6 Young Carers completed the four week programme, coming along to Gainsborough gym each week for a one hour wellbeing workshop followed by a 45 minute gym session.
Feedback on the sessions was great
- ‘ I signed up to the programme to feel better about myself. I feel more energetic since doing regular exercise’.
- ‘ I wanted to improve my self-esteem. By participating in the programme I feel I have more motivation to make small changes’. Since coming along my self-confidence has improved from a 3-4/10 to a 6/10’.
- ‘ I would rate my self-confidence from a 4/10 at the start of the programme to a 7/10 now. I didn’t know exactly what has helped but I have tried the gym once on my own’
Using Time for Me funding from Carers Trust, each Young Carer has been awarded a Youth Plus I card membership for use in the gyms and swimming pools in Ipswich for the next month.
Thank you to Graeme and his team at Gainsborough gym for their time and patience with us each week.
