Earn BetterPoints™ with Brand New Forest

Brand New Forest and the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) are very pleased to announce that Brand New Forest Card Holders (as well as other residents and visitors to the New Forest) can now earn high value BetterPoints™ simply by choosing to do sustainable and healthy activities in the New Forest area. BetterPoints is a nationwide programme that rewards people for making healthy, positive choices in their lives and communities.

You can start earning BetterPoints now (or at anytime) by downloading the BetterPoints app (at the App Store or at Googleplay), signing up and using the app when you are around and about the New Forest. There are specific rewards for walking, cycling, riding the bus and also for simply visiting many of the high streets in the New Forest.

Once you have earned some BetterPoints (which does not take long at all), you can redeem points on the app or online for a wide range of high street brands. These new reward vouchers are in addition to the hundreds of existing discount vouchers available now from Brand New Forest merchants across the villages in the New Forest.

To sign up or simply learn more, please go to brandnewforest.betterpoints.uk or visit the App Store or Googleplay and download the app and start earning today. For further information on BetterPoints, please contact info@betterpoints.uk

3C Cycle Club

Head to Cyclexperience in Hythe this Tuesday (15 September 2015) for the launch of their new cycle club 3C.

3C is a newly formed community cycling club based in Hythe offering weekly rides for all levels of ability and monthly Sunday rides. Each ride night covers a different riding style/bike so everyone is catered for.

The club launch will include a turbo trainer challenge,  MET Helmets, a fantastic raffle with a prize of £500 credit at the shop along with a charity cake sale with proceeds going to the Waterside Cancer Support Centre, part of the Wessex Cancer Trust.

The club also offers regular bike skills training sessions with a top British Cycling coach at Gang Warily Recreation Centre and there will be turbo training sessions throughout winter for those that can’t brave the weather but want to keep their fitness levels up!

For membership information and the rides calendar visit their website – www.3ccycles.co.uk

New Forest Health & Leisure newly refurbished gyms

The gyms at Applemore, New Milton and Totton have all undergone major refurbishment this year. All now offer the latest state of the art Life Fitness equipment, incorporating *LF Connect. Our cardiovascular and strength ranges give our users an opportunity to work towards objectives in a safe, controlled manner to see gradual improvements. Fully qualified instructors are on hand to help you get the most from your workouts by offering guidance and support.

*LF Connect is an online website and app from Life Fitness our new gym equipment provider. Using LF Connect with our new equipment enables you to:

. Use personalised exercise programmes
· Record and review your workout results online
· Record and replicate workouts completed outside the gym
· Create and swap programmes or adjust ones we have given you from home PC, smart phone or cardio equipment
· Communicate with instructors and with other members

If you would like to know more, just drop into any of these centres today and staff we will be more than happy to show you around.

Don’t forget you get a fantastic Brand New Forest discount if you download the vouchers and take your card!