Norfolk Physical Activity ForumLocal Update

Shelley AmesPhysical Activity Project Officer

Active Norfolk team

• Marketing Communications Officer – Kristen Hall

• Fit4Work Project Officer – Katie Tierney

Health Delivery

Community Activity

Over 50’s Provision

Specialist Services

Workplace Health

Health Needs Assessment

• Collaboration between Active Norfolk & Public Health

• Document to inform future commissioning

• Exploring County demographics, barriers to provision, existing services, need & gaps in provision

Fit4Work

• Project Officer in post 1.9.14

• Enhanced Officer• Added value work in

South Norfolk Council• Successful Corporate

Games 2014 & Workplace Challenge

Fit Together

• Development of 3 year delivery plan

• Concentrating on recruitment of more volunteers

• Supporting Walk Norwich

• Establishing CIO’s

Fun & Fit Norfolk

• New programme starting Mon 6th October

• County – wide• 75 courses • Aimed at inactive

population

parkrun

• National parkrun Day – 4th Oct

• New parkrun to launch at UEA

• 9 Norfolk parkruns• Funding awarded by

Public Health to establish 4 Junior parkruns

Community Activity Support Grant

• Grants of up to £500• Support community led physical activity –

marketing, equipment, training, set-up costs• Aimed at DH inactive groups – BME groups,

disability, mental ill health, socio-economic deprivation, women & girls, older adults

Other areas of work

CYP Strategy

Volunteering & Disability

New delivery plans being developed to:• Increase and improve volunteering

opportunities, including work within the health sector & re-launching volunteer database

• Work with a variety of organisations to develop opportunities for people with disabilities across the County

• Targeted approach, impairment specific NGB products

• Working with mainstream schools & clubs to make them more inclusive

Cycling

• Cross-department consultation to identify the role of NCC in cycling promotion

• External partner consultation to follow & County-wide strategy

Sport England

• Supporting applications for CSAF to increase participation – Jan decision

• Supporting NGB’s to engage with health sector & develop activities that impact on health, relative to need

Greater Norwich Development Partnership

• External consultants at end of 1 year exercise

• Developing strategy for facilities and playing pitches in greater Norwich area

• Identify demand relative to population growth & inform future investment

Coach Education

• Coach Education Month – April 2015

• Building on 2014

• Increasing physical activity & health offer

150 Minutes

• Animation developed by Active Norfolk & Public Health

• Promoting benefits of physical activity and CMO recommendations

• Launching 7th October at business breakfast – 7.30am, The Forum

• www.activenorfolk.org/150minutes