Volunteering Opportunities with West Berkshire Therapy Centre

About

Our broad aim is to meet the currently unmet health and well-being needs of the local community and to identify opportunities where we, as part of the 'not-for-profit' sector, can fill some of those gaps and provide helpful, much needed, good quality services. Many disabled people find it difficult to take as much exercise as they want or as is generally recommended, limiting their lives and potential. West Berkshire Therapy Centre is a highly specialised rehabilitation gym, equipped with power-assisted exercise equipment, for the benefit of disabled people from the local community. Following assessment from our therapist, Centre users area able to receive exercise therapy provided by a range of carefully designed and selected machines, easing stiff or reluctant muscles, giving them more strength and co-ordination, improved mobility, better ability to perform tasks of daily living, helping also to manage weight, improve circulation, reduce the risks of serious health problems in later years and more feelings of well-being. Plans are under way to develop a community hydrotherapy pool service on similar lines.