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Developments Limited
Patron: The Dowager Countess of Strathmore
LLD, DL
Originally a University of Dundee Company,
now running independently, whose mission is to provide
appropriate and safe exercise opportunities for older
people throughout the United Kingdom. Specialist classes
for people aged around 60 onwards, based on the intensively
evaluated Dundee University class led by Dorothy Dobson,
have been established in: Aberdeen(2), Anstruther, Arbroath,
Auchterarder, Australia (New South Wales - Adaminaby,
Berridale), Bearsden(2), Blairgowrie, Bracknell, Brechin(2),
Broughty Ferry(3), Craigrothie, Dingwall, Dumfries, Dundee(2),
Edinburgh (Liberton and Leith), Forfar, Fowlis, Galashiels,
Greenock, Hale, Inverness, Montrose(2), Nairn, Newport,
Newtyle, Peebles, Perth(2), Sale, Stafford, St. Andrews,
Taunton, Walsall, Windsor(2). There are also Physiotherapist
led classes which are of a more gentle nature in Broughty
Ferry (2), Edinburgh (Inverleith 2), Dundee (Muirhead
and Strathmartine). Should there by any profits, they
are pledged to support Research into Ageing and Health
at University of Dundee. New classes are continually being
established.‘You can’t turn the clock back,
but you can wind it up again!’ |