Fareham Leisure Centre Health and Wellbeing Programme
Everyone Active’s Health and Wellbeing programme at Fareham Leisure Centre provides an opportunity for people to access a high-quality supervised exercise programme to meet the Exercise Referral Standard. The aim is to improve participants’ health and wellbeing by encouraging long-term participation in physical activity. It targets people who suffer from or are at risk of developing chronic medical conditions and provides support to patients whose health could benefit from a more active lifestyle.
We will offer a wide range of specialised activities to cater for all health conditions. Your Exercise Professional will be able to design a programme that takes all your needs into consideration. Within our health and wellbeing programme, we will also be delivering specialist classes for the following conditions: pulmonary, neurological, musculoskeletal and falls prevention.
WHICH HEALTH CONDITIONS DOES THE PROGRAMME COVER?
The Health and Wellbeing programme covers a huge variety of health conditions. These include neurological, musculoskeletal, pulmonary, arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, as well as depression, anxiety and a range of other conditions.
WHAT DOES THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROGRAMME INVOLVE?
We provide support, advice, and encouragement from our fully-qualified Exercise Professionals. They will design and guide you through your own personal exercise plan depending upon your medical conditions and abilities.
Activities may include:
- Gym-based exercise*
- Group fitness classes*
- Swimming*
- Water based activities e.g. Aqua Fit*
*Participation in activities are dependent on your medical condition(s)
WHAT DO WE DO?
- We provide support, advice, and encouragement from our fully-qualified Exercise Professional
- Exercises will be prescribed in an exercise programme to assist with your current condition
- We offer specialised exercise classes
- We will support you in improving your general well-being and increase your physical activity levels
- Introduce you to new friends
HOW CAN I JOIN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROGRAMME?
You can be referred by a health professional such as a GP/ Practice Nurse/ Physiotherapist.
WHAT IF I HAVE NOT EXERCISED BEFORE?
Our Exercise Professional will design and guide you through your own personal exercise plan. All you require is comfortable clothing, training shoes and a bottle of water.
HOW LONG DO I NEED TO ATTEND?
We encourage all participants to take part in a minimum of one session a week. The programme will run between 8 and 48 weeks, depending on your condition.