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What are coach visits?

An overview of coach visits

  • What are coach visits?

    Coach visits are where a GoodGym member makes a regular visit an isolated older person. Members either run, walk or cycle when visiting the older person. We ask you to commit to a weekly social visit ...

  • Why do we call older people 'coaches'?

    We call people who are visited by our runners 'coaches', because they help motivate people to run, walk or cycle each week and the visits become an incentive to exercise regularly. We hope the relatio...

  • What’s the commitment of coach visits?

    We ask members to commit to weekly visits to a coach for a minimum of six months and recommend that visits are 20-40 minutes long to make this manageable with your run/walk/bike commute on each side....

  • How do you match up members and coaches?

    When you have completed a DBS check and some online training you will be 'coach verified'. Relevant information is then shared with our partner organisation in the area who will suggest a potential co...