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Gymnastics keeps the meeting place going

At a far distance you can hear the infectious tunes. They eko between the houses. Outside the meeting place "Sommarlust" stands a group of women doing gymnastics. "Well done, how good we are together", shouts the leader Gyöngyi Rüll, senior educator.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 7 oktober 2021
Everybody does their very best. And find it fun. Yvonne Washington gets help from Gyöngyi Rüll, senior educator. "I'll hold the walker so it doesn't tip over".
Everybody does their very best. And find it fun. Yvonne Washington gets help from Gyöngyi Rüll, senior educator. "I'll hold the walker so it doesn't tip over".Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson

Yvonne Washingtonhesitates wether or not she will participate today. Gyöngyi Rüllmanages to persaude her to stay.

– I wasn't really in the mood today, says Yvonne Washington.

– I usually participate, always. It means a lot to me. I missed it when there was none, says she who lives next door.

The whole body gets a workout. Everybody is in on their own terms.
The whole body gets a workout. Everybody is in on their own terms.Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson
Gyöngyi Rüll, senior educator, has found different solutions to keep participants active during the pandemic.
Gyöngyi Rüll, senior educator, has found different solutions to keep participants active during the pandemic.Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson

Every Tuesday at 11 am, there is gymnastics outside the meetingplace "Sommarlust".

–We intend to continue all through the autumn. If the weather is bad, we have the opportunity to be inside, says Gyöngyi Rüll.

Yvonne Washington fights on. The walker is a good support in some exercises.
Yvonne Washington fights on. The walker is a good support in some exercises.Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson

Over 20 participants take part in the gymnastics, but she would like to se more. Above all she hopes to get more participants from Gamlegården and Charlottesborg into different activities.

– Everybody who is off during the day, who wants to seek out other people, who wants a litlle company and meaningfull activities can participate, greets Gyöngyi Rüll.

The tummy also needs exercise.
The tummy also needs exercise.Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson
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Meetingplaces – for a good life

Open for all who are off during the days. Walkes, hikes, knittingcafé, bingo, nordic walking and more.

There are 17 meetingplaces in Kristianstad municipality. I Kristianstad there is Sommarlust, Sommarro, Allö, Österäng, Finlandshuset, Näsby and Charlottesborg (Jakobs road 5).

Later in October the meetingplace in Näsby opens a new local, a combined dining room and meetingarea, in the same house as Hjärtebacke preschool.

You can find the program on kristianstad.se. Look for Meetingplaces for a good life.

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