri Sport Essex
Suitable for age 8+- offering running, swimming, cycling, triathlon
Free community activities
Go Jauntly App –Download the free app for lots of walks local to where you are.
Exploring the wonderful country parks – Thorndon Country Parks (Gruffalo Trail – Thorndon North), South Weald, Warley Place and other Essex Parks. Buy the Essex Explorer Pass for use in all Essex County Council parks for 1 year. £75 standard pass, Over 65’s and concessions £52.
Park Run - Weald Park (Junior Park Run being set up in Hutton)
ATF: Free activities for children and young people - Wednesday afternoons term time 4:30 to 6pm, Hutton Recreation Ground MUGA for football and games, followed by indoor drinks, snacks and games at Daily Bread Café.
C & B Yoga (Baby & Me Yoga)
Postnatal Care & Core Wellness, Hutton & Shenfield Union Church, Mondays 12:30 to 13:30, fully Active Essex Funded
Chat 1st
FREE 12 session Introduction to Karate. Starting 15 March. Register interest: chat1stwellbeing@gmail.com
Little Fishes, Daily Bread Café, Hutton
For babies and Pre-School aged children. Term Time Thursdays 9:30 to 11am. No need to book – all children and their carers welcome
Contact: office@huttonparish.com
Who Let the Dads Out
Hutton & Shenfield Union Church, Roundwood Avenue, CM13 2NA. 1st Saturday of the month for 0-5 year olds and their dads, grandads, male carers. 10am to 1pm. No need to book. Just turn up and play. Donation box only.
Dad’s Café, Hutton and Shenfield Union Church, Roundwood Avenue, CM13 2NA
Every Saturday of 2023 at 9am to 12pm for Dads and babies under 2 years old. No need to book, just turn up.
Red Balloon Foundation – donation only events including those at Hutton & Shenfield Union Church and Brentwood Baptist Church
Popular with older adults
Strollercise Brentwood
50’s & 60’s music. All classes £5. Every day Monday to Friday at various Brentwood locations.
New Brentwood Tea Dance
(with Chat 1st and Brentwood Borough Council), Nightingale Centre, Warley, Brentwood. Monthly Thursdays 11am to 1pm, £5pp including tea and cake. SEN and Dementia friendly.
Kazen Kai Centre, Bannister Drive, Hutton
Low impact fitness for the elderly. Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:15 to 2pm. £6 per class run by Emma
Short Mat Bowls
Plenty of local clubs offering short mat bowls including Hutton Community Centre 50+ Club, £5 per annum membership plus £2 per session
ZUMBA Gold
Lower impact version of this popular dance workout. £5 per annum membership and 32 per session
University of the Third Age (U3A), 3 different Brentwood Groups: U3A, Alexander family and U3A Shenfield. Activities for retired people led by members so activities are lower cost. Small yearly membership fee applies and costs for individual events as appropriate.
Popular classes (fees apply)
Clubbercise and Boxercise
Led by various people. Email cezara.bokwa@yahoo.co.uk
Health Fitness & Kinesiology
South Weald Parish Hall, London Road, CM14 4NP - Gill Bauer. £5 per health and fitness class, £6 Qigong, £7 Yoga Nidra
E-mail: gill.bauer@btinternet.com
Devi-Deva Holistic Centre, Springfield Avenue, Hutton. Various yoga, pilates, qigong classes available
Befit Fitness Brentwood and Billericay
Fun, total body workout. E-mail: LesleyBfit@mail.com
Inclusive activities
Active Essex, free online workout-channel
SNAP - Special Needs And Parents For families with children with additional needs aged 0 to 25
Therapy, Exercise, Active M.S. Essex (T.E.A.M.S Essex)
E-mail: t.e.a.ms@outlook.com or Jaci on 07366 395 847 or Tina on 07939 941159
Chat 1st Youth
Youth Programme for 12-19 year olds with or without SEND
Aqua Mobility Swimming at Everyone Active. Monday to Friday, Brentwood Leisure Trust
BASIS, the Reading Rooms, High Street, Billericay.
Keep Fit for visually impaired, coffee 2nd hour (low impact) 10am to 12pm midday on Tuesdays. £2.50 per session.
Sport for Confidence – Brentwood Centre
Various inclusive activities. £3.50 per session
WheelPower Online Exercise Classes
Essex Activate
School holiday programme – food and activity. Some clubs dedicated to those with extra needs.
Trailnet
Thorndon Park Inclusive Cycling. CM13 3RZ. For children and adults. All types of bike hire too as well as SEND days
Telephone 07939 249080
Corner Club – Galleywood Youth Centre, Chelmsford
Suit age 13 to 17 years SEND pupils. Monday eve 4 to 6pm
For more info contact: Emma.Cavanagh@essex.gov.uk
Sports centres
Everyone Active, Brentwood Centre, Pilgrims Hatch, CM15 9NN
Call 01277 215151. Huge variety of activities and classes available. Free membership card and costs apply for activities
Better Gym, Baytree Centre, CM14 4BX
Barbell Girls
Oakleigh Farm, Rayleigh Road, Hutton
Weight training for women. £6 per session
Telephone number: 07736 279568
E-mail: BarbellGirls@hotmail.com
Hutton Community Centre, Harrison Close, Hutton
Telephone number: 01277 231600
Wide choice of classes – 35 in total
Knights Way Centre, Knights Way, Hutton
Telephone number: 01277 220510 (phones not manned a lot of the time), you can also email: info@knightswaycentre.co.uk
Wide range of activities in centre
Ingatestone & Fryerning Community Association, High Street, Ingatestone
Lots of local activities