Visiting tai chi teacher: parks, care homes and workplaces

Care home and day centre managers, employers running wellbeing programmes, community groups, and individuals joining park classes.

A fixed fee per session for organisations, and pay-per-class or course fees for open park classes.

• Tai chi training, ideally with experience adapting moves for seated or less mobile people
• Confident communication with groups and staff
• Reliable planning and travel

• Public liability insurance that covers teaching at other people's premises and outdoors
• Enhanced DBS check, which care settings or schools may ask for, check what each client requires
• Permission to teach in parks, as some councils require a booking or fee for organised classes
• Weather cancellations affecting income, so have an indoor backup

Startup costs are typically estimated at around £200 to £1,000, depending on your insurance, equipment and any checks or training clients ask for. Teaching outdoors and at client venues means venue costs can be little or nothing.

Monthly revenue is typically estimated at around £300 to £2,500, depending on how many classes you run, who books you and how often. Weather cancellations can affect income, so an indoor backup is worth planning.

Check that your public liability insurance covers teaching at other people's premises and outdoors. Care settings or schools may ask for an enhanced DBS check, and some councils require a booking or fee for organised park classes.