Activmobs

Activmobs are small groups of residents who carry out physical activity together on a regular basis. They choose their own activity and the project supports them to continue with that activity. Activmobs are an example of co-creation.

Co-creation brings the service or product user so close to the designer or provider that the boundaries become blurred.

After the successful prototyping of Activmobs, funding was obtained from the Communities for Health programme for further development. There are now 30 mobs ranging from working on allotments and singing to football and golf, with around 400 people involved.

The Activmob website has been launched and we are working with colleagues in the NHS to develop Activmobs for more therapeutic and rehabilitative purposes.

Benefits

• Is self organising, through the provision of simple tools, without the need to go through the filter of an organisation.
• Builds on the assumption that activity is most effective when driven and sustained by individual motivations.
• Activity is placed within the context of people's everyday lives rather than in formal putting settings.

Find out more

Visit the Activmob website to find out more.