Agenda item

The Active and Healthy People Programme Lead (ECC) presented a powerpoint presentation (attached).

The salient points were as follows:-

·         There has been significant progress and development since the February meeting.

·         Out of 113 applications, 19 made it to Stage 2 and Exeter and Cranbrook was one of 12 that were successful.

·         £100 million ring fenced funding has been provided over the 12 areas.

·         Sport England have invested in a broad mix of places from cities, rural areas and coastal towns to ensure a wide range of learning across places with a mix of outcomes and audiences.

·         Exeter and Cranbrook was the only successful bid in the South West and only place with healthy new town status. To put into context, the next pilot areas are located at Birmingham/London for instance.

·         The aspirational target is to help 10,000 residents to become active with focussed outcomes on:-

o   Physical activity

o   Health

o   Congestion

o   An improved sense of community

o   Access to activities

o   An analytical approach

·         Emerging programme themes are:-

o   Active communities

o   Active school communities

o   Activity ambassadors

o   Active workplaces

o   Active travel

·         The LPD Programme Board draft governance was presented.

·         Putting the Programme Delivery Team in place is a current priority with the appointment of senior officers to work streams covering digital strategy, communication and marketing, evaluation and learning from innovative examples.

·         Development funding has been awarded which provides core capacity funding until March 2021 and two posts out of three have been successfully filled (Data Manager and Programme Administrator).

·         The post of Programme Manager is open for recruitment.

·         Areas of priority are continuing engagement, work with stakeholders and holding theme designed workshops together with developing people’s understanding and insight to improve engagement through focus groups, community events, Community Builders and Community Connectors.

·         The aimed timeframe for the next programme submission is by November/December 2018.

Questions were received from members including areas regarding:-

Ø  National context

Ø  When will we see practical delivery and action?

Ø  Focus on people with LTHC.

Ø  Links to WE and Community Builders.

Ø  How well are we doing against the other 12 areas?

Responses to these questions are outlined below:-

·         We were the first wave of pilots to access the development award. 

·         There is a national engagement hub – the indications are that some places are ahead of is in respect of community engagement but we can learn from them.

·         Networking opportunities are being explored through the idea of a “South Hub” which would include Essex, Hackney and Southwall.

·         There is an opportunity to align with Public Health, NHS and Department for Transport for instance.

·         During the early part of 2019 we should see things practically in place with better signage in respect of parks and open spaces for instance (which is what communities say that they want). 

·         Partnership working is essential to ensure successful delivery of initiatives.

·         It is envisaged that there will be lots of different projects and initiatives varying in size and scale with a blend of different approaches.  Essential components will be changes in behaviour and securing a range of partners.

·         There has to be a clear line of sight in terms of projects on the ground and how they fit in with the people we want to reach.  This will be a work in progress over the next 6 to 9 months.

·         The focus is on people with several long term conditions and those with frailties so there are two main strands:-

o   Health and Equality (frailty)

o   More people cycling and walking (aimed particularly at commuters for instance).

·         Community builders ensure that feedback is obtained on a regular basis – it’s important that people and communities feel part of the initiative.

It was agreed that the Sport England Local Delivery Pilot should be a standing item on the Agenda for this Group.