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Founder of pioneering exercise club receives top Prime Minister's award

Harris Frazer, who has Parkinson’s, started an exercise club in his home city of Manchester to help other people who are being treated for neurological conditions

October 4, 2023 17:18
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A Manchester man has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Points of Light award for creating a pioneering exercise club that aims to help slow  down the progression of neurological conditions.

Harris Frazer, 68, won the award, which recognises an “outstanding” individual every day for “making a positive change within their community” for his role in founding the Neuro Kinetics Club

The club, the first of its kind in Manchester, offers people with a range of neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, MS and dementia, twice-weekly exercise sessions with trained specialists.

Harris told the JC that the classes were designed to be fun, yet challenging: “There’s a lot of tapping your feet, movement, boxing, hand-eye coordination, flexibility challenges, memory games and other creative exercises designed to accommodate a variety of neurological conditions.”