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Exercise Birmingham GP can refer you to a Council Gym for A free 12week exercise coures,It is called Bactive+, has anyone heard of this

12 years ago•4 Replies

Birmingham City Council also do a scheme called bactive see website birmingham.gov.uk

if you pay council tax to BCC ,or live in a house that pays council tax to BCC you can exercise for free 1or two hours a day.

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12 years ago

Not only do my LA not offer this, there was no onward referral to a gym after PR, neither free nor subsidised - nor even full-price!

12 years ago

Its great Birmingham CC are doing this, I noticed other local govs also have this in operation and New Zealand, well done NZ ;). It would be good if this eventually will become nationwide.

12 years ago

When I rang my GP to talk about joining a gym, he asked me ho wmuch it was costing me because he said that he could prescribe me it on the NHS for a while. I joined via my company so the cost was very low and it opened up a number of other benefits. An excellent idea though.

Marie x

RM4611 years ago

I would love to join Bactive. I feel a bit self conscious, hence would need to check the joint out first. Only just getting suitable inhalers sorted out. None, seem to work now. I'm so breathless lately, I'm watching the clock for my next dose. Been refused theophilline, despite hospital authorisation, put on Turbohaler 400. No one seems to take me seriously.3 yrs with COPD and suffering hourly on daily basis.

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