Be more active, on your terms

Not a Gym is a not for profit, Community Interest Company based at the heart of Cornish communities, improving physical, mental and social-wellbeing through a range of person-centred, guided physical activity.

Think we can help you?

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Group of women walking outdoors with pushchairs at a Not a Gym buggy walk session
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Woman taking part in a seated exercise class at Not a Gym, arms outstretched
Woman doing a yoga stretch on a mat outdoors
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Our clients receive personalised, professional advice to either prevent, or better manage existing conditions through physical activity.

We’re a community organisation improving the wellbeing of people living with health conditions.

People
Centred

We aim to know, understand and remove your barriers to physical activity

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Friendly, enthusiastic and reliable

Our clients will find themselves positively influenced & motivated by our personal approach.

We can help to reduce pain and breathlessness
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Join our mission towards
better health for everybody

Get Involved!

If you know light, appropriate activity in a social way will help you, get in touch!

Professional Partners

In the health industry? Find out more about how we work with people who have short and long-term health conditions to improve physical, mental and social wellbeing

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Donate to us today and help us with our misson.

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“If physical activity were a drug, it’d be called the miracle cure

Professor Dame Sally Davies
Chief Medical Advisor to the UK Government (2017)
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Learn how we improve social, mental and physical wellbeing

We'd love to hear from you. Contact us today.