Fermanagh’s Mental Wellness and Physical Vitality Foundation

17/04/2024

Some of the children, young adults and parents involved in our focus groups and gym community 🤩

17/04/2024

A big thank you to everyone who has taken part in our focus groups. Your input has been extremely helpful and positive!

04/04/2024

Empowering Fermanagh's Youth: The Youth Fitness and Wellbeing Program

The 'Youth Fitness and Wellbeing Program', proposed by Fermanagh's Mental Wellness and Physical Vitality Foundation at Smart Gym, seeks lottery funding to support young people's wellbeing.
Tailored for school years 6 to 9, the program offers six-week blocks of free sessions in schools.
Led by experts in Health and Fitness - Catherine Curley, Nutrion- Michal Ihnat and Mental Wellbeing - South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF), students will engage in fun fitness activities, learn about nutrition, and explore the mental health benefits of exercise.

Feedback from focus groups, parents, and local communities has been positive, with school principals expressing interest in participation. This initiative aims to empower Fermanagh's youth by promoting holistic wellbeing and resilience.

29/03/2024

It’s a great idea to make sure school kids get plenty of exercise. Recently, with the rapid growth of online TV series, videogames and other forms of stay-at home entertainment, it’s all too easy for young people to get into patterns of not exercising.

Although diet plays the largest role in preventing obesity, exercise has numerous benefits such as boosting academic performance. Furthermore, it has been proven that children who work out more frequently are far more likely to sustain healthy habits later in life.

03/11/2021

A brilliant morning for the foundation

Liam Mccaffrey Barry Herbert
SMART GYM
Ruth Makhlouf
Michal Mechelle Ihnat

Fermanagh’s Mental Wellness and Physical Vitality Foundation Liam McCaffrey and Smart Gym's Michal Ihnat gave us some details of how they work with clients dealing with mental health issues through diet and fitness, their commitment to improving everyone's mental and physical Wellness through individual programmes is in no doubt.
Thanks to them both for coming along. We also welcomed visitors from the Just One Friend Group, The Soroptomists and Primary Care Liason Team.

29/10/2021

SMART GYM
Liam Mccaffrey

03/10/2021

If you ever feel alone and need somebody to talk too, always know you can message us and someone will be there for you

25/09/2021

Another great write up for the group 👌🏽

12/09/2021

Another article to have a glance at👌🏽

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9974863/Regular-exercise-cuts-risk-anxiety-60-study-finds.html

People who engage in long-distance cross-country skiing as a form of exercise have reduced anxiety levels, researchers at Lund University, Sweden found.

09/09/2021

Give this a watch folks👌🏽👌🏽
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQHF5ydQKs

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27/08/2021

Just an Update from Noel Downey:

Just finished my seven sessions in the smart gym Lisnaskea with the Fermanagh Mental Wellness and Physical Vitality Foundation with PT Liam Mccaffrey, an excellent PT. As someone who had a bad accident some years back and limited to what i can do Liam worked with me and concentrated on what i was able to do with the equipment at hand, it was a very enjoyable experience i have to say, i got so much out of it not only better mental health with being out doing something worth while but getting great satisfaction out of it too, and also gaining better fitness and weight loss with upwards of a stone. Indeed i have enjoyed it so much i have now taken out gym membership and Liam has very kindly agreed to continue as my PT, looking forward to keeping at it with even better fitness and mental health. Massive thanks to Liam highly recommended indeed.

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11/07/2021

Wonderful to see one of Fermanagh’s Wellness Foundation clients enjoying their first session with PT Liam Mccaffrey (GP referral specialist).
If you too wish to have a consultation to become a client of the foundation, contact us at info@fermanaghwellnessfoundation.com or come along to SMART GYM Lisnaskea, everyone is welcome!

18/06/2021

Fantastic grand opening for the Foundation on Friday at SMART GYM. Thank you to everyone who came, and to Arlene Foster and Errol Thompson for your support.

17/06/2021

Thank you to the Impartial Reporter for this piece at Fermanagh’s Wellness Foundation grand opening. And thank you to Arlene Foster and Errol Thompson for coming and you’re support to the foundation.

17/06/2021

15/06/2021

Let me to introduce you to one of our specialists at Fermanagh’s Mental Wellness and Physical Vitality Foundation, Michal Ihnat. With a vast background in body building, training for twenty-two years and winning multiple competitions, including Mr Northern Ireland (2014), Michal holds a foundation degree in Science and Applied and Medical Science (University of Ulster). He is a Level 3 certified Personal Trainer (QCF) and has a BSc (Hons) in Human Nutrition.

Michal, along side his wife, Michelle, runs Smart Gym, where consultations with clients of the Foundation are conducted. With his extensive knowledge and training, Michal is passionate about the positive benefits of a healthy diet and exercise to aid and boost mental health.

10/06/2021

SMART GYM will be offering excellent group packages for our local community, including a balance of mental wellness, mindfullness, nutrition & training.

10/06/2021

Come along to SMART GYM tomorrow (Friday 11th June) at 15.30 onwards and meet our Exercise Referral Specialists, Michal and Liam, at the official launch the Foundation; all are welcome!