Active Mums
A programme of health and fitness classes connecting Mums in the community, with children under 5 welcome in the studio
45 mins
£5.25 PAYG
low
What is Active Mums?
Our Active Mums project supports Mums living on a low income to get active, connect with other mums in their community and improve the health and wellbeing of themselves and their children.
Active Mums works with Mums to incorporate physical activity into their lives and ensure that their children enjoy active childhoods.
We offer 2 different types of Active Mums classes:
- For Mums who can afford to pay to attend, we offer drop-in classes at £4 per session
- For Mums on a low income, we run our groups at Meadowbank, Leith Victoria and Ainslie Park, and offer a reduced-price membership for 1 year, on completion of a block of classes.
Referal Programme
We accept self-referrals from Mums, as well as referrals from GP’s, Healthcare Workers, Family Centres, Social Workers and other professionals working with families.
Mums who are referred to the project participate in eight weeks of group fitness sessions led by qualified instructors.
They also receive an Edinburgh Leisure card, which gives them six months access to gym, swim and fitness classes for £1 to encourage them to continue exercising.
If you would like to refer yourself (or someone you are working with), please email active@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Drop in Classes
Our drop in classes are available to all as part of our main fitness class offering
These are bookable online or via the Edinburgh Leisure app, and children under 2 are welcome in the studio.
See our Low Intensity classes timetable for more information.
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.
