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Woking Gymnastics Club is a registered charity, operating for over 30 years. With over 1,500 active participants every week, we are one of the largest clubs in the UK and the largest single youth organisation in Woking. Our aim is to offer gymnastics classes for all abilities and ages from 0 to 60+. We are committed to serving the community and making our exciting sport accessible to as many people as possible. We are now asking our members and the local community to help us ensure we are able to continue providing our services in the future. We understand these are challenging times for all, and with our class payments being suspended, we hope some may be in a position to support our Club. No matter how big or small, every donation is greatly appreciated. We remain passionate and committed to the sport of gymnastics and our Club. We look forward to welcoming you all back as soon as we re-open. In the meantime, we will be continuing to provide an exciting range of gymnastics videos, challenges and exercises via our Club Facebook and Instagram pages. Keep up with all our action by following us on Facebook & Instagram - @wokinggymclub. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch all our videos - Woking Gymnastics Club. To donate, please follow the link below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-woking-gymnastics-club 
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Due to recent Government announcements and school closures, we plan to temporarily suspend our classes after Friday 20th March until further notice. The health and safety of our members and staff is our greatest priority.
All members will receive an email today regarding the clubs future plans and payment information. As you can imagine, we have a large volume of enquires at this time, so please bear with us during these difficult times. Once again, we are so grateful to all members who are able to continue supporting us, ensuring a future club for us to return to. We will continue to provide updates where possible via email, social media and on our club website. We will also be providing some small gymnastics activities via social media to keep our budding gymnasts entertained during this time, so keep your eyes peeled! Thank you to all our members and staff for remaining patient and supportive during this time. We have received a lot of feedback from our members in regards to our current position and choosing to remain open for the time being. We would like to assure everyone that we are addressing all issues as they arise and are doing all we can to manage this challenging time. As such we will be unable to respond to all individual comments and emails at this time.
We fully appreciate and understand anyone’s decision to not come to the gym at present. There is no obligation to attend classes and is down to each individual’s personal discretion. As we are a registered ‘not for profit charitable organisation’, we reply solely on monthly fees to survive, so any financial support we receive during this time is greatly appreciated. We ask members to consider continuing with their direct debit payments during this period so we may continue to operate and grow well into the future. We are in a position where we wish to safeguard both our full and part time staff positions to ensure we have a fully operating club for the future. Whilst schools remain open, we are following British Gymnastics and Government advice, with gymnastics falling under the education umbrella. Our sport encourages health, fitness and regular exercise, which the Government continues to promote. We are taking all necessary precautions in the meantime and will close our gym when advised to do so. We do estimate this will be in line with Government school closures. We, like many other small business and charities are concerned about the future and are working hard to secure the financial stability of the club and our employees. We wish to continue all our community work as well as our club class offerings in the future so really do appreciate everyone who is able to continue supporting us during this time. We wish all our members and staff safety through this challenging time. Please do continue checking our club website and social media for updates. At Woking Gymnastics Club, the health, safety and well being of our members, guests and staff are of the utmost priority. We are continuing to closely follow developments on COVID-19 and sourcing advice from Public Health England, the UK Government and British Gymnastics.
All our classes at Woking Gymnastics Club are currently continuing as normal and remain so unless we are instructed otherwise by the UK Government or British Gymnastics. British Gymnastics has cancelled all National events (including the British Championships), and confirmed that all other club activities should continue as normal. We can confirm the English Championships are also cancelled. We politely request all our members and staff to wash their hands following the guidelines set by Public Health England and the NHS on entry to Woking Gymnastics Club. We encourage everyone to continue to follow their advice. • Washing your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds • Always wash your hands when you get home or into work and before entering Woking Gymnastics Club • Use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze • Put used tissues in the bin straight away and wash your hands afterwards • Try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell • Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean If you feel unwell, please stay at home and avoid coming into Woking Gymnastics Club. If this does occur, please notify us as soon as possible by telephone. Any changes to the Club’s normal operations will be immediately posted on our website and social media. We encourage all members and staff to continue to follow advice from Public Health England and call NHS 111 if you are feeling unwell. Please continue to regularly check our website, www.wokinggymnastics.co.uk and social media for any changes to our daily operations or approach in this rapidly evolving situation. Thank you for your continued co-operation. At Woking Gymnastics Club, the health and safety of our members and staff are of the utmost importance. We are continuing to monitor developments on COVID-19 and follow the advice from Public Health England.
