Inspiring fitness across our communities

We’re working with Inspiring Fitness to provide underserved communities with free access to exercise and wellbeing support as part of our Centres for Warmth (CfW) programme.

Why we’re working together

At Inspiring Fitness, when you feel fit and healthy, you feel equipped to achieve more in all areas of your life. That’s why their mission is to inspire a better way of life for everyone, everywhere.

Inspiring Fitness breathes life into communities that need it the most by providing free inclusive fitness sessions for physical, mental and social/emotional wellbeing.

With accessibility and inclusivity at the heart of this project, the aim is to remove all barriers to joining exercise and wellbeing sessions.

How we’re working together

The aim of each of our community sessions is to increase people’s daily movement, to raise awareness of individual self-care through conversation and to bring people out of social isolation, so they can form meaningful social connections.

By attracting people to their local CfW, we use this opportunity to introduce and sign post our participants to additional support services.

The weekly 45 to 60-minute sessions include tailored physical exercise programmes followed by relevant self-care group discussion, advice and support on healthy eating and wellbeing, and how to access other services that may be of benefit.

Project impact and learning

To enable Inspiring Fitness to support communities most in need, funding has been directed to set up our services at over 40 Centres for Warmth across our network. The project is currently delivering an average of 40-50 sessions per week, with a total footfall of over 12,000 from July 2024 to March 2025.

This is positively impacting many more people than those just in attendance as when people’s sense of physical, mental and social wellbeing is improved, outcomes for all people connected in the community improve by creating healthier and happier environments.

As part of Inspiring Fitness’s growth strategy, they aim to expand their coaching team by bringing on talented and passionate individuals from the communities they support. They want to offer opportunities for unemployed or low-income individuals to gain qualifications as Community Exercise and Wellbeing professionals, enabling them to serve their local communities while also advancing their careers.