Meet the Healthy Lifestyle Team
Our Healthy Lifestyle Instructors are here to help you do more, in a way that works for you.
Whether you’re taking your first steps towards a more active lifestyle, returning after a break, or looking to build strength, confidence and wellbeing, our team is here to support you every step of the way. With a friendly, approachable attitude and a genuine passion for helping others, they create a welcoming environment where everyone feels comfortable to get involved.
From leading sessions in the community to offering guidance, encouragement and expert advice, our instructors are dedicated to helping you feel your best – physically and mentally. They’re proud to support our residents across North East Derbyshire, helping people move more, feel better and enjoy a healthier future.
Get to know the team and the people behind your sessions.
Eckington Active
Alison
Favourite exercise: Glutes & legs, RDL’s & abductors; any form of dumbbell/machine lower body exercises.
Signature class: Water exercises, mainly aqua-jog and aquacise.
Tip: Find enjoyable activities and be CONSISTENT not intense.
Fun fact: I qualified as a fitness instructor at the age of 28, the same year the iconic singer CHER brought out her very first fitness video… ‘A New Attitude, The Ultimate Step Workout’. (on VHS cassette Tape!) Did you guess the year? It was 1991. 😊
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Eckington Active HLI team on esphli@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Suzanne
Favourite Exercise: My least favourite exercise is running 😊
Signature Fitness class: Either Lift, Sweat or Functional/Stronger for Longer
Top Fitness tip: Find something you enjoy doing, because if you enjoy it, you are far more likely to stick with it!
Fun fact: I’m a qualified Olympic Lifting Coach and Technical Official
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Eckington Active HLI team on esphli@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Clay Cross Active
Carl
Favourite Exercise: Overhead press
Signature Fitness class: Met Con
Top Fitness tip: Classes are a great way to get a good workout, learn new exercises and meet new people
Fun fact: The 10,000 steps a day target was created in the 1960s by a Japanese company to sell their new pedometer – around 4,000 steps can lower the risk of heart disease.
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Clay Cross Active HLI team on hli.cca@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Alex
Favourite Exercise: A good outdoor run, anything between 5k to 10k
Signature Fitness Class: Aquacise
Top Fitness Tip: Keep fitness goals achievable and build off them rather than have one big unattainable one from the get-go; you should enjoy the journey, not just the destination.
Fun Fact: Outside of working in fitness and leisure, I am an avid film-watcher, so chances are if I’m not at Clay Cross Active, I’m at the cinema.
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Clay Cross Active HLI team on hli.cca@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Harvey
Favourite Exercise: Strength Training & Spin
Signature Classes: Functional Bootcamp & Les Mills The TRIP
Fitness Tip: You can’t target fat loss – crunches won’t burn belly fat! Stay consistent with your training, keep in a calorie deficit, be patient and those stubborn areas with disappear.
Fun fact: How I Recharge
- A solid workout to reset
- A steak dinner to refuel
- And downtime with my dog Ralph to unwind!
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Clay Cross Active HLI team on hli.cca@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Georgia
Favourite exercise: Hyrox & Running
Signature class: Sweat45
Fitness Tip: To get better you must push past your limits.
Fun fact: I like racing abroad.
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Clay Cross Active HLI team on hli.cca@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Georgia also works out of Dronfield Active.
Dronfield Active
Hattie
Favourite Exercise: Cable rear delt flies.
Signature Fitness class: HIIT & Chairbased.
Top Fitness tip: Food is fuel.
Fun fact: I love grapes, but they have to be crunchy.
We are here to help! if you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Dronfield Active HLI team on dschli@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Charlie
Favourite exercise: T-Bar row
Signature class: Strength Full Body
Top fitness tip: Enjoy your training, if you find it tedious or boring, try something else. Get outside of your comfort zone.
Fun fact: The weighing scales don’t always tell the truth.
We are here to help! if you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Dronfield Active HLI team on dschli@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
Killamarsh Active
Natalie
Favourite Exercise: Barbell Row
Signature Fitness class: KettleStep and Chairobics are my favourite out of the range of classes I teach.
Top Fitness tip: Consistency is key and weight loss is a marathon not a sprint.
Fun fact: I have 16 pets
We are here to help! If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Killamarsh Active HLI team on kahli@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
