Support to get active
Physical Activity Information
Find out more about your physical activity options
We're here to give you the guidance and encouragement you need to get moving. While we can't offer free or discounted gym memberships or personal training, we can offer support to help you succeed.
Our dedicated team is here to offer specialist advice on physical activity tailored to your needs. They are passionate about promoting physical activity and are experts in guiding people towards their fitness goals. It's important to know they are not physiotherapists and can’t give injury rehabilitation services.
If you're feeling ready to get started, take a moment to explore the support choices below. If it's not good timing for you, feel free to text OPT OUT along with your name and date of birth to 0141 287 8924. You can also give us a call on the same number to opt out.
Option 1 - Live Active - Specialist Physical Activity Support (Face to Face service)
Who is it for?
Live Active may be suitable if you:
- are inactive
AND
- have one or more controlled long-term conditions or are at increased risk of a long term condition
AND
- need high level of specialist support to participate in physical activity
What does it involve?
We will help you find activities that boost your confidence in exercising with your condition. This will help you to be more active regularly. We will meet with you at a local leisure venue or by phone to set activity goals based on what's important to you. Together, you will create a personalised support plan. This may include:
- Supporting you to access Live Active activity sessions* for up to 12 weeks. These include Health Walks, Supervised Gym Sessions and Circuit Classes – all suitable for people with a range of conditions
- Giving information about a wide range of free or low-cost activities* happening locally to you
- Offering short free trials of activities to help you find the types of activity that suits you
- Designing home-based exercise plans if you are unable/prefer not to go to group activities
- Supporting you to find ways of keeping on track with your goals and overcoming set-backs
- Giving information on wider health topics that you may find useful such as healthy eating, alcohol, sleep and stress
- Giving information on other relevant NHS services, if needed, such as weight management, smoking cessation or drug & alcohol support
- Offering regular catch-ups for up to 12 weeks as you develop your activity habits
- Further check in’s at 6 & 12 months to see if you need any further support
How do I get started?
If you meet the above points and believe Live Active is for you then there’s no need to do anything. The team will contact you to schedule your first appointment. However, please note, there's now an 8-10 week waiting list for this choice.
We will try to contact you by phone and text. Our calls may come from an unknown number, but we will always leave a contact number for you to return the call. If we can’t reach you after trying, we will assume you don’t need support and will close your referral.
Live Active
Supervised Gym Sessions
Gym membership options
Option 2 - General Physical Activity Support (telephone-based service)
Who is it for?
General physical activity support may be suitable if you:
- are inactive or doing a bit of activity but need some support to do more
AND/OR
- have one or more controlled long-term conditions or are at increased risk of a long term condition
AND/OR
- need medium or low level of general support to participate in physical activity
What does it involve?
Our telephone support assistant will listen to what matters most to you. They will talk and offer support to help you to be more active. This may include:
- Giving information about a wide range of free or low-cost activities* happening locally to you. Popular activities include Vitality Long Term Condition Classes, Health Walks, Walking Football, Swimming, Dance, Social Racquet Sports, Community Gardens, Mens Sheds, Cycling Groups, Couch to 5k and local Community Sports Hubs activities.
- Supporting you to book gym appointments or set up memberships
- Supporting you to connect with an activity provider/leader. They may contact them on your behalf to get more information or book you a space.
- Offer short free trials of Glasgow Club activities to help find the types of activity that suits you best
- Giving information on wider health services which you may find useful, including Live Well, Glasgow Life’s social support programme
- Follow up phone calls to see if we can be of any further support
How do I get started?
If you meet the points above and think General Physical Activity Support is right for you, you don't need to do anything else. Our team will get in touch and get things started for you.
When we talk, we might decide together that you could benefit from more specialised support. If that's the case, we'll offer you the Live Active Specialist Support choice.
Further info
Please note, there’s no charge for the support offered by staff with either service. However, there may be a fee for certain activities you choose. We will talk about any activity costs with you before setting your goals. We will always offer free and low-cost choices, such as health walks, home-based programmes, or community activities.
Below are some of the questions we are asked most frequently about Option 1 – Specialist Support
Have a read through them and it may help you to decide if Specialist Support is the right option for you.
You will come along to the leisure centre of your choice and meet with your Live Active Advisor. Or, you may choose to have a telephone or video call appointment. Your appointment will last around 30 minutes. You will chat to your advisor about the types of activities you would like to take part in. Your advisor will then give you the information you need to know about your chosen activities. This will include things such as times, dates, venues, cost, what to wear. You will talk about the goals you would like to reach as a result of being more active. Some examples are to “get fitter”, “feel better” or “be able to walk up the stairs without feeling breathless”.
You are not charged a fee for your appointments with the Live Active Advisor. However, there is a cost to NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Glasgow Life of £50 to give these appointments. Because of this, we would ask you to fully consider if Live Active is right for you. This will allow us to minimise the number of missed appointments.
Depending on the type of activity you choose to take part in there may be a cost attached. For fitness classes or the gym you can choose to take part on a “pay as you go” basis. You can also take part through a monthly membership. Memberships start from as low as £18 per month or £12 per month if you meet the concession criteria. Your Live Active Advisor will talk about these choices with you to help you receive the best value for money.
We can also give you information on free activities such as health walks, green gyms & home based exercise.
We will contact you over the course of a year to support you with getting and staying active. You can meet with your Advisor regularly via face to face, telephone or video call for the first 12 weeks. You will then be followed up by one of our support team for up to a year.
You can also choose to go to group based gym sessions, health walks or fitness classes. These are led by your Live Active Advisor meaning that you will have weekly contact with them.
We know that when you set yourself a goal you are more likely to make a change. By taking part you are making a decision to become more active setting yourself goals will help.
No, you don’t need to come to Live Active appointments for this. You can book a gym appointment with a member of the Glasgow Club gym team. They will be happy to create a gym programme for you. Call 0141 287 8924 to book your gym appointment.
No, if you don’t need support to start exercising you should not come to Live Active. Please call us on 0141 287 8924 to let us know that you don’t need support. We won't contact you about the programme. Instead, we can help you book a gym appointment or fitness class. We can also give you information on health walks, walking football and a wide range of other activities.
No, we can’t offer you one to one personal training as part of Live Active. Glasgow Club offer personal training that you can pay to for. To ask about Glasgow Club personal training please email personaltrainingenquiries@glasgowlife.org.uk
Once you have finished your first appointment you can use ANY of our Glasgow clubs to exercise.
Our goal is to give you the confidence and knowledge to become active on your own after 12 months. You'll no longer need Live Active but will able to continue with your activities for as long as you want!
No, we wouldn’t usually accept a re-referral. During your time on the programme you will work with us to build your confidence to independently exercise. You’ll be so well prepared that you won’t need us anymore!
Live Active appointments are available at the following Glasgow Club venues
Bellahouston
Pollok
Gorbals
Castlemilk
DonaldDewar
Scotstoun
Maryhill
Springburn
Easterhouse Pool
Emirates Arena
Tollcross