Helping people with ID get active
PPALs trains seniors with intellectual disability (ID) to lead fitness activities with their peers.
The Physical Activity Leader Project (PPALs) is an EIT Health Education programme that gives older adults with ID the skills and confidence they need to lead their peers in a range of games and activities designed to improve functional fitness.
Phase 1 was developed in 2018 and its graduates helped to lead an EIT Health Campus Summer School in 2019. For 2020, PPALs 2 will build on this experience to bolster the scalability and sustainability of the programme.
Improvements under PPALs 2 will include:
- Expanding the training from UK, Ireland and Spain to include Germany.
- Introducing a new module to build the confidence of the PPALs to lead activities.
- Training support staff within disability services to empower people with ID to lead activities.
- Adding digital work packages; micro-learning and the PPALs support app co-created during Phase 1.
External partner
Partners
CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's leading University and has a number of activities relevant for EIT Health: School of Nursing & Midwifery, with a focus on Ageing & Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Population & Community Health and Improving Health & Wellbeing of Women, Children & Families; Trinity Centre for Practice & Healthcare Innovation; Bioengineering & Advanced Materials: Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience & Global Brain Health Institute; TILDA - Irish longitudinal ageing study; School of Computer Sciences & Statistics with expertise in AI, digital content technology, augmented reality and statistics & data science; Learnovate: Innovation in EdTech and learning technology; ADAPT: Digital content and media innovation; Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace: innovation and entrepreneurship education and start-up support; Trinity Business School Centre for Social Innovation; Science Gallery.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Other research, Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Clinical research
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Business Schools, Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training
CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Core partner
The main research areas related to EIT Health at the University of Barcelona are: life and medical sciences, the experimental sciences (physics, mathematics, geology and chemistry), economics, business, law, humanities and educational and behavioural sciences. The University of Barcelona has a strong focus on Medical and Health Sciences (3,244 articles were written on this topic in the last six years, half of them in the first quartile, and 48 patents in the same period). UB has also a diverse network of University hospitals such as Hospital Clínic, Bellvitge Hospital and Sant Joan de Déu, and over 10 associated hospitals in the area of Barcelona. Additionally, there are several associated Research Institutes such as IDIBAPS, IDIBELL, ISGlobal, among others. Specialist areas include: nutrition, cancer, genetics, medicine (all specialities), nursing, pharmacy, physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, prevention, drug discovery, bioengineering, law, economics and business development.
University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, 08007 Barcelona, España
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training
CLC/InnoStars: Germany
Partner classification: Education, Research, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Core Partner
TUM is one of Europe's top Universities. It is committed to excellence in research and teaching, interdisciplinary education, and the active promotion of promising young scientists.
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Technische Universität München (TUM), Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München, Germany
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Social sciences / health economics, Clinical research
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties