This weeked: Activate sports festival in Kennington Park

The Activate Festival is back again for 2010 and is even bigger and better than last year. This free festival is your opportunity to 'have a go' at over 25 Olympic and Paralympic sports including tennis, rowing, cycling, martial arts and athletics. (full list of sports below).

Other sporting activities will come in the shape of a climbing wall, a BMX track and a football kick out. With activities suitable for young and old, Activate is designed to get you up and active and having fun - whatever your age or ability.

Local sports clubs will also be on-hand across the whole weekend to offer training and advice. They will have information on how to get involved in all the sports on offer for those who want to continue doing their chosen sport after the Festival.

Activities will be divided into:

demonstrations, where experts in different sports put on exhibitions and show you how its done

have-a-go, your chance to give a new sport a try or brush up your skills if you've been away from it for a while

competitions (pre – registration required), Summer World Cup Finals (football), Disability Football Tournament and Skills sessions.

Full list of sports and activities
Tennis
Basketball
Netball
Disability Football
Football
Duathlon
BMX
Fencing
Rowing (indoor)
Climbing
Sailing (simulation)
Tag Rugby
Boccia
Volleyball
Athletics (sprinting)
Handball
Taekwondo
Kung FU
Tai Chi
Judo
And a number of other dancing to music disciplines

Healthy lifestyle
As well as all the sporting activity, if getting fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is your thing, special trainers from NHS Lambeth and Lambeth Community Health will be offering free health advice.

These qualified trainers can help with advice about controlling your weight, getting fitter, stopping smoking or having a healthier diet.

If you are aged 40 to 74 without a history of cardio-vascular disease, the Lambeth NHS Health Check outreach team can run checks to help identify potential risks of heart disease, kidney disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol at an early stage. This free service can help spot the early signs of problems. So even if you're feeling well, it’s worth having your NHS Health Check now.

Where and when

Venue: Kennington Park Road, SE11 4BE

Bus: 3, 36, 59, 133 155, 159, 185, 333 and 436

Location map for Kennington Park
Date: Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2010

Time: 12 noon to 5pm

Cost: free