About Our Accessible Fitness Mission
Making Fitness Accessible for everyone who faces barriers to participation - our mission, values, and commitment to inclusive health and wellbeing
Our commitment to Disability & Chronic Health Fitness
The Angel Centre is operated by Making Fitness Accessible CIC, a Community Interest Company dedicated to breaking down barriers to participation in physical activity where people with disabilities and chronic health conditions are often excluded.
We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to improve their physical and mental wellbeing through movement and exercise, regardless of their disabilities, chronic health conditions, neurological conditions and anxieties.
Follow our accessible fitness journey:
Our Accessibility Values
Disability & Chronic Health Accessibility First
Every decision we make prioritises accessibility and inclusion for all disabilities, chronic health conditions, and neurological conditions
Community Focussed
Building supportive communities around accessible health and fitness for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions
Compassionate support and care
Understanding and responding to individual disability and chronic illness needs with empathy and expertise
Our Accessible Fitness Founder
Meet the passionate leader behind Making Fitness Accessible
Matt Brinkley
Founder & Passionate Accessible Fitness Coach
Matt Brinkley is a passionate disability exercise specialist and the founder of Making Fitness Accessible CIC. His approach focuses on breaking down barriers to fitness by creating accessible physical activity opportunities featuring adaptable programmes that cater to people of all ages, abilities, disabilities, chronic health conditions, neurological conditions, autism, ADHD, and more backgrounds.
Matt is committed to helping individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions discover their full potential through accessible movement.
Matt's Accessibility Vision
"Fitness is for everybody, and no one should be left behind."
This simple yet powerful vision drives everything we do at The Angel Centre, ensuring that accessibility and inclusion remain at the heart of our disability and chronic health fitness mission.
HealthWorkz Neurological & Chronic Health Fitness Partnership
Collaborating with specialists in neurological fitness, chronic health conditions, disability movement therapy, and accessible exercise
Collaboration with HealthWorkz
Alan Pearson - Neuro Fitness, Chronic Health & Disability Movement Therapy
Alan Pearson is the founder of HealthWorkz - a community based Neuro Fitness & Movement Therapy Studio that has been developed over the past 10 years of working with long term neurological conditions, chronic health conditions, and disabilities.
Now Healthworkz has become part of the Therapy Gym, our aim is to ensure people affected with long term neurological conditions, chronic health conditions, and disabilities can get active and mobile in a comfortable and supported accessible environment, relative to their own personal levels of ability and associated chronic illness and disability needs.
Partnership Benefits
- 10+ years of neurological and chronic health expertise
- Specialised chronic illness movement therapy programmes
- Person-centred approach to chronic health care
- Comfortable, supported accessible environment
Therapy Gym
Our accessible therapy gym serves adults with disabilities, chronic health conditions including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, chronic pain, neurological conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal injuries, and those in rehabilitation or chronic illness recovery. We provide:
- • Wheelchair accessible exercise equipment
- • Professional chronic health physiotherapy support
- • Tailored chronic illness rehabilitation programmes
- • Accessible group fitness classes
- • Individual chronic health consultations
Sensory Gym
Our SEND sensory gym is designed specifically for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), including autism, ADHD, learning disabilities. We offer:
- • Autism and ADHD sensory-friendly environment
- • Specialised SEND play equipment
- • Autism and ADHD-trained staff
- • Individual and group SEND sessions
- • SEND parent/carer support
Chronic Health & Disability Healthcare Integration
We collaborate with chronic illness healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive neurological rehabilitation support and have a dedicated clinic room available for hire by qualified practitioners specialising in neurological conditions, chronic health conditions, autism, ADHD, and disability care.
- • Chronic illness physiotherapy collaboration
- • Chronic health occupational therapy partnerships
- • Autism & ADHD speech & language therapy links
- • Accessible clinic room for hire
- • Multi-disciplinary chronic illness approach
SEND Birthday Parties
Celebrate your child's special day in our autism-friendly and ADHD-supportive sensory environment designed specifically for children with autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and additional SEND needs.
- • Autism and ADHD sensory-friendly party environment
- • SEND and autism-trained party hosts
- • Autism-specialist approach
- • Personalised SEND celebrations
- • Inclusive SEND activities and party bags
Making Fitness Accessible CIC
Learn more about our parent organisation dedicated to accessible fitness for all disabilities and chronic health conditions
Connect with our disability and chronic health fitness community:
Our Accessibility Purpose
As a Community Interest Company, we reinvest all profits back into improving our accessible services and expanding accessibility in fitness for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions.
Our Impact
Since our founding, we've supported hundreds of individuals and families with disabilities and chronic health conditions, breaking down barriers to fitness and wellbeing for neurological conditions and additional needs.
Our Accessible Future
We're committed to expanding our disability services and creating more accessible fitness opportunities across our community for all neurological conditions, chronic health conditions, and disabilities.
Our Disability & Chronic Health-Centred Approach
Everything we do is guided by our commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and individual disability and chronic illness care
Person-Centred Care
We recognise that every individual has unique disability needs, chronic health conditions, neurological conditions, autism, ADHD requirements, goals, and circumstances. Our approach is always tailored to the person, not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Whether someone is recovering from stroke, managing multiple sclerosis, living with Parkinson's disease, coping with fibromyalgia, managing chronic fatigue syndrome, dealing with chronic pain, supporting a child with autism or ADHD, or managing any chronic health condition or disability, we work with them to create the best possible accessible experience.
Professional Standards
Our team includes qualified neurological physiotherapists, chronic illness exercise specialists, autism and ADHD support professionals who understand the complexities of working with diverse abilities, chronic health conditions, and neurological conditions.
We maintain the highest standards of disability and chronic health care whilst creating a warm, welcoming environment where everyone with disabilities and chronic health conditions feels valued and supported.