Active Communities
Health and wellbeing programmes giving you the support you need to be active.
Help and support to get active and improve your health and wellbeing
Our Active Communities programme supports people of all ages facing barriers to being active and improving their health and wellbeing through physical activity and sport. This includes people experiencing poverty and inequalities, and those living with long term health conditions.
With activities across Edinburgh, we can help find something that’s perfect for you.
Our Active Communities programme supports around 12,500 people a year to get active to improve their health and wellbeing.
Being active is key to enjoying a healthy lifestyle and feeling good. Even the simplest of changes can lead to big results.
As a charity, Edinburgh Leisure is on a mission to help people lead more active, healthy lives and we can help you do just that.
12,500
people supported to get moving through Active Communities programmes
160
health and wellbeing classes delivered each week
1,000+
hours of support from volunteers every month to help run our programmes
20,000+
visits to Edinburgh Leisure from refugees as part of our Relocated People Access Programme
How we can help
Our Active Communities team will give you the support you need to be active with dedicated health and wellbeing programmes to help you get started. However active you are and whatever your age, we’re here to support you.
Prevention and early intervention
Preventing health issues before they arise by promoting early intervention strategies
Tackling inequalities
Actively working to reduce social and health inequalities within the community, and supporting disadvantaged groups
Tackling inactivity
Recognising the detrimental effects of a sedentary lifestyle, and encouraging people of all ages to get moving
Keeping active and well
Maintaining long-term health and wellbeing
Programme referrals
We encourage health and social care professional, schools or youth organisations to refer your supported people to our Active Communities programmes.
See our individual programme pages for details on how to refer a client or contact our team via email at active@edinburghleisure.co.uk or by calling 0131 458 2260 for guidance on the most appropriate programmes. We’ll ensure that the referral process is seamless and efficient.
Together, we can assist individuals in overcoming barriers to physical activity and support their improved health and wellbeing.
Taking part
Get in touch with us by emailing active@edinburghleisure.co.uk or calling 0131 458 2260 if you have questions about any of our Active Communities programmes.
Get involved – volunteer or fundraise
Volunteer
There are lots of ways for volunteers to get involved. However you choose to donate your time, you will be making a difference to local people’s lives.
Fundraise
Raise funds through events, challenges or other activities to support our Active Communities programmes and make a real difference for the people of Edinburgh.
Help us help more people
Our Active Communities programmes help support 12,500 people a year in Edinburgh to get active and improve their health and wellbeing.
As a registered charity, Edinburgh Leisure relies on external funding and donations so that we can keep delivering programmes for those in need.
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.
