Physical Activity

Physical activity and movement is incredibly important for good health and wellbeing, whereas it has commonly been associated with maintaining a healthy weight, being active in its own right has a wide range benefits from disease prevention to maintaining independence into later life.

Across Blaby there are lots of opportunities to get active! Check out the Active Blaby website to find some physical activity sessions for you, or pop along to our local community garden A Place to Grow and enjoy the outdoors while being physically active.

Active Blaby is an initiative to help get you active and moving more. It is where local partners are brought together to provide personalised support for you to move more to improve your health and wellbeing. There are many things that can act as a barrier to being active for different people, physical activity has been built out of our everyday lives by increased use of cars, better technology and people's time being stretched much more. There are some fundamental challenges that some people face but here at Active Blaby, we aim support you to be more active in whichever way we can find. We've designed a process to help you identify your main barriers to being more active and we have used psychology theory to try and give you the most effective support based on your needs. For more information visit their website

A Place To Grow: is a sustainable Community Garden with the purpose to support positive Mental Health and Wellbeing. This is achieved by encouraging people to learn new things by producing and eating healthy food, being physically active, getting involved in the community and meeting new people in a friendly, informal and safe environment.

The site is aimed at anyone who wants to improve their Mental Health and Wellbeing. You may have a long term health condition, learning disability, recently bereaved, feeling isolated and lonely or want to get more active.

Interested to coming along or to find out more:

• Visit the A Place To Grow page
• or send an email to leisure@blaby.gov.uk or call 0116 272 7703

Weight Management: Wanting some support on weight management, or just some general healthy weight advice, the Leicestershire County Council weight management service offers free advice and support to help you on your journey.
Leicestershire Adult and Children's Weight Management Services – Leicestershire Weight Management