A PERSONAL trainer has launched a campaign to find funds that will allow him to beef up the number of exercise classes he can run for people with special needs and disabilities.

Colin Dobson owns a training studio at a unit on Wharncliffe Business Park at Carlton, which he runs with best mate Jamie Pearson.

Alongside their usual work, the lads also provide subsidised health and fitness sessions to clients with disabilities and learning difficulties who can’t train in a mainstream gym because they find it too difficult or uncomfortable.

It has been a huge success, so much so the waiting list for classes is three months long.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle