Taster Sessions

Active for Life runs programmes of taster sessions which enable service users to make a choice about activities they would like to try out together as a group, sets those activities up and then support them to attend and try it out. Activities can be anything which gets you moving a bit more, from sport to walking to gardening!

The main aims are:

To have fun
To try out activities you have chosen
To improve your health
To meet new people
To look at how you can carry on being active doing something you enjoy

If you try an activity you like we can help you carry on with it. Active for Life can help you find something you would like to try out and enjoy.

Active for Life run taster sessions from Plymouth Guild and from within mental health or learning disability settings. Participants attending can bring along with them an enabler or parent/carer if they wish so they to can be supported to help the person they support or care for to continue being active. Taster sessions run in-house at specific settings such as residential homes, support service users and staff to access local facilities and provide services with information on how physical activity can continue.

People with learning disabilities

Click here to download our learning disability accessible leaflet.

To make a referral, please click here to download our learning disability accessible referral form and send it back to the address below. Alternatively please contact us by phone to make an appointment for someone to support you to complete a referral form and tell you more about the taster sessions.

People with mental health problems

We are currently taking referrals to run a course of sessions, click here to see a poster for this giving more information.

If you would like to make a referral, please click here to download our referral form and send it back to the address below.

Services, professionals and parent/carers

If you would like to find out more, please click here to download our overview document for more information. If you are interested in having taster sessions delivered from within your service or have any questions or queries, please contact Gemma on 01752 201766 or 07791682777.

Please return all referrals to:

Gemma Gowan
Active for Life Manager
Plymouth Guild
Ernest English House
Buckwell Street
Plymouth
PL1 2DA