Leisure

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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life
ESP Board Meeting 2nd December 2003

• Nikki Enoch and Mike Collins

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Presentation Outline

• Benefits of leisure and culture
• Individuals community
• Work-life balance
• Strength of the evidence
• Biggest benefits
• Health projects
• Youth projects
• Community building
• Bending mainstream services
• Next tranche of funding
• Conclusions

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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life

• Personal
• Health
• - halves CHD risk
• - reduces blood pressure
• - controls body weight, diabetes
• - reduces risk of falls, back pain
• - reduces risk of colon cancer
• - reduces anxiety/depression
• - enhances mood, self-esteem
• - promotes imagination vision
• Socialisation, tolerance, team working
• Social cohesion
• Leadership organising skills

• Communal/social
• increases family/local links
• reduces NHS costs
• reduces crime and disorder costs
• community identity thro history/culture
• increases participation by poor, disabled, ethnic
  minorities
• increases social networks/active citizens
  
• creates jobs
• improves environment

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Strength of the Evidence

• Personal
• Health
• - halves CHD risk ? ? ? ? P,L, C
• - reduces blood pressure ? ? ? ? P,L, C
• - controls body weight, diabetes ? ? ? ?
  P,L, C
• - reduces risk of falls, back pain ? ? ? ?
  P,L, C
• - reduces risk of colon cancer ? ? ? ?
  P,L, C
• - reduces anxiety/depression ? ? ? P,L
• - enhances mood, self-esteem ? ? ? ? ? P,L,
  C, A
• - promotes imagination vision ? ? A, C
• Socialisation, tolerance and team working A, C
• Social cohesion A, C
• Leadership organising skills ? ? A,C

Rating ? Strength of evidence P Population
studies L Laboratory studies C Case studies A
Anecdote
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Strength of the Evidence

• Communal/social
• increases family/local links ? ? A, C
• reduces NHS costs ? ? A, C
• reduces crime and disorder costs ? ? A, C
• community identity through
  history/culture ? ? A, C
• increases participation by poor,
  disabled, ethnic minorities ? ? ? P,
  A, C
• increases social networks/active citizens ? ? ?
  P, A, C
• creates jobs ? ? ? P, A, C
• improves environment ? ? ? A, C

Rating ? Strength of evidence P Population
studies L Laboratory studies C Case studies A
Anecdote
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Health

• Estimates extrapolated from national government
  studies
• Enfield residents
• 37 are sedentary 101,200
• 22.5 are obese 61,500
• Savings from 10 increase in activity
• 10 17,200 residents
• 311 lives
• 10.5m
• 1.9m NHS
• 4.3m loss of earnings
• 4.3m premature mortality
• Source DCMS 2002 Game Plan Implementing the
  Governments Strategy for Sport

Obesity and Inactivity Indicators
Source Prentice Jebb 95
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Health Proposals
Peoples Life Span
Best Start (0-14) Aids optimum physical and
mental development
Reduce Drop Out (13) Especially females and BEMs
(esp. Asians)
Fit for Life (55) Maintains body functions
Prevents disability isolation
Same People Most at Risk ? Poor Health ?
Quality of Life ? Inactivity
55 (especially women) C2DE, Disabled, BEM
Strategic Approach
Current Projects/Proposals Health living
centres Exercise referrals
55 Next Logical Target Maintain CV function,
grip, leg strength avoid osteoporosis and
breakages
Need More Walking
schemes, activities with hobbies in homes/day
centres/senior/cultural clubs
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Reducing Youth Crime

• Diversion Leisure Culture Activities
• Magnet projects, Positive Futures, SPLASH,
  Homework Centres, Black History Month
• need to ensure continuity of Restorative Justice
  scheme
• 46 affected in C2DE groups by kids hanging
  about (res2003)
• And Structural Changes
• 70of youth crime committed by 7-8 youths
• Broken social and fragmented, unanchored leisure
  lives
• Drugs and poor health
• Examples Scott and Jason life histories

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Reducing Youth Crime

• Scott Jason
• life history charts

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Reducing Youth Crime

• Concentrated focus and combined effort
• Mentors and activity leaders to work with
• Leisure and culture development officers
• Social workers
• Police
• Health
• Education training
• To connect
• Social
• Numeracy literacy
• Anti drugs
• Social education
• Work placements

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Building Communities

• Social cohesion and Active Citizenship by
• Involvement in groups/clubs
• Increase social capital
• Support networks
• Mutual trust
• Organisational skills
• Schemes to
• Develop youth senior sections of sports and
  arts groups
• Increase volunteering
• Training to existing and new
• Awards for quality and recognition
• Make better use of
• Voluntary sites (nights/days)
• Grants (e.g. Nottingham Healthy Heart Group)