In the meantime, we are encouraging our members and staff to follow Public Health England and NHS advice which include: • Washing your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds • Always wash your hands when you get home or into work and before entering Woking Gymnastics Club • Use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze • Put used tissues in the bin straight away and wash your hands afterwards • Try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell • Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean If you feel unwell, please stay at home and avoid coming into Woking Gymnastics Club. If this does occur, please notify us as soon as possible by telephone. Any changes to the Club’s normal operations will be immediately posted on our website and Social Media. We encourage all members and staff to continue to follow advice from Public Health England and call NHS 111 if you are feeling unwell. Thank you for your co-operation. Woking Gymnastics Club Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2019 Christmas Jumper week! We raised £162.00 which has been donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Charity and Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas Hamper raffle, we raised £145, which will be put towards new equipment for the club. Thank you to our members for your continued support! Pre-School Parents Viewing Parents viewing for all independent child classes will take place between 25th - 29th November 2019. Recreational Classes Parents Viewing Week We would like to invite you to parents viewing week. This gives parents the opportunity to come in a view one of their child’s sessions to see how they are getting on. We have split the viewing of classes over two weeks, please see the table below for which week you should stay and watch. Unfortunately we do not have a lot of space so you will only be able to attend the week your class has been allocated. Seating will be limited so we ask that only two adults per child in the class attends. There will be other recreational and squad classes running alongside your child’s so we ask you to be considerate when entering the gym and abide by the following rules:
Proposals to transform a former barn into a state-of-the-art gymnasium have been submitted by Woking Gymnastics Club for planning approval by Woking Borough Council.
Planning permission is being sought to change the former agricultural barn, located on land behind the garden centre on Egley Road, into an artistic gymnastics facility that will support the continued growth of the Club. Lionel Smith-Gordon, Chair of Woking Gymnastics Club, said: “Since 2012, our Club membership has grown year-on-year. Whilst great for the sport locally, this has presented its own challenges as we have now reached our Kingfield site’s operating capacity, leaving us no alternative but seek an additional site within the Borough. “After many false starts, agreement has been reached with Woking Borough Council to relocate to the Ten Acre Farm site in Mayford, however, this is unlikely to be until 2021. “In the meantime, we are eager that the club continues to grow and see the conversion of the former agricultural barn into an additional gymnastics training facility as a suitable short-term alternative, while maintaining our Kingfield home. “If planning consent is granted, the proposals would enable us to make significant investment in new Olympic-standard equipment that would enable more people of all ages and abilities to participate in gymnastics.” It is anticipated that the planning application will be determined shortly and the minor internal works to convert the agricultural barn would begin immediately thereafter. The Club intends to transfer some training classes to the new site while introducing further classes at Kingfield. Monday 4th March - Frida y 8th March 2019 For all Recreational and Pre-School Classes Please help us raise money for gym equipment in a fun way. The more jumps you do on the trampoline in your class, the more you help us to raise funds to maintain our gym equipment!  A host of British Gymnastics community heroes have been recognised and celebrated on Saturday 26th January, as they received a number of prestigious accolades at the 2019 British Gymnastics National Awards. The awards, held at Birmingham Town Hall, acknowledge the outstanding achievements made by gymnasts, volunteers, coaches, clubs and community members across the country. Winners and recipients from grassroots to elite level were presented with their awards at the ceremony, which was hosted by the face of BBC Breakfast sport, Mike Bushell. The National Award for Equality & Inclusion was won by Woking Gymnastics Club who have worked consistently in the community, providing additional opportunities for underrepresented groups. Read more about our equality and inclusion work in the community tab of our website.. |
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