The Beach Wellness

What is it? 

The Beach Wellness is primarily a rehabilitation specialist gym, offering safe, inclusive exercise to adults living with health conditions (such as cardiac, cancer, stroke, musculoskeletal) who have been referred to the ProActive Physical Activity on Referral scheme by their NHS GP surgery. Alongside the gym we offer a variety of fitness classes for all abilities, which are friendly, unintimidating and professionally delivered. Please check the venue for your chosen class; we offer sessions at multiple venues.

Gym Opening Hours

Our opening hours for the gym are 7.30am to 7.30pm Monday to Friday and 7.30am to 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday. 

PLEASE NOTE: Our busiest times in the gym are when we have appointments booked with GP referrals, every weekday 9.30am - 12pm. These times are therefore best avoided for general gym use. Please ensure times outside of these busy hours suit you before you sign up for membership, to avoid disappointment.

Costs

  • Graduate Referral (for completed ProActive Referrals to continue once weekly): £19 per month 
  • Unlimited Gym: £29 per month 
  • Unlimited Gym + Unlimited Classes: £39 per month 
  • Classes: £6.50 pay-as-you-go per class or £60 for a 10 class bundle 
  • ProActive Physical Activity on Referral: £6 per session 

The gym is accessed by membership-only - due to our limited capacity we aren't currently able to offer pay-as-you-go

Beach gym user on bike
Beach Gym Class

Payment

Payment for Unlimited Gym or Unlimited Gym + Unlimited Class membership is by monthly direct debit only, and requires only one month notice of cancellation. To set up your own direct debit.  Click Here

Important to note

Each time you visit the gym, please familiarise yourself with the Fire Exits and procedure for evacuation, as well as the Code of Conduct for all users. Please also ensure you sign in and out on the paper register at the gym entrance. 

Contact Us

Contact our friendly team at beachgym@sasp.co.uk, they are here to help you with any enquiries you may have.

I learned more in that one session with Kelly about how to use my muscles than I have in four weeks of physio exercises at home.
Participant
From week one, I’ve felt so much better all round for doing the exercises in class. Fran’s tuition has been hugely positive, both physically and mentally, for me.
Participant
I have thoroughly enjoyed the gym sessions. Fran and Kelly have been very supportive and encouraging. The sessions have impacted me in a positive way and hopefully instilled better exercise habits outside of using the gym. I hope the scheme continues and others have access to the same benefits that the sessions bring.
Participant
My sincere thanks go to Luisa, Fran and Kelly for their support, understanding and expert tuition which is aimed at restoring one's physical ability, and working appropriately with individual needs. It's worked wonderfully for me!
Participant
Being able to attend The Beach Wellness has restored a great deal of my physical capacity, and as a result I have regained confidence in my activities and mentally feel very positive.
Participant
It sounds dramatic, but this free Saturday afternoon gym has genuinely been life-changing. I can't thank you enough, for the brilliant gym programme you gave me, which was pitched at just the right level, and all the support in the gym on Saturday afternoons. I trust you, you both really know your stuff. I've turned my life around in the last 3 months and you were what started it. Now I'm walking Parkrun on Saturday mornings, I'm eating better, I've lost weight, my headspace is so much better. I can help the kids that I work with better. I was a mess before. I can't describe how much this has helped me. Thank you.
Andrew
I enjoy the fitness sessions, the girls there are knowledgeable and make you very welcome. I always leave the gym with a sense of achievement after a session. I would like to attend more regularly than once a week but its a cost that is difficult to justify these days.
Participant
The Beach Wellness is the key enabler that is helping me onto a better lifestyle. My experience is really positive and I look forward to each session. I am also supported by the staff and this facility has improved my fitness and made me more active. I would be lost without this support.
Participant
I think that the staff are friendly and welcoming and having a regular physical activity to attend, together with my husband, is nice. I think attending the gym makes you more focused on becoming fit. I did initially lose weight but I have put it back on again following an illness where I had to take a break from exercise/ the gym. I hope to now focus on losing weight again. I like the fact that there has been a flexible approach, when I can take a break from the gym without losing my free weeks.
Participant
I've enjoyed the sessions and feel they have contributed to strengthening my back - back pain was the reason for my referral. All the trainers have been helpful at all times.
Participant

 

For more information or enquires, contact the Beach Wellness team:
 

Laura Browne
The Beach Hotel Fitness Suite GP Referral Team
T 01643 709778
E LBrowne@sasp.co.uk

Laura is part of the Beach Wellness team supporting people in West Somerset and is also part of the GP Referral team.

Luisa Skinner (She/Her)
The Beach Wellness & Health Coaches Manager (West Somerset)
T 07458301526
E LSkinner@sasp.co.uk

Luisa manages the Beach Wellness, our gym in Minehead.  Luisa oversees the development, co-ordination and delivery of programmes and classes at this key community hub on our coastal strip. Luisa also manages our team of health and wellbeing coaches in West Somerset.

Helen Wilkes
Proactive Referral Scheme Coordinator The Beach Wellness
T 01643709778
E HWilkes@sasp.co.uk

Helen is part of the Beach Wellness team supporting people in West Somerset and is also part of the GP Referral team.