THE ACTIVE DIFFERENCE

• 7 participants attended the initial pilot programme, signposted from Macmillan Cancer Support services.
• Participants reported improved mental wellbeing scores as a result of attending – including reporting feeling optimistic about the future and close to other people.
• 71% participants completed the programme, and will be trained to become Peer Mentors for the participants on the next course.
• Macmillan and England Golf now have a strong working relationship and will continue to roll out the programme across the region.

OUR ROLE

MSP have been working to assist Macmillan to develop their ‘Living With and Beyond Cancer’ programme. We’ve helped them to offer a variety of physical activity and sport options, so that people recovering from cancer (and their carers) can benefit from gentle and adapted physical activity, in order to aid their recovery, physical health and mental wellbeing.

We linked up Macmillan Cancer Support to England Golf and a golf venue on the Wirral (Moreton Hills Golf Centre), whose coach provided an adapted five-week ‘Get into Golf’ course suitable for the cancer patients and their carers.  This included tailoring the course to fit in with participant activity levels and recovery pathway, including the provision of equipment to better enable them to enjoy and participate in sessions.