University staff member: apply for the exercise counselling pilot!

27/11/2024 (edited )
In the exercise counselling pilot, UniSport offers the staff of the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Hanken and the University of the Arts Helsinki free exercise counselling by a personal trainer to 20 people in spring 2025. Submit your application on 10 December 2024–15 January 2025.

Exercise counselling is a pilot project that is intended for the staff of the funding universities and is part of the University on the Move project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The aim of the exercise counselling pilot is to help you get started and provide individual support. The pilot is intended for those staff members who have not yet managed to include exercise as part of their everyday life, but would like to make a change. The participants receive personal support from UniSport’s personal trainer in analysing the initial situation, setting goals and creating their own exercise plan. Counselling will take place in February–May 2025 in your own time, in Finnish or in English.

The pilot analyses the functionality of and demand for exercise counselling services in the University community. The participants are asked to provide feedback on how to develop the service.

The twenty participants are selected as follows: first it is ensured that there are participants from all the participating universities (the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Hanken and the University of the Arts Helsinki) and then the places are drawn among the applicants.

The pilot is intended for those staff members who have not yet managed to include exercise as part of their everyday life, but would like to make a change.

  • Two to three 1-hour face-to-face meetings at the UniSport sports centre (the centre is selected according to the applicant’s wishes). NB! If you work in a remote unit, you can also participate in the meetings remotely.
  • Two 15-minute remote meetings with UniSport’s personal trainer.

Apply by filling in this form on 10 December 2024–15 January 2025. All applicants will be informed of the selection results in week 4 and the first meetings with the personal trainers will start in weeks 5 and 6.

Head of Sports Matti Villgren, matti.villgren@helsinki.fi