Energise is an exercise programme for people who have cancer or recovering from cancer.
If you have cancer or are recovering from cancer, you can maintain or improve your quality of life by taking part in regular, supervised exercise with fitness instructors specially qualified to support people with cancer.
This award winning programme is a partnership between MacMillan Cancer Support, North Bristol NHS Trust and Everyone Active.
You can do the cancer rehabilitation exercise programme if
- you're over 16
- you've been diagnosed with cancer
- you're undergoing cancer treatment now such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- you've finished having cancer treatment
- you're having maintenance cancer treatments such as hormone therapy
- you have a stable medical condition
If you have these other medical conditions, you can't take part in the classes including:
- acute respiratory disease
- unstable angina
- unstable diabetes
- acute heart failure
- pregnancy
- hypertension: when your blood pressure measurements are 160 systolic / 100 diastolic or more
- tachycardia: when your resting heart rate is above 100 beats per minute
How the exercise programme works
Before you start, we'll do a health check and give you more information about the programme. We'll let you know if we need to contact your GP for more details about your condition or treatment.
Everyone who joins gets a personalised programme with a mixture of aerobic and resistance exercise to help you be physically active.
The exercise programme is based in the gym using bikes, treadmills and rowing machines, as well as a circuit programme.
The informal classes are carried out in a group with other cancer patients or people who've had cancer.
How to join the exercise programme
The exercise progammes are at Horfield Leisure Centre or Hengrove Park Leisure Centre.
How to join at Horfield Leisure Centre
You can ask your GP, consultant, nurse, physiotherapist or cancer specialist to refer you using the pdf cancer rehabilitation exercise referral form(194 KB) .
Or you can refer yourself by pdf completing a self referral form(189 KB) and sending it to one of the contacts listed below. They'll contact you within 2 weeks to arrange a consultation.
How to join at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre
Your referral should come through a health professional.
Any questions can be directed to hengrove.referral@lexleisure.org.uk
When and where the classes are on
Contact each leisure centre for prices and class times.
Horfield Leisure Centre
Horfield Leisure Centre, Dorian Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 0XW
Contact:
- Alistair Macfarlane at alistairmacfarlane@everyoneactive.com or call 0782 5033 741
- Tracy Charles at tracycharles@everyoneactive.com
Hengrove Park Leisure Centre
Hengrove Park Leisure Centre , Hengrove Promenade, Bristol, BS14 0DE
Contact:
- email: hengrove.referral@lexleisure.org.uk
- call: 0117 937 0200