LiveMore Gyms
LiveMore fund & implement gyms in mental health hospitals
WHAT WE DO
We are a non-profit, community interest company
Fund gym equipment for mental health hospitals
Support hospitals to implement gyms successfully
IMPACT
Established 8 hospital ward gyms
3 award-winning NHS Quality Improvements
Violence Reduction Safety Awards 2020 & 2021
Quality Improvement Award 2022
GALLERY
Quality Improvement Award 2022
RECOGNITION
World Health Organisation Database
Churchill Fellowship
Kings20 Accelerator
Cambridge Social Ventures
British Journal of Psychiatry
CNWL NHS Wellbeing Bursary
Safety Awards 2020 & 2021
Royal College Grant 2021
Policy Institute Finalist 2020
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur
Clinical Dragons Den
Allesch-Taylor Entrepreneur Grant
David Walsh Scholarship
FEEDBACK
National Audit of Inpatient Violence showed 'overwhelming demand for gym access'
"Gym gives me a reason to get out of bed"
"Training gives me positive focus & takes my mind off stress"
TEAM
Matt Waugh
Founder
Matt trained as a mental health nurse and fitness instructor before founding Live More Gyms.
Matt works on Nile Ward male psychiatric intensive care unit.
Matt was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to Australia.
Dr Joseph Firth
Co-Founder
Joseph is a member of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Physical Activity Guidelines Group.
Joseph is co-author for the WHO's Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour.
Joseph is Research Fellow at Manchester University and won 2020 UK Research & Innovation Future Leader for Digital Youth Mental Health.
Joseph is Lancet Commission Chair for improving physical health of people with mental illness.
WORK WITH US
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