Lincolnshire Physical Activity

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LincolnshirePhysical Activity HealthNetwork

• Clive Breedon
• Lincolnshire Sports Partnership
• Head Of Service Communities

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Key Points

• Background
• The role of physical activity
• Definitions
• Physical Activity Continuum
• Partners
• Terms of Reference

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Background

• Physical Activity Network first discussed in 2002
• Timing was not right
• Top down approach

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Background

• Change of focus by government
• David Milibands speech in February 2006 set the
  agenda

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Background- Third Sector

• Voluntary Community Sector is critical to the
  challenge of giving people more power over their
  own lives
• Relationship of voluntary community sector to
  Government
• Reform of Local Government (Dounble Devolution)

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Background- Third Sector

• Third sector is the supplier of power to
  individuals and communities
• It provides
• Advocacy
• Service Provision, especially to the hard to
  reach
• Stimulates voluntary action and generates trust

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Background- Third Sector

• Third sector thrives in partnership with
  government
• Strong third sector compliments local government
• universality with innovation, public funding
  with local roots

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Background- Local Government

• Local Government taking on new powers from
  Central Government
• Sharing power with
• its citizens
• Its neighbourhoods
• The Third Sector

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Background- Local Government

• Local Authorities to develop Sustainable
  Communities Strategies
• Encourage dialogue ( Local Strategic
  Partnerships)
• Maximise opportunities available to voluntary and
  community organisations via the Local Area
  Agreement

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Background- Local Government

• Devolution of budgets down to individuals
• Devolution of power down to neighborhood level
• Assets to be channelled into the voluntary sector

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• The focus was now on developing the
  infrastructure that could support involvement
  with local communities
• The development of the Local area Agreement
  infrastructure would give a voice for local
  communities
• Major Governmental organisations now looked at
  how this would work.

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Community Sport Networks

• Lincolnshire Sports Partnership tasked with
  setting up Community Sport Networks (CSNs) in
  Lincolnshire

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Community Sport Networks

• Direction from Central Government
• To devolve planning to local communities
• The National Framework for Sport
• Identified the need at local level to
  strategically plan for structure sport, physical
  education and life long learning through sport

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Community Sport Networks

• Game Plan
• National Strategy
• Framework for Sport
• Sport England National Strategy
• Change 4 Sport
• Sport England East Midlands Strategy
• Lincolnshire Sports Strategy
• Developed by The Lincolnshire Sports Partnership

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The Single System

• One Strategy for Sport
• An evidence based approach
• Robust Performance Management
• A bottom up, top down planning mechanism with
  investment targeted where it is needed most
• Resources that are placed where they can make the
  most effective and quickest difference to the end
  user
• Joined up or integated delivery

Outcome
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CSN Structure

• Required to fit into Local Area Agreements
• Must address Local Strategic Partnership agenda
  actions
• Community Sport Network must fit into the
  decision hierarchy

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CSN Structure
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CSN Responsibilities

• Feed action plans through their County Sports
  Partnership to inform development of County and
  regional plans and priorities for action
• Work in partnership with other CSNs to share
  approaches and information
• Interpret regional policy into local action
• Provide regular information on its work to the CSP

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CSN Roles

• Act as a local voice
• Support and assist in the creation and
  development of sporting pathways for people to
  achieve their full potential
• Increase the infrastructure capacity of local
  professional and voluntary sector
• Coordinate the engagement and integration of
  sport in order to support the achievements of
  outcomes as part of Local Area Agreements (LAAs)

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CSN Core Outcomes

• Increase the numbers of people taking part in
  sport and active recreation by 1 year on year
• Widen access to opportunities for Sport and
  Active Recreation
• Bring together and align partners existing
  priorities and targets within one joined up local
  delivery/action plan

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Activity Definitions
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Widening the Network

• Rurality of Lincolnshire
• Others were also looking to build networks
• Lots of meetings

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Widening the Network

• Development of CSNs into forums for Physical
  Activity
• Closer working with the Lincolnshire PCT health
  colleagues
• Greater involvement of
• Play
• Older Peoples Networks

