12/09/2026
Yesterday was a pretty epic gym day!
Not 1 but 2 of our Active and Able participants attended for an independent open gym session🏋️♀️
We have been so lucky with Mencap believing in us and giving us the funding to allow these incredible participants to shine! Mencap have funded our Active and Able project on a Monday and a Friday for 18months. They have also funded our Thursday dance group for 12 months and to top it all off they have paid for 7.5 participants to have a membership to access our gym facilities independently during open gym slots.
We have given 4 out of the 7.5 memberships to participants already, and to see them blossom from where they first began, never lifted weights previously, to now following their own gym programmes independently is incredible! To see their confidence within the gym environment grow like this reinforces our passion for why we do what we do. To see them share our space with people from all walks of life and to feel included is epic.
Our hearts burst with pride to see every participant walk through our door that’s for sure, but yesterday to see 2 attend open gym independently was really really special!
We set out to break down barriers to physical activity, and do you know what, ITS HAPPENING and we could not be happier ❤️