Healthy Active Minds
A physical activity referral programme to support inactive adults living with mental health conditions
12 weeks
What is Healthy Active Minds?
Healthy Active Minds is a physical activity referral programme for inactive adults aged 18 years and over living with mild to moderate depression, stress, anxiety or low mood.
1 in 4 people experience a mental health problem at some point in their life and being active can improve mental health and wellbeing in the following ways:
- Raising confidence, improving self-esteem and gaining control
- Improving thinking skills
- Improving self worth and personal control by mastering an activity
- Distracting from more stressful parts of life
- Giving a sense of belonging, having fun and being active as a group
What can I expect?
Healthy Active Minds is a 12-week programme designed to introduce you to and support you to take part in regular physical activity. Once referred to Healthy Active Minds one of our Active Communities instructors will contact you to arrange an initial chat.
At the beginning, they will offer assistance during the initial 2 to 3 sessions to help identify your goals and individual needs. Throughout the 12-week program, you will receive:
- Guidance to develop a personalised physical activity plan that includes options like swimming, walking, yoga, and gym workouts.
- The chance to participate in Healthy Active Minds classes, such as boxing, racquet sports, and gym sessions, which you can continue to attend even after completing the 12 weeks to maintain your activity levels.
- Support for making lifestyle changes and staying motivated.
- An opportunity to meet with the instructor during your journey to assess your progress and see how you are doing.
Class Timetable
| Class | Site | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatton Boxing | Meadowbank Sports Centre | Tuesday | 14.00 – 15.00 |
| Racquet Sports | Craiglockhart Tennis Centre | Thursday | 12.00 – 13.00 |
| Pilates | Gracemount Leisure Centre | Monday | 14.00 – 15.00 |
| Golf (Summer) | Silverknowes Golf Course | Every 2nd Wednesday | 11.30 – 14.00 |
| Running Group | Royal Commonwealth Pool (Meeting Point) | Tuesday | 09.00 – 10.00 |
Referrals
To access the Healthy Active Minds project, individuals must be referred by a health professional or mental health worker. If you are a health professional or mental health worker and would like to refer someone, please complete our online referral form. For more information about this programme or to discuss a referral, please contact our Active Communities team on 0131 458 2260 or email active@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Referral formHealthy Active Minds FAQs
Help Us Help More People
This programme is operated by our charitable organisation – Active Communities – which delivers wellbeing programmes that support 12,500 people a year in Edinburgh to get active and improve their health.
As a registered charity, Edinburgh Leisure is heavily reliant on external funding and donations to keep delivering programmes such as this one.
To help us keep helping the people of Edinburgh, you can donate via text or our online form.
To text your donation:
Text ACTIVE followed by the amount you would like to donate to 70480.
For example, text ACTIVE5 if you would like to donate £5.
