This week we were thrilled to hear from Bev, who has been attending seated exercise classes that we helped set up in Lambourn this year with the fantastic Moveability and Everyone Active Lambourn as part of our Activate Village Halls project.

Since 2020, our Activate Village Halls project has been working to ensure physical and mental health through exercise classes is available to all abilities. These seated exercise classes provide older individuals in rural communities with the opportunity to stay active, socialize, and have fun. These sessions combines exercise with social sessions, which help improve participants’ mental health.

Recent funding from Berkshire Community Foundation and SNG (formerly Sovereign Housing Association) has allowed us to support the setup and subsidise the ongoing cost of these enjoyable Seated Exercise classes.

Here you get to meet the fabulous Debbie from Moveability and a keen participant, Bev, who describes the difference attending just 6 weeks of classes has made to her life! 😊👍

The first session is free and the next session, in Lambourn, is at 2 pm on Friday so please share with any local family and friends and encourage them to come along and try it out! Further details of class delivery (including in rural Hermitage & Chieveley) can be found here: https://moveability.org.uk/seated-chair-exercise-classes-in-berkshire/

To read a report outlining the outcomes of our Activate Village Halls project and what it has achieved please click here.