A PROJECT to boost the health of a West Devon community got off to a flying start last weekend. Healthy Horrabridge is now up and running, following an an action-packed launch weekendof events in the village. It started last Friday, when Horrabridge Primary School themed its lessons for the whole day on ?Healthy bodies and minds?. The children learned about healthy cooking and eating and prepared some salads for themselves. They heard about the benefits of regular exercise, participation in sport, and the importance of sleep and relaxation to enable them to restore their energy levels. Highlight for many of the children was designing posters to promote a healthy lifestyle, with the competition winners being presented with awards by head teacher Becky Crispin and Healthy Horrabridge co-ordinator John Howells. During the afternoon, 14 organisations set out their stalls in the Community Hall, to interest a steady flow of residents in the indoor and outdoor activities they can offer ? from the Sea Scouts to Scottish Country Dancing, and from yoga to life coaching. All visitors were also encouraged to check their Body Mass Index, an indicator of physical wellbeing, so that if they do take up an activity, they can monitor the beneficial effects it has. All the organisations present reported good interest and many recruited new members including the Lodestone Morris Dancers, the short mat bowling group, the badminton club, the art club and the women?s walking group. The action continued on Saturday with a quick cricket match for the youngsters in Fillace Park, organised by the Rev Geoff Lloyd from St John?s Church, followed by the Princetown Tug-of-War team taking on all comers in a light-hearted contest in Weir Park. The Friends of Horrabridge School put on a fun run for adults and children, and the afternoon ended with the ever-popular beer barrel race. When they finished, the exhausted contestants enjoyed free burgers from the Cavaliers? barbecue and beer in the Leaping Salmon beer tent. The first new group to get going ? a Salsa dance class ? had its first session in the parish hall the same evening, with 20 novices learning the basics from instructor John Taynton. This was so successful that they agreed to start a club, and that will meet for the first time tomorrow (Friday) in the village hall. The Healthy Horrabridge project is being supported by a grant from the UnLtd charity. Healthy Horrabridge co-ordinator John Howells said: ?The response from the village has been terrific, and we?re looking forward to using the funding we have available from UnLtd to help get some more activities going. ?I?m really grateful to the organisations who pitched in to get it off the ground. ?It has really brought the community together, and I?m sure it will do a lot for the village as a whole.? UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs ? people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. They do so by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these individuals make their ideas a reality. UnLtd Millennium Awards are funded by the income from a legacy of £100 million granted by the Millennium Commission. This legacy is a permanent endowment, invested so that the income can be obtained for awards for the future.