Love to Move
Love to Move is an exercise and cognitive enhancement programme specially designed to get older people moving and functioning better. The programme achieves this by carefully integrating the use of gymnastic foundation skills, cognitive stimulation and social interaction activities, all carried out to music.
Components of Love to Move are based on bilaterally asymmetrical movement patterns as well as co-ordination exercises. These are understood to benefit older people and those living with dementia, Parkinson’s and other forms of cognitive impairment, by enabling the left side and right side of the brain to process information independently, thus improving cognitive function, coordination and the ability to carry out activities of daily living more independently.
Above all, Love to Move is fun!
The British Gymnastics Foundation programme has been transforming lives since 2016. Carers have raved about the impact that the programme has had on its participants. Their “deterioration has been slowed,” said one carer. They also noticed that the attendees became “fitter and cheerier,” “more social,” and “more motivated.”
Further research in October 2025 found that:
- 100% of participants began exercising more
- 67% of carers noticed an overall improvement in the health of the person they were caring for
- 100% are reported to be practicing the exercises at home/outside of sessions
- Carers rated Love to Move 4.78/5 stars
For more information about the Love to Move Programme, please visit British Gymnastics Foundation.