The Glenmore Centre is home to a variety of hobby and interest groups where people of all ages can learn new skills, develop existing talents and enjoy shared interests with others. These clubs offer a welcoming environment where participants can explore creative activities, sports and personal interests.
From martial arts and art clubs to craft sessions and other recreational groups, our hobby clubs provide a great opportunity to stay active, meet like-minded people and enjoy something you love.
Aimée Fardell School of Dance has been running since 2007. Classes are held here at the Glenmore Centre and in Kegworth!
It is a well established school with very talented students of all ages! They have had many students go to develop their dance career further, to English National Ballet School, Tring, Urdang, LIPA to name a few!
They excel in their dance exams with a 100% pass rate with the IDTA and students always come out with glowing reports and results.
It is a fun yet disciplined dance school that offers training in ballet tap and modern dance, along with adult dance classes.
The club was started after a model railway exhibition in March 1983 at the Hind Leys Community College, Shepshed.
Initially around forty people expressed an interest in the club in July 1983, after which it reduced to around thirty. Following much discussion it was decided to build a 00 gauge layout.
During 2008 the club moved to a new meeting place in an upstairs room at the Glenmore Community Centre in Shepshed. This move gave us a larger storage area for the clubs layouts.
The club meets every Wednesday at 7:30pm, with a running night on the second week of every month.
Contact Chris on 01509 504319
Email: g1etz@aol.com
Meeting times: 7.30 to 9.30pm Wednesday
Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club (LADARC) takes it’s membership from the north west part of Leicestershire encompassing Loughborough, Shepshed, Coalville, Whitwick and Castle Donington.
The club meets every Tuesday evening from 1930 local time at the Glenmore Community Centre, Thorpe Road, Shepshed. Tuesday evenings are formally organised with lectures, demonstrations, visits to places of interest, and, in the summer months, direction finding competitions.
Most evenings are rounded off by a visit to a local hostelry for refreshments and further ragchewing.
The club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), and with a number of members with links to the Royal Air Force, to the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS 4192).
We welcome visitors who may like an introduction to our hobby. Any licenced amateur can also call us on 145.425 (S17) on Tuesday evenings after 7.30 pm.
Contact Chris on 01509 504319
Email: g1etz@aol.com
Meeting times: 7.30 to 9.30pm Tuesday
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The Glenmore Art Group is a friendly mixed ability art group. We meet every Thursday morning from 10-12.30.
Members use a variety of media from watercolour, acrylic to pastel, depending on individual style. We choose what to work on, and are supportive of each other. We have regular demonstrations or workshops by established artists in the above media.
Most years we have a trip in the summer to Patchings Art Festival at Calverton, and occasionally other outings including outdoor painting and a boat trip. We have an on-going exhibition of the work of our members in the Lounge area of the Centre.
Contact Details
Ali Gordon-Farleigh, alison_gf@hotmail.com
Anyone interested in joining is welcome to come along on a Thursday morning for a coffee and a chat.
Email – GlenmoreartGroup@outlook.com for further details.
This is a fun and friendly chair based exercise class, which focuses on improving cardio, balance, strength, co-ordination, range of movement, agility, and reaction time. The class is performed both seated and standing, and there are no floor exercises included. Suitable for all ages and abilities.
It is Friday from 10.50-11.50 and costs £4 per session. For more information please contact Victoria, Centre Manager.
We are a friendly group and you are welcome to join us to have a go.
Have you ever wanted to learn to Line Dance or are you looking to return after a break from it? Then why not head down to the Glenmore Centre on Wednesday and Friday afternoons for a fun-filled hour where you can learn all the basic steps in our beginners classes.
We dance to all kinds of music and you do not need to own a cowboy hat to take part. All you need is some sensible footwear and you can join us each week.
Everyone is welcome and there is no experience required. You do not need a partner and it is a great fun low impact cardio vascular exercise suitable for most ages and fitness. If you have two left feet, don’t worry, bring them along to join in!
Our Shepshed class is held at the Glenmore Centre on Wednesday 3.15pm for Beginners and Friday Afternoon’s. Beginners from 12 -1pm and from 1:15pm-2:15pm for improvers and is just £4 each week.
For more information please contact Tracey Giles on 07980 492448 or email traceydance67@gmail.com
The Shoto-Ryu Karate club in Shepshed has been running since 1995 at the Glenmore Centre. The club meets on a Monday night starting at 7.30pm and finishes at 9.30pm.
Ages that are taught are from 12 years or above. Shoto-Ryu karate traces its roots back to Gichin Funakoshi (The founder of modern day karate) and tries to maintain its links with the early methods of learning.
It emphasises the development of the mind through the body with the ultimate goal of both the mind and body working as one. It is a traditional style and is not practised as a competitive style.
There is philosophy attached to all martial arts, this should run as a companion to the martial art and with Shoto-Ryu karate it is part of it.
There are many things that the practice has to offer-if you practised regularly it will help to strengthen the body, make you fitter, it will help to increase your concentration, it will give you self-discipline and help to defend yourself from attack.
All these things can be possible to any one, all that is required is the first step. We do warm up exercises that are used to prepare the body for the practice, this involves some strengthening techniques and some flexibility techniques, both are designed to benefit the body physically, mentally and spiritually.
East Midlands Shoto-Ryu karate brings the principals of Yoga, Tai Chi and karate into its martial art by developing the body, mind and spirit to become one, all working together.
Contact Doug Gerrard on 01530 231304 or 07969 480684
Or email eastmidlands@shotoryukarate.co.uk
The Tai chi club has been running at the Glenmore Centre since 1995 ran by Doug Gerrard who has this to say about the club.
I started my Tai Chi training in 1982 where I learnt initially the Long Yang style. The Tai chi style that is taught on Sundays is the Chen style Tai Chi.
This style is considered to be the original form of the major styles practices today. It contains two major sets, both of which are practised, the second one (Cannon ball fist) is only practiced by those who can do the first set.
We also practice some sticky hand techniques which are techniques that involve the sticking of hands between 2 opponents – this form of practice helps to generate sensitivity to different energies.
Again, these are not practiced until some understanding of the sets has been developed. The practice also includes the CHEN single and double broadsword forms.
The sets are demonstrated by showing the martial content of the technique, this will allow the practitioner to understand what the techniques are used for and will enable the practitioner to develop a mind or an imagination of the set.
The mind directs the energy, so by having an understanding of the techniques this will allow the energy to move. The CHEN sets that are practiced have in their content the slow motion that people associate with TAI CHI but develop points of energy releases or fast motions.
The combinations of these create a set that has both the dynamic representation and the softness that is inherent in all Tai Chi. The flowing of the set can be considered as moving ZEN, consequently breathing methods are inherent in the practice to help to allow the energy to flow – this is called CHI KUNG, the breath is the link between the mind and the body, because if the breath can not operate smoothly then the body will not move smoothly.
For more info contact Doug Gerrard on 01530 231304 or 07969 480684
Fitness Classes in Shepshed at The Glenmore Centre. Suitable for everyone, all abilities, beginners all welcome. Come put the ‘fun’ into fitness, have a laugh and get stronger at the same time.
Call 07535 704419 or email: tysonfitness@hotmail.co.uk
