MECC for physical activity in-person training

What is MECC for physical activity?

MECC for physical activity supports you to integrate purposeful conversations about physical actitivity into everyday conversations at work or in your community, to help increase levels of exercise across the country.

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who interacts with the public and wants to support people to make positive changes to their levels of physical activity. This includes healthcare professionals, workplace health champions and those who are responsible for workplace health and wellbeing strategies.

Key skills

This course supports anyone who is not a physical activity specialist by supplying high-quality, evidence based physical activity training to help you develop the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to integrate physical activity messages and interventions into everyday conversations. On completion of the course, you will understand:

• The MECC approach and how this can be applied in your setting.
• What is meant by physical activity (including awareness of the latest Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines).
• How to deliver healthy lifestyle messages linked to physical activity, to encourage people to change their behaviour.
• Where suitable resources for signposting can be found.

How do I access the course?

To book an in-person training session of MECC for physical activity in your workplace or organisation, get in touch with our team.

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