Helping inactive people become active - Philippa Lynch

Thrive is a digital toolkit and learning resource which offers practical steps and suggestions to support inactive people become active and improve their wellbeing. It is supported by a broad range of partners across Scotland and the UK, who have collaborated in its development and who all share a common goal of getting more people active.

Who is Thrive for?

It is for practitioners who deliver activities (or who are interested in delivering activities) for people to help them become active. It encourages you to learn, change and consider different ways of delivering your activities within communities.

Why use Thrive?

We know that being active helps people to increase their wellbeing and provides a range of social, physical, emotional and cognitive benefits.Thrive is evidenced based, person-centred, and recognises that becoming active is a journey.It promotes a small step approach which nudges and supports people towards more activity, whatever their starting point. It will support your work towards Active Scotland outcomes.

Through using Thrive you will:

• Have a better understanding of how people can become active
• Be better able to support people to become active.

http://thrivetoolkit.org.uk/ to find out more