Tuesday 10 October is World Mental Health Day and regular exercise has been shown to have many positive benefits to physical and mental health. Physical activity can help with mood, managing stress, anxiety, better sleep, self esteem, connecting with people and reducing the risk of depression.
Our Step by Step Better Balance sessions look to improve older people’s confidence when waking and moving around, the benefits can be astounding. We spoke to a few of our current Better Balance members to find out how they found the sessions had improved their lives.
Step by step member quotes:
“The social aspect of the class is good for people living alone/following bereavement. I also enjoy the post exercise happy feeling”!
“I always look forward to the sessions, they help me to have some ‘me time’ from my caring roles”.
“I now enjoy going out and meeting local people”
For more information about the sessions we run please contact either Laura or Jemma. We also run many other groups in the community including, Activblooms, Activwalks, Activsport and Activhubs.
Jemma and Laura can be contacted by calling the office on 01473 345350 or emailing laura@activlives.org.uk or jemma@activlives.org.uk