HEALTH
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Tackling health issues such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease |
- Promoting physical activity and a focus on preventative opportunities
- Developing stronger links between heath and sports development programmes
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| Increasing levels of awareness of, and access to, healthier lifestyles |
- Encouraging healthy life habits through the provision of integrated facilities (e.g. health, sport, libraries)
- Providing healthy living information in a variety of formats
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| Increasing levels of physical activity |
- Promoting increases in participation in sport and active recreation
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ENVIRONMENT
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Increasing the number and range of opportunities for enjoyment of the natural environment |
- Increasing the number and quality of facilities such as cycleways, greenways and footpaths
- Encouraging more and better use of the local environment as part of a healthier lifestyle
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| Ensuring that people have access to a range of types of open space within reasonable distance of their homes |
- Developing and implementing strategies and local standards for playing pitches and other recreational open space provision
- Protecting and investing in playing fields and other open spaces, to maintain and enhance quality and accessibility
- Providing opportunities for open-access playing facilities to engage young people
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ECONOMY & EMPLOYMENT
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Making workplaces more activity friendly |
- Developing opportunities for physical activity during and around the working day
- Encouraging employers to adopt active workplace policies
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| Increasing inward investment |
- Investing in community, leisure and cultural facilities and in public open space to benefit local communities and enhance an area’s image
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CRIME & COMMUNITY SAFETY
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Reducing overall crime rates and fear of crime |
- Providing better access to opportunities for formal and informal sport and recreation activities for young people to help divert them from crime, disorder and drugs
- Establishing stronger links between crime prevention and sports development programmes
- Providing targeted programmes of sporting activities for young people at risk of offending
- Using sport, art and music as a tool for engagement with young people at risk
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EDUCATION
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Increasing levels of educational attainment |
- Using sports, arts and culture as a means of raising aspirations and attainment
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| Increasing levels of sport active recreation |
- Promoting opportunities for young people to participate in sport, both in and out of school
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TRANSPORT & ACCESSIBILITY
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Identifying convenient and safe alternatives to driving to work, school, shopping and leisure activities |
- Promoting green travel plans amongst employers
- Promoting school travel plans
- Promoting the provision of a range of transport options to local services
- Carrying out needs assessments of transport for young people
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| Increasing cycling and walking activity |
- Supporting the development of local cycle route networks
- Publicising opportunities for active travel
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HOUSING
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Providing accessible sport and recreation facilities as part of new housing developments |
- Developing policies and Supplementary Planning Documents on developer contributions for local community sport and recreation needs
- Promoting and using the ideas developed as part of Sport England guidance on Active Design, including initiatives such as Home Zones
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CULTURE, LEISURE & SPORT
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Increasing the range of cultural and sporting opportunities |
- Promoting participation in activities
- Developing and implementing action plans for cultural activities including sport, heritage and play
- Continuing to advance sport development programmes
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| Improving the quality, accessibility and, where appropriate, number of local sport and recreation facilities (indoor and outdoor)•Identifying priorities for the provision of multi-sport community facilities |
- Increasing community use of sports facilities at education sites
- Promoting participation in sport and recreation by all age groups
- Developing policies and Supplementary Planning Documents on developer contributions for local community sport and recreation needs
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SOCIAL INCLUSION & QUALITY OF LIFE
| Issues Relevant to Sport and Active Recreation |
Ideas for Policy Development |
| Strengthening sense of local community |
- Ensuring the provision of high quality recreational and cultural opportunities
- Increasing membership of sport and recreation clubs through capacity-building and profile-raising
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| Providing access to services and activities |
- Developing informal sports facilities, especially for young people
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Adapted from: Sport England South West (2005) Delivering Community Strategies: The Role of Sport and Physical Activity
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