Find out what organisations and employers think of our training.
Peterborough United Foundation
As the Community Manager at the Peterborough United Foundation, Jenna oversees their Health and Wellbeing projects, community engagement events, and serves as the lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) as well as health and safety. The Foundation is the charitable arm of Peterborough United Football Club, delivering a diverse range of initiatives across four key themes established by EFL in the Community and the Premier League: Sports Participation, Social Inclusion/Community Cohesion, Health, and Education.
Everyone Active
As the Activity and Wellbeing Manager for the Stratford upon Avon Contract at Everyone Active, Amy oversees initiatives that promote physical activity beyond traditional gym, swimming, and exercise classes. Her focus is on creating inclusive sessions, such as walking sports and programmes for individuals aged under five and seniors, ensuring that everyone –
regardless of age, ability, or mobility – has the opportunity to engage in regular exercise.
Kent & Medway NHS (Older Adult Inpatient North & West Kent)
Tatjana Krizanovska, Interim Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead, recognised the value of the seated exercise training her East Kent colleagues had received. She subsequently organised similar training for OT staff in West Kent. The team members, located at various sites, participated in the Chair-based Exercise Instructor training via Zoom. The training aimed to enable them to conduct daily seated exercise groups on the wards.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council
The Community Champions are local volunteers dedicated to supporting community health and well-being. They achieve this by organising various activities, events, and public health campaigns, often becoming key sources of support and information within their communities.
Camden & Islington NHS
Arturo is based at the Community Recovery Service for Older People, supporting older adults with mental health problems. Over the years, Arturo and other staff from Camden Mews have been trained as CBE instructors to improve patients physical fitness levels.
This case study explores how patients have benefited from chair-based exercise sessions.
Victoria & Albert Halls
Alice, now retired, has a wealth of experience as a Social Care Officer, Adult Education Coordinator, and Events Officer. When elderly women from her local church, who had mobility issues, approached her for help, they requested that she organise seated exercise sessions tailored to their needs.
This case study examines how Alice stepped up to volunteer and lead a ‘Chair-Based Exercise’ class at the Victoria & Albert Halls, making a meaningful impact on her community.
Kent & Medway NHS
This case study takes a look at how patients across six older adult wards and rehab unit at a NHS Kent and Medway NHS hospital benefited from regular exercise sessions.
Now that the wards are using chair based exercise, these exercises are more targeted so that their patients are using more of their muscles to help with maintaining global strength and reduce swelling, both of which are problems they often come across when patients are in our care due to their conditions.
Beech Hill Grange Nursing Home
This case study explores the implementation and impact of chair-based exercise (CBE) classes in a care home setting, focusing on the quality of training, challenges faced during implementation, feedback from residents, observed benefits, future plans, and additional insights shared by the care home coordinators. The training was fully funded through a pilot with NHS Birmingham; Solihull ICB aimed at reducing the number of falls in the elderly by intervening to improve their physical fitness levels and strength.
Active Suffolk
The collaboration with Amac proved instrumental in addressing the specific needs outlined in the Sport and Physical Activity Sector Skills Plan for Suffolk developed in 2021. This included comprehensive training in mental health awareness, behaviour change, encouraging physical activity, understanding health improvement, and chair-based exercise.
Sutton Rose Care Home
Sutton Rose Care Home, located in Sutton Coldfield, boasts an 84-bed capacity, providing comprehensive care services to its residents. The care home is committed to enhancing the well-being of its residents through innovative approaches, including the integration of chair-based exercise sessions.
Lime Court Nursing Home
This case study explores how Lime Court Nursing Home, a specialist provider of care, uses chair-based exercise classes to enhance the well-being of residents. This was funded through our partnership with NHS Birmingham & Solihull ICB.
North Lincolnshire Council
This case study explores the experience of North Lincolnshire Council that trained staff in Seated Recreational Physical Activity Instructor Training. The staff that took part in the course are using their skills as part of their ‘day jobs’ with a wide range of service users for example, MS sufferers, people suffering from mental health illness and those who have suffered a stroke.
The Stroke Association, Wakefield
This case study focuses on charity that was looking to offer exercises classes that would suit people with disability and more specific suit stroke survivors. The aim is to run weekly sessions throughout the Wakefield district to give people a taster into chair-based exercise.
SASH, London
Support and Advice on Sexual Health Service (SASH) provides sexual health services to the residents of three London boroughs, delivering services to support people living with HIV and those who are at high risk of poor sexual health. The RSPH Health Improvement course was chosen to provide staff with an understanding of the principles of promoting health and well-being and enable them to direct individuals towards further practical support in their efforts to avoid sexual ill health.
Middlesbrough Council
The senior Health Development officer, Public Health at Middlebrough Council could see that there was a training requirement so that everyone in the team was qualified in chair-based exercise instructing. They wanted the training to help in the ares of work that is provided as a service in falls prevention and 50+ sessions.