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Local Implementation
Given this very broad range of ways in which we can be active, there is no single department, agency or organisation that currently develops, promotes and delivers all areas of physical activity.
Partnership working is increasingly being seen as vital in delivering appropriate and effective responses to a range of health problems and issues.
The main focus of attention with partnerships for health is on building a closer collaboration between the NHS, local government, the voluntary, private and higher education sectors.
Taking into account the broad and varied agencies involved (for example health, leisure and recreation, sports development, education and transport), physical activity promotion provides an appropriate case where partnership collaboration would offer great potential.
Local co-ordination framework
The Physical Activity Strategy recommends that local community planning partnerships are given political support and sufficientresources to help them co-ordinate and put into practice actions to support the development of physical activity.
Case Studies of Current Practice
Resources relating to Local Implementation
- Partnerships and Capacity Building: Is too much being asked of the Voluntary Sector?
Powerpoint slides from presentation looking at the role of the voluntary sector in sport. - British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health
Based at Loughborough University, the centre works to develop and promote initiatives and research w... - Communicating Health Messages
Study to assess the effectiveness of mass media communications and common messaging in improving ide... - Free Swimming
A report looking at the need for a more strategic approach to free swimming for all. - Cardiovascular Disease - A Guide to Primary Prevention in Scotland
Produced in response to the Scottish Executive's National CHD and Stroke Strategy (2002) recommendat... - Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap
Sets out the strategy for closing the opportunity gap between disadvantaged communities and the rest... - Social Focus on Deprived Areas 2005
A compendium of statistics providing detailed information on the depth and concentration of poverty... - Let's Make Scotland More Active: A Strategy for Physical Activity
National physical activity strategy for Scotland. - Improving Health in Scotland - the Challenge
This document provides a strategic framework to support the processes required to deliver a more rap... - Let's Get Moving - a Physical Activity Handbook for Developing Local Programmes
A resource to help professionals develop local policies, strategies and programmes to promote physic... - LEAP for Health: Learning, Evaluation and Planning
This resource is for use by all those involved in promoting health and well-being in community setti... - Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Charter for action to achieve health for all by 2000 and beyond established at the first Internation... - Community Planning
Community planning was given a statutory underpinning in the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003,... - Partnerships for Health: A Review
The third in a series of HEBS working papers. The series is intended to contribute to debate and dev... - SkillsActive: National Occupational Standards
SkillsActive works together with partner organisations to develop National Occupational Standards an... - Health Impact Assessment Screening Tools
Resource containing information, tools, and links relating to health impact assessments.