6:00pm Saturday 28th November 2009
By Diarmuid MacDonagh
Organisers of a new scheme to encourage children to exercise have warned that many under-fives in Weymouth could miss out on free sports equipment unless their nursery or playgroup acts quickly.
Early Years groups have only a few weeks left to register for the Haven Fun & Fitness scheme which is being run by Haven Holidays, the parent company of three caravan parks in Chickerell and Preston areas.
A spokesman for Haven Fun & Fitness, which is providing free sports equipment to nurseries and playgroups, said: “There has been quite good take-up generally but there are still many playgroups and nurseries in the Weymouth area which have not registered, so they could easily miss out.
“Haven Fun & Fitness has been endorsed by the Pre-School Learning Alliance and there is no catch to it.
“If any nursery or pre-school is having trouble registering or lacks access to a computer, perhaps one of the parents could email us and we will do our best to help.”
To take part, all the pre-school groups have to do is register via the website and invite parents to visit the same website and leave a message.
The equipment, which is worth up £250 (depending on the size of the pre-school) includes balls, soft-foam flyers, bean bags, a large floor parachute, hoops and a soft foam throw set.
Pre-school groups will receive the equipment once 70 per cent of the parents have registered on the website. If all the parents log on they will be entitled to a bonus item.
The scheme is run via www.havenfunfitness.com
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