As part of our commitment to activate your city, lives and neighbourhood, we’ve partnered with local physical activity, health and wellbeing service providers to help you take those first steps towards living a better lifestyle and stay on top of your health needs.
Whether you want to lose weight, get fit, improve your mental health, or meet new people there is support out there for you. Responses from our Active Communities survey has shown that for the people who live and work in Westminster, prioritising physical health and wellbeing can be difficult and sometimes overwhelming.
Check out our list list of support services that can guide you towards your goals and help you lead a more active and healthier life.
Get active from the comfort of your own home with Couch to Fitness by Our Parks.
Now you can get active from your own home with Couch to Fitness, an at-home exercise plan for beginners by Our Parks.
The plan involves three video sessions a week, with rest days in between, and a different schedule each week for nine weeks.
Visit Couch to Fitness
Get running with Couch to 5K
Couch to 5k is a running plan for beginners. The Couch to 5K app gives you a choice of coaches and helps you track your progress.
NHS Couch to 5K will help you gradually work up towards running 5km in just 9 weeks.
Running requires little equipment, but a good pair of running shoes that suit your foot type may help improve comfort.
Running regularly will improve the health of your heart and lungs. It can also help you lose weight, especially if combined with a healthy diet.
Share your Couch to 5k journey or view inspiring posts from other app users using the #Couchto5k hashtag.
Visit the Couch to 5k webpage.
Do Good, Get Fit
GoodGym is a community of people who get fit by doing good. We run, walk and cycle to support community projects and isolated older people with practical tasks.
Sessions are high energy but inclusive to all – they live by the mantra ‘no one is left alone, no one is left behind’. Anyone can join GoodGym
There are groups all across the UK but their beginnings were right here, in London, growing to 22,000 GoodGymers since 2009.
Workout for Charity
Jōbu – Improving physical, mental and social wellbeing for everyone
Jōbu is a social enterprise using behavioural science to motivate people to get and stay active.
You can get involved by joining a workshop or joining the app.
The aim is to create the conditions that will help people motivate themselves to get fitter and healthier; improving mood and productivity, less illness, better quality sleep, happier, better interactions with family, friends, work colleagues and society, less strain on the NHS, more ecologically aware and much more…
Find A Running Partner
Achieve your goals and get more from running with a running partner via Jogging Buddy.
Jogging Buddy has two core beliefs, firstly, that being active is the antidote to many of the ailments and issues in our lives. Inactivity significantly harms our life chances. The second, if we do decide to get fit, many give up. That is why we believe in the power of groups.
Buddying up with one or more runners in your local area keeps you motivated and makes the whole thing much more enjoyable.
No matter your location, whether it be Westminster, London, somewhere else nationally or abroad, find a training partner to get you motivated.
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Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea Free Healthy Lifestyle Programmes
Westminster is offering free healthy lifestyle programmes to get you back into shape or just be active through Reed Wellbeing.
One You will provide a range of evidence-based behavioural interventions, including smoking cessation support, tier 2 weight management, physical activity programmes, alcohol risk reduction and healthy lifestyle and psychological support. Additional community support will be made available in partnership with local organisations, offering more ways for residents to improve their health and to ensure the service is appropriate for those experiencing poor health outcomes. This particularly includes residents from global majority/BAME communities, and people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities or severe mental illness. Our approach includes one-to-one in-person appointments, group sessions, and remote support, with digital services being introduced next year.
Get Fit for Free
Our Parks aims to ensure that easy access to exercise is available to you and your local community, utilising a bespoke technology to enable residents to book and register on classes and communicate with other park users to provide a fitter and socially active community.
- Aim to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities.
- Aim to maximise the usage and benefits of amazing parks and open spaces that are present across all our communities.
- Aim to maximise the interaction of our communities across our website and mobile phone applications platforms.
Visit Our Parks
If you can’t see something here that is right for you, you can browse our Activity Finder or contact your GP for a referral.
Way to Wellbeing
Your borough has your back
The hub explores free or low-cost mental health and emotional wellbeing support in Westminster and some UK wide service and apps.
Local support is offered to everyone living, working, or studying in Westminster. Whether for you or for someone else, our support services cover a wide range of issues and concerns.
- Struggling and need urgent help? Call 999 or go directly to A&E
- Samaritans offer 24-hour support by phone (116 123) or email
- Text SHOUT to 85258 for confidential, anonymous, 24-hour support.
Visit our FAQs page for answers to common questions about mental health and emotional wellbeing and navigating this Wellbeing Hub.
If you can’t see something here that is right for you, you can browse our Activity Finder or contact your GP for a referral.
