Take part in a range of health, beauty and fitness activites to make you feel good.

Join us for a weekend of health, beauty and fitness activities which give you the chance to get involved, try something new and have some fun.

Saturday

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Beauty themed activities and stalls selling, displaying and demonstrating treatments and products to help you look and feel good.

The Beauty Zone will feature a range of stalls selling, displaying and demonstrating treatments and products to help you feel right.

These will include:

  • Yemanya semi-permanent makeup
  • Collagen UK
  • Neals Yard Organics Skincare range
  • A Pop up Hairdresser's with Jonathan Pickup Hair;
  • The Body Shop
  • Jewellery from Coco Rox
  • Temporary tattoos from Art for Eternity
  • Information of mobile beauty treatments from Ugly Duckling
  • Lov Skincare and Cosmetics Ltd
  • Great value beauty products specialising in premium skincare, bodycare and gorgeous make up including One Step Face Base
  • There is also the opportunity to customise your own clothing with students from University of Sunderland

The Bridges

Health and fitness themed activities. Find out the options for getting fit and healthy in Sunderland, try some equipment, take part in fitness demonstrations, and get checked out with and NHS health check.

  • The Active Zone will include health and fitness themed activities
  • Find out the options for getting fit in Sunderland with Cityspace and The Little Black Dress Club
  • Try out the Rowing Challenge and win a months gym membership with Sunderland Wellness Centres
  • Take part in or watch fitness and dance demonstrations from Armageddon Fit, BActiveNBFit and Dance Jam
  • Find out more about your diet and health with Forever Yours Health and Nutrition

Market Square

  • The Foundation of Light Bus promoting Mens Health
  • Wear Youth for Christ Football Cage

Sunderland Minster

A sanctuary space to try yoga, pilates. baby massage, baby yoga, and talk to experts for help and advice about your emotional and mental well being.

  • Try all things relating to baby including support around the birth itself from Laisy Daisy Birthing, baby massage and baby yoga with Mitchy Titch and baby signing with Baby Signing Mummy
  • There will be a range of Free taster sessions including: seated taster neck & shoulder massages and taster reflexology treatments from Totally Tranquil. Free taster treatments of Reiki, a new range of Reiki-inspired Jewellery, information on de-stressing bridal packages and de-stressing parent and baby packages from Inspire Holistics
  • Femme Fitalle Fitness will be promoting their Nutrition and Workout classes and Gentle Rejuvenation will be saying No2Stress
  • Sunderland Parents will be on hand to talk about all the things happening for families across Sunderland and there is the opportunity to get checked out with an NHS Health Check. with a qualified Nurse
  • There will also be the opportunity to try out Laughter Yoga and Zumba Gold with BActiveNBFit and Youth for Christ will be running Creative Writing and DJ workshops

The Programme for this is:

  • 10.30am Baby Yoga Rebecca Klein - Mitchy Titch
  • 11.15am Baby Massage Rebecca Talbot - Lazy Daisy Birthing
  • 12noon Baby signing Helen - Baby Signing Mummy
  • 12.45pm Stress Management Liz Cairn - Inspire Holistics
  • 1.30pm Laugher Yoga Lynn Summerside or Gillian Rayne
  • 2.15pm TBC Gillian Rayne - No 2 Stresses
  • 3.00pm Zumba Gold Lynn Summerside B Active N B Fit

Mowbray Park

BIG mini fun run for children aged 3-10 years old at 11am. It's a one mile circuit, and you can run, walk, jog and skip! For more information and to enter, go to www.activesunderlandorg.uk.

From 1pm, there's the junior miles of the North one mile races for children aged 9 - 15 years old. For more information, go to www.marathonofthenorth.co.uk

Sunday

The Marathon of the North, the Half Marathon of the North, and Sunderland 10K are all taking place on Sunday, starting and finishing at the Stadium of Light. Sign up at www.marathonofthenorth.co.uk if you fancy a challenge! If running's not for you, come along and cheer the runners on, there's live music around the route.

The Wearmouth Bridge zip wire is also taking place from 10am - 4pm. It's fully booked now, but come along and watch!