ACTIVE FUTURES ADVANCE
A circuit exercise class for the over 50’s
evidence-based
progressive
socialise
results
Our Active Futures Advance class is an evidence-based circuit class designed by a physiotherapist and health professionals to help you build strength and fitness progressively, week by week. It now includes Fitness MOTs, so you can track your improvements over time and celebrate your success. Each session ends with refreshments and a chance to socialise, all in a friendly and supportive environment — with outstanding results!
Our group exercises promote:
– balance
– muscle strength
– postural stability
– flexibility
– heart & lung function
– musculo-skeletal conditions
– social connections
The first class is FREE and then £5 a session pay-as-you
There is a choice of 8 classes across 6 different locations to choose from with more classes coming soon to Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire:
Penley
Mondays 11:30am – 12:15pm
Marchwiel
Tuesdays 10am – 10:45am
Marchwiel
Tuesdays 1pm – 1:45pm
Acton
Wednesday 10:50am – 11:35am
Acton
Wednesday 11:50am – 12:50pm
Chirk
Friday 10am – 10:45am
Our Active Futures programme is endorsed by:
Your Local GP
Active Futures is proudly endorsed by local GP practices throughout Wrexham, who recognise the programme’s evidence-based approach and outstanding results.
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affect many people and can affect your joints, bones and muscles and sometimes associated tissues such as your nerves. They can range from minor injuries to long-term conditions. Symptoms can include pain, stiffness, limited movement, and disability which affect quality of life and independence.)
The Bevan Commission
Wales’ leading health and care think tank: challenging, changing and championing thinking and practice to ensure sustainable health and care that is fit for the future.
FOUNDATION OR ADVANCE – WHICH CLASS IS RIGHT FOR ME?
Active Futures – Foundation
Build Strength · Combat Frailty · Reduce Pain
The Foundation programme is a 12‑week, physiotherapist‑led strength and balance course designed for people who may be experiencing the effects of frailty, chronic pain, arthritis, reduced mobility, or concerns about falling.
This programme offers a safe, supportive starting point to help you rebuild confidence in your movement. Sessions focus on improving strength, balance, posture and stability, while helping to reduce pain and the risk of falls. You’ll receive pre‑ and post‑programme assessments, expert guidance from a physiotherapist, and tailored exercises that meet you where you are.
Foundation is ideal if you:
- Feel less steady on your feet
- Are living with pain, arthritis or a long‑term condition
- Have fallen before or worry about falling
- Are returning to activity after illness, injury or surgery
The programme also includes time to connect socially over a coffee, helping to build confidence, motivation and peer support alongside physical progress.
Active Futures – Advance
Build Strength · Improve Fitness
The Advance class is the next step once you’re feeling stronger, more confident and able to move more freely. It is a progressive, community‑based exercise class designed to help you maintain and build on the gains made in Foundation, or for those who are already relatively active and looking to improve fitness.
Advance focuses more on overall fitness, muscle strength, flexibility and stamina, helping you stay strong, independent and well enough to keep doing the things you love – whether that’s gardening, walking, travelling or keeping up with family.
Advance is ideal if you:
- Have completed the Active Futures Foundation programme
- Feel confident with basic strength and balance exercises
- Want to improve fitness and stay active long‑term
- Are looking for ongoing motivation and social connection
Sessions are fun, welcoming and social, with a strong emphasis on healthy ageing, independence and wellbeing.
In short
- Foundation helps you rebuild strength, confidence and stability if frailty, pain or falls are a concern.
- Advance helps you progress further, improving fitness and keeping you strong for everyday life.
Together, they offer a clear pathway from rebuilding confidence to staying active for life.
