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Our jogging group at Dundee International Women’s Centre has been going from strength to strength. The group is part of our Community Strides project, in partnership with SAMH, which aims to bring the physical and mental wellbeing benefits of jogging with jogscotland to more people from BME (black and minority ethnic) communities. They’re doing so well that sportscotland visited the group for a photoshoot and interview, and published a great article on their website. We’ve reproduced an excerpt here – you can read the full piece at https://sportfirst.sportscotland.org.uk/articles/jogging-on-together/
The jogging group meet at the Dundee International Women’s Centre weekly. For many of the women taking part, it was the first time they had exercised in public. It was a big leap for many of them, which has taken courage. Now around 15 women are active in the newly established running class, one of the participants is Nasreen (above left), who wasn’t involved in any sporting activity before joining the class. Nasreen, 49, was concerned that her fitness levels would hold her back in the class. But after plenty of encouragement in the early weeks from the jog leaders she is feeling the benefits and is even considering taking up swimming. She said: “The only active thing I was doing was walking. I wasn’t really aware of sporting opportunities in my area, I’m not really a gym person. I always felt that I should be more active but didn’t know what to do. continues over jogscotland magazine
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stride Spring 2020
