Sporting Minds is our fitness project for getting people active and aiding in recovery from mental health and addiction issues, we aim to provide education, exercise, and social events to help people get active, make friends and prevent social isolation, promote inclusion and togetherness.

      Helping You Get Active

As part of our Recovery program, we offer outdoor-based therapies primarily from our woodland premises in Prudhoe to families and individuals to encourage participation in exercise and build friendships. Activities include mountain biking, hill walking (featured on BBC1 in 2020) woodland breaks, kayaking, and rock climbing. As well as support for fitness classes and gym memberships.

It is well known that exercise and building support networks encourage and promote positive mental health. Likewise, outdoor engagement can provide a form of alternative mental health support and act as a “soft” engagement mechanism in our broader services for those a little nervous about engaging in counselling, etc.