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Physical activity is everyone’s business!

In 2003 ‘Let’s make Scotland more active’ the Scottish strategy for physical activity was published. It set out the challenge for the nation to increase its activity levels by 1% per year for the next 20 years to address the many negative health impacts that being inactive has such as heart disease, …  It set out a vision for the people of Scotland to benefit from the many health and social gains that come from being active regularly.

Physical activity can also be used to address many agendas alongside health and wellbeing.

  • community safety
  • anti-social behaviour
  • social isolation
  • lifelong learning
  • environment

Many inactive people need support to get on track. There is no single agency that can do this. Many people who would benefit from access to opportunities are being supported by other partners for health or social reasons. We use this as an opportunity to actively target those whose health will benefit most.

Live Active Leisure aims:

  • To provide easily accessible opportunities for all to participate in sport and physical activity
  • work with key partners to develop trust and enthusiasm and promote access to our facilities and services

Live Active Leisure work with a range of partners to develop and deliver innovative approaches to increasing activity levels to improve people’s health and address other needs that are highlighted as a priority in Perth and Kinross. Many programmes combine physical activity opportunities with input from other agencies as we know a holistic approach to health and wellbeing benefits everyone.

PROJECTS

Weight Management

Winning Weigh – programme of nutrition and dietary advice complimented by a physical activity session. Sessions are run by the NHS on a block basis and are delivered in the areas of Letham, Hillyland, Fairfield, Muirton and Rattray.  For more information contact Sophie McCollum on 01738 492467.

Give it up for Baby

‘Give It Up For Baby’ uses financial incentives (grocery vouchers) to encourage pregnant smokers from socially deprived communities to quit smoking. Women who are eligible for the program are identified by midwives, local pharmacists and health visitors, and are recruited if they express a wish to give up smoking. A ‘Give It Up For
Baby’ Development Worker makes personal contact with all women wishing to take part and supports them through the whole process.

Live Active Leisure work with the Give it up for Baby development worker to link the positive messages about physical activity and promote local opportunities for mum and baby.

Activity Referral

A range of health care practitioners can refer their patients to our highly trained Activity Referral staff to have a personal programme of exercise developed to address their specific health needs. Patients are supported for a maximum of 12 weeks by our staff to establish exercise as part of their weekly routine and take a big step towards changing their behaviour in the long term.

Around 400 people benefited from the programme in the past year. (Dec 2010)

POST (Paediatric Obesity Service Tayside)

Working with NHS Tayside POST Service and Perth and Kinross Active schools we are supporting school age young people to get the balance right between diet, physical activity and sedentary (sitting at rest) time. Visit the POST site for more information.