Rotherham is Wonderful: New Year; New You!

It’s that time of year when we consider new year’s resolutions. These include resolutions for key parts of your life including health and wellbeing and career options.

Here are some organisations in Rotherham that can support you with both areas:

Your Health

Join a gym in the local Rotherham area. There are plenty to choose from. Gyms not only boost your health and fitness but they are great places to make new friends and enjoy some social time too.

Here are some local gyms to check out

DVC Sports at our Dearne Valley Campus in Wath upon Dearne has lots of options to support your new year’s resolutions of getting fit and health. It has a state-of-the-art Fitness63 gym suite with 70-stations and is fully air-conditioned with an extensive range of cardiovascular and strength-training equipment. It has classes including spin, HIIT, yoga, bootcamps, pilates, circuits and more, all for £20.99 per month and free parking.

There are options for other gyms including Bannatynes, Everlast, Gym Group, JD Gyms and Ultraflex too with various prices and options to suit a variety of needs. 

You can also consider the options for online classes and gyms now available for home use and have seen a popular rise in the last 2-3 years making accessing a ‘gym’ more convenient.

Visit a spa

Health is also about wellbeing and relaxation too so dont forget to visit one of the many local spas and therapy centres for some relaxing treatments that can be found across Rotherham. 

For instance, Rotherham Hair and Beauty Academy offers holistic opportunities for relaxation and wellbeing support at this time of year. The beauty area offers massages from £8 – £15 for up to an hour. 

Your Career

Now to your career. Many people look for new opportunities and learning activities to retrain  or upskill or learn something new. Here are some opportunities that you can explore:

Our Rotherham Campus offers a number of options for adults locally including:

• Brand new community courses start this month in a variety of areas. Learn a new skill and make new friends by signing up to a community course. Courses range from building self esteem to improving creativity, British sign language to flower arranging, cookery to hand sewing and much much more.

• New adult skills courses also begin this month. Courses are available in computing, maths, English, English as a second language, health and photography make up a number of courses on offer.

• If you cannot travel but want to learn or lack the confidence to learn to face, distance learning courses could be for you with a variety of options to suit everyone. This also works better for people with jobs who want to learn in their own time and pace. 

Rotherham Job Centre offers local community members the chance to find a new job or retrain. 

Rotherham Council also provides opportunities for local people to find that new career and dream job.

If you are dreaming of starting a small business and need some free support, RIDO could be the perfect partner for you. With growth advisors based in the Business Hubs and delivering support across the whole Rotherham area, RIDO provides expertise and guidance in a number of key areas to help your business grow. 

Small and early-stage businesses can also access RIDO’s expert workshop programme, with regular sessions on a wide variety of topics held at the business hubs. 

So, whatever your new year’s resolutions are around health and career, Rotherham has it all covered to support you!