Community Foundation

Since restarting in late March 2022 our Senior U’s programme has engaged with over 45 people aged 60+.

Senior U’s is a free programme funded by Provide which utilises the power of social based physical activity to re-engage older people both socially and physically, after the Covid-19 lockdowns.

The sessions run on alternate Thursday mornings (see schedule below) between 10am-12pm at Shrub End Community Sports Centre (CO2 9BG) and alternate Friday mornings (see schedule below) between 10am-12pm at Maldon & Tiptree Football Sports and Social Club (CM9 5JQ). The sessions include around an hour of varied physical exercise and an hour of socialising, with tea and coffee. 

Some of our regular activities include:

• Walking Football
• Walking Handball
• Walking Volleyball
• Walking Cricket
• Walking Rounders 
• Curling
• Boccia
• Table Tennis
• Mini-Tennis
• Darts
• Local walks

At Senior U’s we like to offer as many different activities as we can to keep the sessions fun and also encourage our participants to try new things.

In addition we organise outings to further enrich this programme, which have included:-

Stadium Tour at the JobServe Community Stadium.
Cycling at the Northern Gateway track.
Walk and talk around Abberton Reservoir.
Tiptree Jobserve Bowls Club.
Badminton at Colchester Leisure Centre.

We are in the process or organising more trips out!

In a recent programme monitoring activity we did 81% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that there physical fitness had improved over the course of the first 6 sessions.

100% of participants have said Senior U’s has improved their social lives. Highlighting the social benefits of attending the programme.

We are always looking for more members to join our programme, if you are interested then please email Francesca.Brooke@colchesterunited.net or call 01206 755160.

2024 Schedule