Table 2.
Facilitators and challenges within the FA intervention
| Facilitators / Challenges | Themes / Sub-themes | Illustrative quotes |
|---|---|---|
| Facilitators | Social interaction | I think that the social interaction reallyplays a major part in retention, in that age group anyway (Staff 2) |
| Community referral pathways | The health trainers often refer people to the intervention (Staff 2) | |
| Facilities | The facilities here, unbelievable We need support and training, butlet’s be honest, without the building we couldn’t do it (Peer volunteer 1) | |
| High quality instructors | I think that what’s made it a success is that we’ve been given good friendly instructors that are easy to get on with and are part of creating a good atmosphere (Service user 7) | |
| Challenges | Inconsistent practice | |
| -Eligibility | View 1: From what I know it’s over 50 50’s, so under 50 you can’t (attend) (Staff 3) | |
| View 2: We accept all ages, but it’s got to be an acceptable age, probably 30 or 40 (Staff 1) | ||
| -Induction protocols | View 1: They don’t have to have one, [induction] no. If it’s just the class they want to use they don’t have an induction (staff 2) | |
| Capacity, safety, and accountability | We knew we needed more numbers (staff), one volunteer can only look after three people in the gym (Peer volunteer 2) | |
| Raising awareness | more work needs doing to make GPs aware (Staff 2) |