Physical Activity Peer Activator Project (PAPA)

Outdoor gym sessions

Physical activity peer activators (PAPAs) support the outdoor gyms by providing the following sessions:

• Cantelowes Park
  Tuesday 9.30am - 10.30am
  Friday 11am - 12pm
• Cumberland Market Open Space
  Monday 12.15pm - 1.15pm

Physical activity peer activator (PAPA) project

The project was designed to increase the number of Camden residents engaging with the outdoor gyms by recruiting, training and deploying volunteer PAPAs to:

• engage with and facilitate their peers in the community to use the outdoor gyms.
• encourage safe exercise in a way that will achieve mental, physical and social benefits.
• encourage communities in areas of health inequality to become more active by making use of Camden’s outdoor spaces (particularly the outdoor gyms)

The first PAPA project ran from autumn 2009 to spring 2010 as a partnership project involving: Camden Active Health Team, YMCAfit, Jubilee Halls, and NHS Camden.

The Project was funded by the Transformation Fund as part of the Learning revolution, an initiative from NIACE (National Institute for Continuing Adult Education).

Get involved

• contact the active health team