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Another successful Brighter Outlook course in Brighton & Hove has reached its tenth and final week.

Brighter Outlook, a health and wellbeing programme for people with a cancer diagnosis, provides people with free, personalised fitness sessions and advice for 10 weeks.

The programme runs in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, and West Sussex – the latest Brighton & Hove cohort has just successfully completed their course.

Every year we support around 300 people with cancer diagnoses, delivering more than 400 classes along the way.

Our health team also spreads the word about cancer awareness, reaching nearly 50,000 people this year through talks, events, and online webinars.

Paul, from Brighton, was full of praise for Brighter Outlook.

“This has been a brilliant course, it’s really been a big help,” he said.

Research shows that staying active is safe in most cases of cancer and experts point to a range of benefits, including reduced fatigue, improved mood, a decreased risk of recurrence and reducing the risk of disease progression.

Being active can also cut the risk of other health conditions, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes. Previous Brighter Outlook participants also point towards a raft of other benefits from taking part, including support from other people going through the same experience.

Rosie Sadler, Health Manager at AITC, said: “We’re so pleased at the progress our latest Brighter Outlook group has made over the last ten week.

“Staying active during and after treatment can be hugely-beneficial in a number of different ways.”

Brighter Outlook is funded by both the NHS Sussex Health and Care Partnership and the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance, and supported by Macmillan Cancer Support.

We now deliver in-person Brighter Outlook classes in several locations across Sussex:

• Brighton & Hove
• Eastbourne
• Bexhill
• Hastings
• Haywards Heath
• Lancing
• Chichester
• Crawley – coming soon

For more information email: brighteroutlook@bhafcfoundation.org.uk.