Issue - meetings

To receive the report of the Place Partnership (Sport England) Manager.

The Place Partnership Manager presented the report of the Live and Move Programme Update and gave a presentation making the following points:

·         that there was a new element in tracking what facilities were used;

·         residents said that Valley Parks and playing fields were most popular as opposed to indoor activities;

·         it was easier to obtain information from those using indoor facilities; and

·         Newtown update had been added to support.

The Place Partnership Manager and the Strategic Director for Place responded to Members questions in the following terms:

·         he was unsure of the exact questions asked about gender but would investigate and provide details outside the meeting;

·         gender inequality hadn’t been a focus in the past but rather ethnic diversity. He was willing to work with Members and colleagues to gain insight into what could be done in future;

·         Ebrington Road remained a focus along with Merrivale, Redhills and Exwick;

·         It was exciting that This Girl Can campaign had been brought to the city as well as the Women’s Rugby World Cup and the programme would celebrate all that was available in the area;

·         access to Valley Parks was constantly being looked at and there may be opportunities with the Water Lane development.  There was a desire to improve routes and access to get people safely and sustainably into the Valley Park;

·         the dashboard was available publicly and there was a local community of practice held quarterly and shared through Exeter Partnership. The information gathered would be used in future funding bids;

·         Exeter was known nationally for best practice in utilising this data which was also given to Sport England to share and had been featured a number of times in place-based newsletters with case studies and learning also on the website;

·         the language was complicated regarding reduction in inactivity but this was part of a national survey used for benchmarking;

·         there were qualitative reports which could be shared;

·         there was data regarding the barriers to walking and cycling which could be shared;

·         much of the programme’s work with those with disabilities was one-to-one rather than groups. Recommendations from Members of groups to speak to, such as the suggested Pelican Project, would be welcome and it would be possible to investigate what else could be done;

·         individuals could be referred to Wellbeing Exeter; and

·         Sport England did not include heavy housework as activity but people were asked about things which raised their heartrate, so residents may have included this; and

·         the Chief Medical Officer had a view on what was and was not included in the activity list.

Following a vote the report on the Live and Move Programme Update was noted.