The MOVE app is a mobile app designed to support people in forming social relations around physical exercise in residential areas in Denmark. The goal of the app is to facilitate capacity building on health in local communities. MOVE was created by two former medicine students, in collaboration with residents and health professionals. The app was first designed with a more niche purpose and target group, namely young people with illnesses who needed motivation for exercise and being active. Usability tests across a broader range of ages and health conditions prompted the expansion of the app, since loneliness and isolation affect more than only young people with specific conditions. 

Now, anyone can create a profile and find local exercise communities to join or start their own. Written communication is possible through the app, both in private and public groups, but the main purpose is to create new groups and local communities who can meet and exercise together. TrygFonden has supported the research and development of the MOVE app. 

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Literature:

Foster, Sheila R.; Iaione, Christian (2022). Co-Cities. Innovative Transitions Towards Just and Self-Sustaining Communities. Cambridge, MA.: The MIT Press. https://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11702.001.0001