Meet our tutors - Gillian Martin

Gillian Martin is a Fitness & Wellbeing tutor for Kent Adult Education and has been a member of the Keep Fit Association (KFA) for over 50 years.

With a passion for ballet growing up, Gillian has always had an interest in keeping fit and joined her local Adult Education Keep Fit classes after having her first child. She got hooked and decided to train for her KFA teaching qualification and later went on to become a tutor trainer as well.

Now aged 75, Gillian continues to inspire and support colleagues with her passion for fitness and dedication to professional development to ensure that she delivers exceptional learning experiences for all learners.

Gillian supports new learners by calling them prior to their first lesson to gather important information that is used to help plan appropriate alternative exercises and to ensure suitable equipment to support reasonable adjustments in place. This helps learners establish a relationship with her whilst helping to improve confidence.

She says she is passionate about passing on her love and knowledge of movement to others, seeing them grow in self-confidence and in some cases becoming a tutor themselves.