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The winner of the Caloo Vario Outdoor Gym Competition was announced on Friday 15th September 2017. We are pleased to confirm this was Wheathampstead Parish Council. Their entry was detailed, matched our scoring platform almost perfectly and provided a site which would be valuable to all those in the community. We had lots of fantastic entries from all over the...

Caloo are pleased to announce the launch of their new 2017 Playground Equipment brochure. The new brochure features hundreds of new products which have long guarantee periods of up to 30 years. We can offer such great guarantees on our playground equipment because our range is made from top materials, such as stainless steel/aluminium posts which fight against corrosion and...

We are pleased to launch our new Active brochure, We have added/ changed and updated a lot of our range to include products with longer guarantees and even some innovative new items. Our Active brochure is full of leading sports and fitness equipment. Along with our popular Outdoor gym equipment we have launched our new Vario outdoor gym equipment range...

Tesco's 'Bags of Help' funding initiative offers grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 in partnership with Groundwork to award to local outdoor community projects, all raised from the 5p bag charge. Kessingland Parish Council were awarded £8,000 in December 2016. Kessingland Parish Council found that 45% of the local community expressed an interest in having an Outdoor Gym for the...
The Collett School is a special needs based school in Hemel Hempstead for ages 4-17 years which focuses on providing an inclusive environment for the Collett community to feel happy, safe and engaged in learning. Learning can be challenging and hard for children with complex learning difficulties and cognitive disabilities, a great way to learn is through outdoor play and...

All of our products on one NEW website! We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website full of hundreds of new and exciting products. The new website merges Caloo Ltd and Monster Play @ Caloo under one roof allowing customers to find a range of products suitable for their needs whether it be fitness, play or a combination...
The recent opening of the new playground and skate park was a great success at RAF Marham – Oak Avenue Play Park. The park was officially opened on the 18th April 2016 by Air Vice-Marshal Gary M Waterfall CBE RAF and children from the local schools came to try out the new play area. Although a rather grey day the...

2016 is going to be a very exciting year for us at Caloo. We have a lot to look forward to, but none of this would have been possible without the challenges we faced and the goals we achieved in 2015. 2015 has been our best year yet. Out order intake rocketed and we smashed our yearly target by the...

We are delighted to confirm that our Outdoor Gym range now contains many items that are independently certified by TUV SUD to EN16630. This safety standard compliance offers our customer full peace of mind when choosing outdoor fitness or outdoor gym facilities and is the standard on which the harmonised European Standard for Outdoor Gyms / outdoor Fitness Equipment. We...

We have recently completed 37 separate outdoor gym sites for Sefton Council. Originally in partnership with NHS Sefton, the Council awarded us this contract in Dec 2012 and we completed in April 2013. As far as we are aware, this is the largest single contract ever awarded to a UK Gym Company. The 37 sites are scattered across Sefton’s parks...

2013 is going to be a very exciting year for us at Caloo. We have a lot to look forward to, but none of this would have been possible without the challenges we faced and the goals we achieved in 2012. Last year was our best year yet. We took 40% more orders in 2012 than in the previous year,...
Smoking is generally considered to be the leading lifestyle choice that results in untimely deaths; however, a recent study shows that inactivity is now causing just as many deaths around the world as smoking. This study, conducted by a team of 33 researchers and published in The Lancet, found that inadequate physical activity is the culprit behind 5.3 million deaths...

Paralympic competitors Nyree and Sasha Kindred have so far won a combined 20 medals throughout their sporting careers, including eight golds, and this husband and wife team say that their inspiration comes from their 14-month-old daughter, Ella. Sasha Kindred, who previously held 11 Paralympic medals, competed in four events at the 2012 Games, while Nyree qualified for the 100-meter backstroke...

For 17 days, the people of our nation were honoured to host the world’s most accomplished athletes as they competed for Olympic gold. We all watched proudly as the talented men and women who represented us turned in the finest Olympic performance Great Britain has seen since 1908, bringing home a record-setting 29 gold medals and 65 medals overall. Ultimately,...
During the first six months of 2012, Caloo secured contracts to install primarily cardio-based outdoor gyms in six prison (HMP) and youth offender institution (HMYOI) facilities. This unprecedented success came after a long and highly competitive tender process, and resulted in the installation of high-quality fitness equipment in association yards and healthcare yards at the Hindley, Bristol, Pentonville, Swaleside, Everthorpe...

We’re always being told that we should exercise regularly and sensibly, but do you ever spare a thought for the safety of the exercise equipment you’re using? Outdoor gym equipment specialists Caloo have now proven that they do indeed by gaining one of Europe’s highest quality certifications to sit alongside their pre-qualified status on Constructionline and their health and safety...
Although works were completed in July 2010, a letter was recently received from the Clerk of Aylesford Parish Council in Kent. Mr Flindell wrote in January 2011, “It is now around 6 months after the installation of the Caloo outdoor fitness equipment at 3 sites around the Parish. This is now adequate time to reflect on and to review the...

A VILLAGE primary school is leading the way in pupil fitness thanks to a new playground gym. Children at Barkston and Syston Primary School have been queuing up to use their new outdoor gym since it was installed by Hemel Hempstead company Caloo over the Christmas holidays. Headteacher Sally-Anne Caunter said: “It has been very popular already – there is...

NEW Outdoor Fitness Equipment has been fitted by Caloo in Cam, Gloucestershire to help encourage the local community to develop and maintain active lifestyles. The recent installation contained 8 exercise units positioned informally within an existing park environment. Parish Clerk Sue Hanman said, “Cam Parish Council has been extremely pleased with its collaboration with Caloo in the installation of its...
PUPILS returning to a Carnoustie primary school after the October holidays will be in for a treat thanks to a £10,000 National Lottery Award. Burnside Primary School, which secured the extra funding through their pupil council, has used the money to buy specialised playground equipment, which aims to improve children’s fitness in a fun way. The colourful equipment, made by...

Spring Common School in Cambridgeshire and Shaftsbury Junior School in Leicestershire are two UK schools who have recently installed Caloo fitness equipment into their playgrounds. Spring Common School Spring Common School is a Cambridgeshire Local Education Authority Co-educational School offering education to children aged 3-19 years who have special educational needs. Caloo workout in Shaftsbury Junior School, LeicesterFollowing installation of...

NEW Outdoor Fitness Equipment has been fitted by Caloo in two parks within Cranfield Parish in Bedfordshire to help encourage villagers to lead a healthy lifestyle.Cross Rider Selected items from the Caloo Workout range have been ‘outstalled’ into two Parish parks to create a fitness facility which provides a full body workout opportunity for the residents of Cranfield. Equipment selected...

Even at 99 years young, one resident of Newcastle-under Lyme in Staffordshire was keen to try out the new Caloo fitness installation in Lyme Valley and Bathpool Parks.Following a formal tender, Caloo were selected to supply and install Outdoor Fitness Equipment into two parks under the NHS funded choosing health project.Local research had identified that North Staffordshire has a higher...