Positive Ageing Week 2025 – Meet Penny!

As part of #PositiveAgeingWeek2025, we have joined with colleagues at Age UK Wyvern, Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council to celebrate the power of movement and inspire more older adults to get active!

Meet the wonderful Penny, a regular at one of our #MoveMore classes!

“Following my stroke I saw a poster in my doctor’s surgery offering ‘Strength and Balance’ - I felt it was perfect for me. I’m not terribly good at meeting new people and joining a group was a bit nerve-racking to start with, especially when I found myself working-out next to an 81- year-old who was touching her toes with ease! I thought, “that will never be me” - but it is me now!”!

After completing the ‘Strength & Balance’ sessions, Penny is now regular at Age UK North Worcestershire’s Move More class at NewSong (Bromsgrove)

“We do a lot of ‘sitting down’ exercise and use Resistance Bands to work our muscles. Throughout the class we are encouraged to do whatever we can. “Can’t reach your toes?” So what! As long as you do your best. If you only reach your knees that is good enough. We sometimes do a succession of exercises using all our limbs, so maybe three or four routines. Firstly we practice them one at a time, then we do them all together - one after the other. This is when everything goes haywire! But it doesn’t matter, as long as you are moving. And we laugh a lot!”

“The class is full of mostly ladies of a certain age! I’m 77 and ticking along nicely. I look forward to ‘my’ class and I am forever grateful to our instructor, Adele, who supports, encourages and pushes me every week. She is a lovely person and makes ‘working’ fun!”

Follow this link to find out more about how you can #MoveMore with Age UK North Worcestershire. You can also find details of a whole range of Activities across Worcestershire by visiting www.activehw.co.uk/activities