At the recent Disability Sport Yorkshire Annual Awards dinner, Keep Moving was recognised for its considerable contribution towards ensuring access to physical activity for disabled people by winning the Cyril Villiers Organisation of the Year award.
Keep Moving is an exercise programme for people with lower limb impairments that has been running since 2019. Based at the Allam Sports Centre at the University of Hull, it is the only group-based programme to deliver supervised exercise for adults with a lower limb amputation in the Humber region. This inclusive programme has increased participation in physical activity for people who have mobility impairments following lower limb amputation. Its aims are to make physical activity more accessible, reduce falls, improve strength and balance confidence, and develop a sense of togetherness for its participants.
In addition KEEP MOVING offers vital social interaction for people at increased risk of social isolation and offers an informal support network with other individuals who are experiencing similar issues in relation to limb loss.
The programme is being delivered face-to-face and online in partnership with the Limbless Association, therefore increasing the reach of the programme and ensuring that people from outside of the area are able benefit from physical activity.
Thanks to KEEP MOVING, people with limb loss have a place to meet, exercise and feel good together.
Find out more about the great work Keep Moving are doing here: https://youtu.be/-V7RgsZ1llc
