Activity Morning - Long-Term Health Conditions

Date posted 10 Jul 2025
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Monthly Physical Activity Days & Support Service Provider Market Place Bodmin & St Austell Leisure Centres.

We have over the last 6 months, working with Diabetes UK, Local Surgeries and their diabetic nurses, to encourage those living with diabetes, type 2 in particiular, to exercise more.

We offered across 3 centres Bodmin, Liskeard and St Austell, opportunities to taster some of the suitable activities programmed at the centres. These were met with enthusiasm by patients referred to the activities.

We are now expanding these activity days to other long-term conditions such as Arthrisis; Multiple Scleoris and Parkinson's.

Exercise offers significant benefits for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, Diabetes and arthritis. ​
 - For MS, it can improve fatigue, mobility, and balance. ​
 - In Parkinson's, exercise can help manage motor symptoms, improve mood, and potentially slow disease progression. ​
 - For Arthritis, exercise can reduce pain, increase flexibility, and improve overall physical function. ​
 - For Diabetes, it can reduce blood pressure, improve cholesterol, and in Type 2, can put diabetes into remission.

If you feel this might be something you are interested in, check with you GP this would be appropriate to support your condition. Then contact our Community Sport & Health Manager: Karen.Edmond@GLL.ORG

We can then connect you to join us and sample some of the activities on offer to support those living with Long-Term Conditions; Diabetes, Multiple-Sclerosis; Arthritis; Parkinson's.

Bodmin Leisure Centre

Thursday 19thJune -10am–12.30pm

Thursday 31st July -10am-12.30pm

Thursday 28th August –10am–12.30pm

Thursday 25th September -10am–12.30pm

Thursday 30th October –10am12.30pm

St Austell Leisure Centre

Friday 27th June –10am-12.30pm

Friday 18th July –10am–12.30pm

Friday 22nd August –10am-12pm

Friday 12th September –10am–12pm

Friday 24th October – 10am-12pm

At some of the dates above we will be supported by a number of partners:

Healthy Cornwall

Diabetes UK

Social Prescribers

Parkinson’s Nurses

Active Cornwall

MS Support

Better Healthwise Scheme 

Arthritis Trust