Would you like to hike Snowdon as part of a team raising money for Henshaws? Join Helen Sutton, Managing Director of Fit Girl Club, for a weekend event where you can do just that.
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Fitness Coach by Jumpy Cat: An accessible workout app
Find out about Fitness Coach by Jumpy Cat, an accessible app for creating personalised workouts.
Stretching exercises: Tips and techniques
Mark, a qualified Sports Therapist, discusses some tips and techniques for 10 stretching exercises you can do at home, to support your health and wellbeing.
Mindfulness for children with a visual impairment or additional support needs
Mindfulness can foster wellbeing, improve self-confidence and self-esteem, and provide coping mechanisms, which has proved to be beneficial to children with a visual impairment.
Keeping children with sight loss active at home
Tips to keep children with sight loss active at home, through sports and activities that can be done in the house or garden.
Meeting VI Runners at a Manchester parkrun
The benefits of regular exercise are well documented, and thousands of people attend the weekly 5km Saturday parkruns across the country. What's it like for VIPs and their guides?
Bowled Over by Blind Cricket
As the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup gets underway in England, we turn our minds to what's on offer specifically for visually impaired cricketers.
New opportunities for accessible sport in Liverpool
George, our new VISPA Development Officer, introduces his role and how he's working to promote the number of VI people taking part in physical activity around Merseyside.
How Henshaws athletes train for triathlon success
How does an athlete with a disability complete a triathlon? We convinced the inspirational Henshaws Tri Team to take a break from training to explain all.
“I was a person that always said ‘I can’t do that’, but now I’ll give everything a go!”
For World Sight Day, we're sharing Alan's story from Newcastle and how finding sports has become an invaluable part of his life.
Henshaws exercise classes
Our classes will get you moving, at your own pace and ability, to improve your range of movement, strength & fitness.
Henshaws Hikers
Improve your fitness, get some fresh air, enjoy some beautiful scenery and make new friends at our walking group!
“It’s inspiring to meet someone who has faced the same difficulties and still manages to enjoy life”
We speak to two members at our Over 50s exercise class - Sylvia and Kathleen - to find out what they’ve gained from the classes.
