On Sunday 28th October we hosted the Alive charity “Spookathon”; back to back classes starting from 10am to raise money for LostCatsBrighton and Marlets Hospice. Members, friends and curious passers-by were invited to turn up in fancy dress and take part in as many classes that they liked.
The event kicked off at 10am with Zomba, Barry incorporated a Thriller dance routine to get into the theme of things. This was followed by Break the cycle at 11am, a class mixed with Spinning and upper body circuit. At 12pm we had Yoga which was a great way to stretch out those muscles and relax!
1pm Toby, our Gym Manager, put people through their paces with 80′s Steps and the leg warmers were brought out … particularly scary! At 2pm We had Killerbells where a couple of Zombies came along to take part and we finished off at 3pm with Coprse and Stretches with Jenny to round off our Spookathon!
Throughout the day we were selling yummy cakes and treats we ran a raffle all week, which was drawn on 31st October.
Alive’s lovely crèche was open for the day, and Maz was on hand face painting the kids.
In total we raised £588.41 and wish to thank everybody who contributed! In all everybody had a great day and lots of fun!
Special thanks to some of our partners, who offered some amazing raffle tickets: Fear Brighton, Plumpton Races, Donatello, JOY, our very own Maz and Performance Foods.
Our October Newsletter is now available to read online here
Well we are exhausted but elated after an amazingly successful first ‘Charity Classathon’ at Alive Fitness and Natural Health last Sunday 5th February. The turnout was absolutely fantastic, far exceeding our tentative hopes (particularly after seeing the weather forecast the night before)
Twenty people braved the snow and arrived at 9am fully clad in legwarmers and sweatbands for Zumba! Barry ‘Snake Hips’ Randall taught a simply brilliant class. We all laughed and sweated a lot. Jeff Scott then taught spinning with some brave souls getting straight onto their bikes from Zumba. Matt Dunn Allen yoga class came next with again twenty people packing out the studio. A much needed stretch was had by all!
Matt Dunn then taught a super high energy Boxercise, again to a packed out studio of nearly twenty people, amazing! Some then stayed on and were joined by more to make over twenty for Jenny Dunn’s kettlebell class. Lots of swinging, pressing, lunging and laughing ensued. Finally Jenny Dunn then taught Core Stability to a smaller crowd, stretching and relaxing into the end of the event.
We were then joined by Local Green Councillor Phelim McCafferty. He kindly came along to support us and make a donation.
Throughout the day a delicious range of cakes lovingly made by Jenny Dunn and members Anthony Boon, Diane Palmer and Laura Pavey were on sale. Raffle tickets have also been sold up until the draw on Sunday 12th February. Everyone has been incredibly generous with their donations, we are really overwhelmed. The total was just over £1000.
The final figure will be announced on Sunday 12th February. This total will be split equally between Compassion in World Farming and Rockinghorse Children’s Charity.
We did a charity raffle and the following people won…
- David Adams – 10 free classes
- Hannah Whiley – OMG spray tan with LauraLashes
- John Owen – Reiki / Reflexology with LauraLashes
- Mandy Jackson – Free PT with Jenny
- Tad Osbourne – Free PT with Matt
- Chris Bailey – Free PT with Toby
The club was absolutely buzzing on Sunday, such a brilliant atmosphere, everyone worked really hard but also had such a great time. There was such a great turnout and we have received wonderful feedback from members and those who came along to support. We will definitely be running another charity event sometime this year, watch this space…….
We were amazing at the response and are totally grateful to everyone who took part on the day… we had mucho fun and laughs which you can see on our youtube channel
Huge THANK YOU to Jenny Dunn for making this such a huge success and for everyone who took part 
Hearty and wholesome, slow-cooked beef stew is the ultimate taste of Ireland perfect to warm your insides.
Ingredients
1½kg/3lb 5oz stewing beef, cut into cubes
175g/6oz streaky bacon
3 tbsp olive oil
12 baby onions, peeled
18 button mushrooms, left whole
3 carrots, cut into quarters or 12 baby carrots, scrubbed and left whole
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp chopped thyme
2 tbsp chopped parsley
10 cloves of garlic, crushed and grated
425ml/15fl oz red wine
425ml/15fl oz chicken or beef stock
For the Roux
50g/2oz butter
50g/1¾oz flour
champ (mash with spring onions) to serve
Preparation method
- Brown the beef and bacon in the olive oil in a hot casserole or heavy saucepan.
- Remove the meat and toss in the onions, mushrooms and carrots, one ingredient at a time, seasoning each time.
- Place these back in the casserole, along with the herbs and garlic.
- Cover with red wine and stock and simmer for one hour or until the meat and vegetables are cooked.
- To make the roux, in a separate pan melt the butter, add the flour and cook for two minutes.
- When the stew is cooked, remove the meat and vegetables.
- Bring the remaining liquid to the boil and add one tbsp of roux.
- Whisk the mixture until the roux is broken up and the juices have thickened, allowing to boil.
- Replace the meat and vegetables, and taste for seasoning.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with champ.
Taken from Rachel Allen on BBC
The event kicked off at 10am with Zomba, Barry incorporated a Thriller dance routine to get into the theme of things. This was followed by Break the cycle at 11am, a class mixed with Spinning and upper body circuit. At 12pm we had Yoga which was a great way to stretch out those muscles and relax!
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