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The Healthy Living Service

Explore inclusive recreation, sports development, and health equality initiatives in East Lothian. Raise awareness, offer opportunities, and create a welcoming environment. Key Components: enjoyleisure, Active Schools, Health Equalities and Improvement, Recreation and Physical Activity, Sports Development, Healthy Working Lives

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The Healthy Living Service

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  1. The Healthy Living Service Kirsty Preston Recreation and Physical Activity Officer

  2. The Healthy Living Service • Shaping and developing an inclusive approach • Important role of Sport and Physical Activity • Raise awareness, provide opportunities and create an enjoyable environment.

  3. 5 Key Components • enjoyleisure • Active Schools • Health Equalities and Improvement • Recreation and Physical Activity • Sports Development

  4. enjoyleisure • Recent change into charitable trust • Partnership with ELC • 6 Sport Centres • ELC staff discounts

  5. Active Schools and Sports Development Active Schools: • Develop a range of physical activity opportunities • Work with a range of partners • More children, More Active, More Often

  6. Sports Development 7 dedicated Officers for 7 focus sports: • Basketball • Badminton • Disability Sport • Football • Golf • Hockey • Rugby

  7. 5 Key aspects of Work • Schools Sport • Supporting Clubs • Coach and Teacher Education • District Squads • Supporting Elite Athletes For more information: www.sportsdevelopmenteastlothian.gov.uk Email: sduff@eastlothian.gov.uk Tel: 01875 619071

  8. Health Equalities and Improvement Support from the Start: • East Lothian chosen as test site • Equally Well • Health inequalities in early years in Prestonpans, Musselburgh East and Tranent

  9. Health Equalities and Improvement • ‘Breaking the Cycle’ • Prevent the risk of disadvantage in health outcomes being passed from one generation to the next. • Improve/Develop new service pathways to address early years • Engage target communities

  10. Health Equalities and Improvement Health and Wellbeing: • Accessible Information is provided on a range of topics including: Breastfeeding Friendly venues, Healthy Bodies, Healthy minds and Healthy Hearts All information at: www.eastlothian.gov.uk

  11. Health Equalities and Improvement Leisure Pass • All individuals, juniors, Senior Citizens and families. • Benefit from all year round discounts Leisure Pass Plus • All individuals, juniors, Senior Citizens and families • Low income and/or in receipt of benefit

  12. Health Equalities and Improvement Healthy Working Lives: • HWL scheme previously SHAW • Benefits of a healthier working environment and healthier life in general • Representative from each department in the council

  13. Health Equalities and Improvement Additional Staff Benefits: • Sports Centre • Free 24/7 counselling service • Fly Right Dance Company • Haddington Golf Club • Crunchy Carrot • Discounted Health Practitioner • Organise Health days/events e.g Dr Bike

  14. Health Equalities and Improvement Physical Activity and Health Partnership • Various services within ELC and NHS Lothian

  15. Health Equalities and Improvement Objectives: • Encourage a multi-disciplinary approach • Identify Opportunities • Provide support for existing initiatives • Opportunities for those in the field • Engage existing clubs and organisations

  16. Health Equalities and Improvement Recent Events and Initiatives: • Active Outdoors • Play@home • Active Arts • Active Choices

  17. Recreation and Physical Activity Ageing Well: • Ageing Well Uk with Age Concern • 5 in the Lothian – 1 in East Lothian Aims: • Improve and Maintain Health • Improve quality of life through P.A • Increase access to Leisure Facilities • Promoting development of a multi agency programme.

  18. Recreation and Physical Activity Current Classes: • Seated Exercise • Movement to Music • Supported Swimming • Support of existing Tea Dances Contact: Vi Robertson vrobertson@eastlothian.gov.uk

  19. Recreation and Physical Activity • Community based project • Aims to encourage more people to walk using recognised, established pathways. • Local Town walks – up to 1 hour using local path networks • Next steps – 2 hours and are graded for difficulty (1,2,3 boots) • Independent walkers can contact the project coordinator to receive a pack of info Email: healthyliving@eastlothian.gov.uk Tel: Anne Adams on 01620 827608

  20. Recreation and Physical Activity Support and Organise sporting events: • Bob Moffat Bowling Event • Edinburgh to North Berwick Road Race • North Berwick Law Race • Haddington Sprint and North Berwick Triathlon • East Lothian Open Tennis Tournament

  21. Recreation and Physical Activity Sports Award Scheme: • Offers a scheme of sports awards as part of its policy to promote the development of sport and recreation • Supplement voluntary initiatives and work with clubs and NGBs of sport

  22. Recreation and Physical Activity • Awards to Individual Sportsmen & Women • Awards to Coaches and Officials • Special Awards • Community Grants Further information healthyliving@eastlothian.gov.uk

  23. The Healthy Living Service Any Questions?

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