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Identifying where we all fit

• Lots of people know the benefits of physical
  activity
• Obesity
• Mental Health
• Community Cohesion
• Lots of people doing lots of things
• Need to have some clarity of purpose

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Physical Activity Continuum
Lead Organisation Health
Lead Organisation Health/Sport
Lead Sport/Health
Lead Sport
Lead UK Sport
Club Development
Over 45s
Extend
Healthy Walks
Elite Performers
Community Sport
Exercise Referral
Coach Development
Obesity
Inclusive Sport
Sports Events
0 x 30 minutes
1 x 30 minutes
2 x 30 minutes
3 x 30 minutes
4 x 30 minutes
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Physical Activity

• PCT aware of the need for increasing physical
  activity
• Lincolnshire the most inactive County in the UK
• Increasing burden on services from those that are
  inactive and overweight.
• Need to become preventative

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The Role of Physical Activity in preventing
obesity

• One of the most influential factors in promoting
  weight loss
• Primary objective is to tip the balance of
  calories consumed v expended
• Most effective with moderately obese
• If you are sedentary you are more likely to be
  obese.

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Physical Activity Network

• Merging of the clinical health network with the
  sports network
• Consolidation of expertise and use of existing
  structures
• Meets objectives of higher sport and health
  organisations

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The Network
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Community Sport Networks

• Morphed into Sport and Physical Activity Networks
• Developed action plans
• Feed into
• LSP Delivery Plans
• Local Area Agreement Priority Plans

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Lincolnshire Physical Activity and Health Network

• Formal development of the LPAHN discussed with
  key partners early in 2008
• Terms of reference agreed
• First meeting of the network planned

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Terms of Reference
The Lincolnshire Physical Activity Health
Network seeks to bring together key agencies and
individuals to support, learn and be advocates
for the development of physical activity, within
the context of sport and health gain. The
steering group of the Network provides a means
for focus, planning and impetus of the
Networks initiatives. It acts as the
accountable group for the Network.
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Terms of Reference
Purpose The purpose of the Network is to seek
support from public and voluntary sector services
to promote health lifestyles in Lincolnshire,
increase the populations participation in sport
and to value physical activity.
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Terms of Reference

• Objectives
• To be a voice for physical activity, within the
  context of sport and health gain
• To offer a strategic overview (reflective of
  local needs)
• To performance manage, monitor and evaluate the
  work undertaken with the county Physical
  Activity Grant
• To describe an evidence base to underpin policy
  and practice
• To share practice and provide a supportive
  environment for communication and collaboration
  between forums and agencies
• To highlight funding opportunities for physical
  activity and health activities within the county
• To support the implementation of Choosing Health.

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Terms of Reference

• Responsibilities of Membership
• To advocate the value and importance of physical
  activity
• To influence the inclusion of physical activity
  in county and local plans
• To build capacity of the physical activity
  workforce
• To support the implementation of physical
  activity initiatives to meet targets

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Terms of Reference

• Governance and Performance Management
• The co-ordination of the Network will take
  place through the Lincolnshire Sports
  Partnership. The work of the Network will be
  managed through the Lincolnshire Sports
  Partnerships corporate processes.

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Terms of Reference

• Style and Administration of the Network
• Network meetings will take place twice a year and
  take the form of a conference / workshops. The
  steering group will meet four times a year to
  co-ordinate actions and will be business
  meetings.
• If the need for task finish sub-groups arise,
  the decision for that will be made by the
  steering group.
• Administration support will be provided for the
  steering group and the Network by the Public
  Health team, Lincolnshire Teaching Primary Care
  Trust.

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Terms of Reference

• The Steering Group
• Lincolnshire Sports Partnership
• Lincolnshire County Council
• Lincolnshire Teaching Primary Care Trust
• A City/District/Borough representative
• A schools representative

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The Network

• Map is not fully inclusive
• Membership is growing
• The network has the ability to make a difference

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Membership
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