40 of volunteering from sport and arts Source
Home Office Survey 2003
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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life Conclusions

• Encourage local people to be more active in their
  neighbourhoods
• Encourage embedded local control
• Improve health in deprived areas
• Reduce crime and fear of crime
• Increase accessible and affordable youth
  activities
• Including new and better ways of diverting away
  from crime and antisocial behaviour
• Involving young people themselves in design and
  delivery
• Promote services to give children and young
  people a better start
• Establish good baselines and monitoring for
  evidence based assessment

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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life References (1)

• Arts Council for England (2002) Arts in health
  LondonACE
• Britton, A. and McPherson, K. (In Press).
  Monitoring the progress of the 2010 target for
  coronary heart disease mortality London
  National Heart Forum
• Central Council of Physical Recreation (2002A)
  Saving lives, saving money physical activity -
  the best buy in public health London The CCPR
• Coalter, F. (2001a) Realising the potential of
  cultural services the case for sport (2001b)
  the case for the arts ( 2001c) The case for
  libraries (2001d) The case for museums (2001e)
  The case for tourism (2001f) The case for urban
  parks, spaces,and the countryside (2001g) The
  case for childrens play London Local Government
  Association
• Coalter, F. (2002) Sport and Community
  Development a manual Research Report 86
  Edinburgh sportscotland
• Coalter, F. (2003) Measuring the impact of sport
  (unpublished lecture) University of Stirling
• Coalter, F., Allison, M.. and Taylor, J . (2000)
  The role of sport in regenerating deprived urban
  areas Edinburgh Scottish Executive Central
  Research Unit
• Collins, M. F. (2003) Sport and social capital
  London Routledge
• Collins, M.F. et al (1999) Sport and the arts
  paper for Policy Action Team 10 London DCMS
• Countryside Agency (2001a) Walking for Health
  the first randomised trial CR Note 18
  Cheltenham CA
• Countryside Agency et al (2003) The use of public
  parks in England Cheltenham CA

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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life References (2)

• DCMS (1999) Sport and Arts Policy Action Team 10
  report London DCMS
• DCMS (1999) Libraries for All LondonDCMS
• DCMS (2002a) Game Plan implementing the
  governments strategy for sport London DCMS
• DCMS (2002b) Social impact of museums centres
  for social change LondonDCMS
• Department of Health (2002) Tackling health
  inequalities consultation on a plan for delivery
  London DoH
• Enfield Council (2001) Sports strategy for
  Enfield 2001-2005 Enfield LB Enfield
• Enfield Council ( 2002a) Enfields future, draft
  Community strategy EnfieldLB Enfield
• Enfield Council (2002b) Leisure strategy
  EnfieldLBE
• Enfield Council (2002c) Neighbourhood Renewal
  Strategy Residerts in priority neighbourhoods
  EnfieldLB Enfield
• Enfield Council (2002d) Toward neighbourhood
  renewal a draft strategy Enfield LB Enfield
• Enfield Council (2003a) Enfield residents 2003
  EnfieldLB Enfield
• Enfield Council (2003b) Voluntary and community
  sector funding paper Cabinet meeting 25.6.03
• Gorard, S. and Taylor, C. (2001) The composition
  of Specialist Schools track record and future
  prospect School Leadership and Management 21,4
  365-81
• Health Development Agency (1999) Social capital
  and health LondonHDA
• Health Education Authority (1999) Physical
  activity and inequalities London HEA
• Health Education Authority (1999) Art for health
  Social capital for health summary London HEA

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Leisure Culture for Improving the Quality of
Life References (3)

• Joint Health Surveys Unit (1999). Health Survey
  for England Cardiovascular Disease 1998.
  London The Stationery Office.
• Jackson, A. (2003) Doing it ourselves Learning
  to challenge social exclusion through the
  voluntary arts London Department for Education
  and Skills
• Ladd, J. and Davis, L. (2003) Guide to best
  practice in sport and urban regeneration London
  British Urban Regeneration Association
• Long, J.et al (2002) Count me in! LondonDCMS
• Lui, Maniadakis, Gray and Raynor (2002) The
  Economic Cost of Cronoary Heart Disease
• Reeves, M. (2002) Measuring the social and
  economic impact of the arts A review London
  Arts Council of England
• Riddoch,C., Puig-Ribera,A. and Cooper,A. (1998)
  Effectiveness of physical activity promotion
  schemes in primary car A review London Health
  Education Authority
• Splash National Support Team (2003) Splash 2002
  Final Report London Youth Justice Board/Cap
  Gemini Ernst Young www.homeoffice.gov.uk accessed
  14.7.03
• Sport England et al (2002) Positive Futures a
  review of impact and good practice Summary report
  London SE
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