Leisure & Culture for Improving the Quality of Life

1. ESP Board Meeting 2nd December 2003 Leisure & Culture for Improving the Quality of Life Nikki Enoch and Mike Collins

2. Presentation Outline • Benefits of leisure and culture • Individuals & community • Work-life balance • Strength of the evidence • Biggest benefits • Health projects • Youth projects • Community building • ‘Bending’ mainstream services • Next tranche of funding • Conclusions

3. Personal Health - halves CHD risk - reduces blood pressure - controls body weight, diabetes - reduces risk of falls, back pain - reduces risk of colon cancer - reduces anxiety/depression - enhances mood, self-esteem - promotes imagination & vision Socialisation, tolerance, team working Social cohesion Leadership & organising skills Communal/social increases family/local links reduces NHS costs reduces crime and disorder costs community identity thro’ history/culture increases participation by poor, disabled, ethnic minorities increases social networks/activecitizens creates jobs improves environment Leisure & Culture for Improving the Quality of Life

4. Strength of the Evidence Personal • Health - halves CHD risk     P,L, C - reduces blood pressure     P,L, C - controls body weight, diabetes     P,L, C - reduces risk of falls, back pain     P,L, C - reduces risk of colon cancer     P,L, C - reduces anxiety/depression    P,L - enhances mood, self-esteem     P,L, C, A - promotes imagination & vision A, C • Socialisation, tolerance and team working A, C • Social cohesion A, C • Leadership & organising skills   A,C Rating  Strength of evidence PPopulation studies LLaboratory studies CCase studies AAnecdote

5. Strength of the Evidence Rating  Strength of evidence PPopulation studies LLaboratory studies CCase studies AAnecdote Communal/social • increases family/local links   A, C • reduces NHS costs   A, C • reduces crime and disorder costs   A, C • community identity through history/culture   A, C • increases participation by poor, disabled, ethnic minorities    P, A, C • increases social networks/activecitizens    P, A, C • creates jobs    P, A, C • improves environment    A, C

6. Health Estimates extrapolated from national government studies Enfield residents: • 37% are sedentary = 101,200 • 22.5% are obese = 61,500 Savings from 10% increase in activity: • 10% = 17,200 residents • 311 lives • £10.5m • £1.9m NHS • £4.3m loss of earnings • £4.3m premature mortality Source: DCMS: 2002 Game Plan Implementing the Government’s Strategy for Sport Obesity and Inactivity Indicators Source: Prentice & Jebb ‘95

7. Health Proposals People’s Life Span Best Start (0-14) Aids optimum physical and mental development Reduce Drop Out (13+) Especially females and BEMs (esp. Asians) Fit for Life (55+) Maintains body functions Prevents disability & isolation Same People Most at Risk  Poor Health Quality of Life  Inactivity 55+ (especially women) C2DE, Disabled, BEM Strategic Approach Current Projects/Proposals Health living centres Exercise referrals 55+ Next Logical Target Maintain: CV function, grip, leg strength; avoid osteoporosis and breakages Need More… Walking schemes, activities with hobbies in homes/day centres/senior/cultural clubs

8. Reducing Youth Crime Diversion Leisure & Culture Activities • ‘Magnet’ projects, Positive Futures, SPLASH, Homework Centres, Black History Month need to ensure continuity of Restorative Justice scheme 46% affected in C2DE groups by kids ‘hanging about’ (res2003) And Structural Changes • 70%of youth crime committed by 7-8% youths • Broken social and fragmented, unanchored leisure lives • Drugs and poor health • Examples: Scott and Jason life histories

9. Reducing Youth Crime Scott & Jason life history charts

10. Reducing Youth Crime Concentrated focus and combined effort: • Mentors and activity leaders to work with: • Leisure and culture development officers • Social workers • Police • Health • Education & training • To connect: • Social • Numeracy & literacy • Anti drugs • Social education • Work placements

11. Building Communities Social cohesion and Active Citizenship by: • Involvement in groups/clubs • Increase social capital: • Support networks • Mutual trust • Organisational skills • Schemes to: • Develop youth & senior sections of sports and arts groups • Increase volunteering • Training to existing and new • Awards for quality and recognition • Make better use of: • Voluntary sites (nights/days) • Grants (e.g. Nottingham Healthy Heart Group) 40% of volunteering from sport and arts Source: Home Office Survey 2003

12. Leisure & Culture for Improving the Quality of LifeConclusions • Encourage local people to be more active in their neighbourhoods • Encourage embedded local control • Improve health in deprived areas • Reduce crime and fear of crime • Increase accessible and affordable youth activities: • Including new and better ways of diverting away from crime and antisocial behaviour • Involving young people themselves in design and delivery • Promote services to give children and young people a better start • Establish good baselines and monitoring for evidence based assessment

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