Move County Durham

Move County Durham We want to make sure that everyone, can move more as part of their everyday life. Move County Durham is a Durham County Council programme.

If you’d like to move more, get out and about, enjoy the outdoors, improve your mental health and wellbeing or make some new friends then why not try a Move activity or programme. Taking place across the County, there’s everything from a craft group and seated exercise class to swimming and an outdoor walk.

Unfortunately our Wellbeing walk at Trinity Methodist Church, Spennymoor at 10am is cancelled tomorrow (Wednesday 9th Se...
08/09/2026

Unfortunately our Wellbeing walk at Trinity Methodist Church, Spennymoor at 10am is cancelled tomorrow (Wednesday 9th Sept)

Apologies for any inconvenience , we will be back to usual next week.

We had an amazing turnout of new participants for our latest bowls course at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre. If you ar...
08/09/2026

We had an amazing turnout of new participants for our latest bowls course at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre. If you are interested in having a go then please get in touch [email protected] or ring 03000 262539

What a brilliant turnout for our Couch to 5k group at Consett this evening! Great to see so many people taking that firs...
07/09/2026

What a brilliant turnout for our Couch to 5k group at Consett this evening!

Great to see so many people taking that first step in their running journey with plenty of laughs and smiles all around 🏃

🎉 Come and join our Move & Mingle session at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre! 🎉As you can see, everyone is having great f...
07/09/2026

🎉 Come and join our Move & Mingle session at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre! 🎉

As you can see, everyone is having great fun trying new sports, playing dominoes, and enjoying a chat with friends.

It's a fantastic way to: ✅ Try new activities
✅ Meet new people
✅ Keep active in a friendly and welcoming environment

📍 Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre
📅 Every Friday
🕚 11am to 12pm

💷 £3.50 per session
✅ FREE with a Thrive Active Membership or Move Plus Membership

We'd love to see you there!

Great news! We are excited to announce three new Move and Mingle sessions starting in the South West area, in Barnard Ca...
06/09/2026

Great news! We are excited to announce three new Move and Mingle sessions starting in the South West area, in Barnard Castle, Evenwood, and Shildon.

Move and Mingle sessions are a great way to meet new people, stay active, or get more active in a fun and friendly environment. Participants can enjoy a variety of activities, including darts, New Age Kurling, boccia, archery, table tennis, pickleball, and badminton. Activities will vary depending on the venue.

Refreshments are provided, and your first session is completely free.

We look forward to welcoming you all and helping you make new connections while enjoying a range of enjoyable activities.

A great to start to our first move and mingle session held at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre Shildon today - they enjo...
04/09/2026

A great to start to our first move and mingle session held at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre Shildon today - they enjoyed darts, new age curling, pickleball, badminton, table tennis and dominos - we are so pleased you enjoyed the session and look forward to welcoming you back next week. The session is on every Friday 10.00 - 11.00 followed by a cuppa.

Free Seated Exercise Sessions in ShildonWe are delighted to confirm that Livin has funded eight weeks of free seated exe...
04/09/2026

Free Seated Exercise Sessions in Shildon

We are delighted to confirm that Livin has funded eight weeks of free seated exercise sessions in Shildon, and we would love you to join us.

📍 Location: Communal Lounge, West Close, Shildon
📅 When: Every Monday
🕚 Time: 11.00am to 11.45am

Why not make a morning of it? A We Sing group also meets every Monday from 9.45am to 10.45am. Your first session is free, and thereafter the cost is £3.50 per session.

No booking is required.

For further information, please contact [email protected] or call 03000 262539.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tonight was the turn of the Chester le Street Couch to 5K group to start their journey to running 5K. Lovely run around ...
03/09/2026

Tonight was the turn of the Chester le Street Couch to 5K group to start their journey to running 5K. Lovely run around the river and everyone did fantastic. Thanks to Ann & John for giving up their time to help others.

03/09/2026

🌟 NEW Move Mingle & Sports Session at Peterlee Leisure Centre! 🌟

Looking to stay active, meet new people, and have some fun? Come along to our new Move & Mingle session, starting Thursday 10 September!

Enjoy a mix of light physical activity and social connection, including: 🎾 Racket Sports
🏓 Pickleball
🥌 New Age Curling
🁢 Dominoes
☕ Followed by a friendly coffee and chat

📅 Starts Thursday 10 September
⏰ 11:00am - 12:00pm
📍 Peterlee Leisure Centre

💷 £3.50 per session (first session free)
✅ FREE with a Thrive Active Membership or Move Plus Membership

Come along, stay active, make connections, and enjoy time together. Everyone is welcome!

Our Ouston & Pelton group are off and running on their C25K journey. Wish them good luck! Big thanks to our fantastic vo...
02/09/2026

Our Ouston & Pelton group are off and running on their C25K journey. Wish them good luck! Big thanks to our fantastic volunteers Paul, Beth, Lindsay and Abi. Changing lives.

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Durham County Council
Durham
DH1

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+443000262539

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