The Future of
Community Wellbeing

We deliver in the community, for the community, alongside the local community

Not a Gym members taking part in a guided seated exercise session

Here for Your Health

Emphasising physical, mental or social needs, we train our team to understand a wide range of health conditions, employing staff with lived experience and/or a professional understanding of common health problems including arthritis, heart disease, or lung conditions.

Map of Cornwall showing Not a Gym's service area, covering Bodmin, Camborne, Liskeard, Penzance and St Austell

Not A Gym is:

People Centred

We put the individual at the heart of our work, getting to know and understand each and every client to create the best possible results collaborately.

Empathetic and compassionate

We know that there are many reasons why people do not exercise, even if they know they need to. We will help with motivations and managing pain, giving you an opportunity to be involved as often as you feel you can, without pressure.

Respectful, passionate and trustworthy

We work really closely with each client to understand their needs, respecting their personal space and ability to understand their body or health condition better than anyone else.

Get Active

If you think Not a Gym could help you, please get in touch!

Professional Partners

If you work in the health and wellbeing sector, and feel you could collaborate with us, please let us know.

Introducing the team behind
Not a Gym

We create a feeling of belonging and community. We understand health conditions and how low-level, social exercise can help you. Clients receive personalised, professional advice to prevent or help manage existing conditions.

Gary Head, Founder and Managing Director of Not a Gym, smiling outdoors
Founder & Managing Director

Collaborating alongside the voluntary sector, Gary has 20+ years' experience in the physical activity sector. He has a track record of delivering programmes across the south west, understanding and removing barriers to participation to activity.

Eleanor Yeo, Director of Not a Gym, smiling outdoors
Director

With more than 25 years’ experience in communications and marketing, particularly within charities and not-for-profit organisations, she is committed to helping inactive people become more active in ways that feel welcoming, achievable and enjoyable.

Mark Roby, Director of Not a Gym, smiling outdoors
Director

Experience of working in HR in education and both the private and public sectors, Mark has undertaken other voluntary roles including as a city Councillor, as a Director of two local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), and as a Director of another CIC.

Neil Blonden, Director of Not a Gym, outdoors by the coast
Director

Bringing with him all the skills from his past life in operations management and procurement, Neil is able to fully appreciate the benefits of being a part of the great outdoors in balance with what it entails to run a successful business.

Mara, Delivery team member at Not a Gym, smiling in a profile photo
Delivery

Mara is an experienced fitness professional with 20 years in the health, wellbeing and fitness industry. She is a specialist in teaching yoga and somatics. She is facilitating Not a Gym’s delivery in the community in Bodmin, making great connections with the local residents

Learn how we improve social, mental and physical wellbeing

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