Our health & wellbeing programme
Mind Fit is designed to help anyone suffering with a mental or physical health issue to make purposeful changes to their lives. We deliver a range of physical activity, functional fitness and non-contact boxing classes, we also provide workshops to share knowledge and learning giving participants opportunities to improve their own personal resilience. All our programmes are inclusive and diverse, so that people of all fitness and ability levels can progress and experience positive outcomes.
Mondays & Thursdays 10am - 11am
These sessions are open to women & girls over the age of 16, who are looking to improve their mental health.
In addition to the hour of non-contact boxing & circuit fitness, we also offer bi-monthly social groups. These social groups are where women who participate in the fitness sessions come together over coffee to discuss issues, feelings, and to give signposting to one another. Our programme promotes friendships between women in the community to reduce social isolation and improve community cohesion.
women only sessions
Mixed sessions
Mondays & Thursdays 11am - 12pm
These sessions are open to anyone over the age of 16 who has a mental health issue or who would like to improve their mental wellbeing.
We conducted an evaluation questionnaire, in which we found that:
85% of attendees stated that their social networks and friendships improved
100% of attendees reported improved mental health after 6 weeks of attending the programme
100% of attendees reported improved physical health after 6 weeks of attending the programme
Scott's problematic drug use began when, at just 13 years old, he started to
inhale gas. This quickly escalated and by the time he was 15 he was using cannabis, LSD
and ecstasy. After leaving school without qualifications, Scott had a few jobs, working in
factories and as a labourer, but by the time he was in his 20s he was using crack and
heroin on a regular basis. He became anxious, insecure and paranoid, thinking that
people were looking at him and wanted to rob him. His drug abuse had a massively
destructive impact, not only on his family and relationships, but on his physical and
mental health. Eventually, it led to a diagnosis of psychosis.
Scott was conscious that this was not the way he wanted to live his life, but with so many
years of drug use behind him, making changes wasn’t easy. He made many efforts to get
himself off drugs, but he was continually targeted by drug dealers and found it difficult to
get away from his old lifestyle. To make a fresh start, Scott realised he would need to
leave Birmingham, so he researched other options and, after a six month wait, was
accepted into a rehabilitation unit in Wirral. And it worked… for a while. After being drug-
free for eight weeks, Scott started drinking alcohol. Unfortunately, he was involved in an
altercation and was asked to leave the programme. He returned to the Midlands – and his
old ways.
Case study: Scott
Attendee of the Mixed Mindfit sessions