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Exercise should play bigger role in helping NHS Public health initiatives must help raise awareness of social prescribing at sport clubs, gyms, pools and leisure centres in order to reduce the pressure on the NHS, according to a new report published by ukactive. The report, Leading the Change: social prescribing within the The report calls for physical activity facilities to be used as part of the health care service
for the government and its agencies to help unlock the
potential of sport and active leisure
and recommendations from the
facilities to serve more people
report with the government and key
through social prescribing.
stakeholders in the wider network, to drive action and support.
The report makes four key
Huw Edwards, ukactive CEO,
recommendations to develop and
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fitness and leisure sector, calls
Huw Edwards, CEO, ukactive
grow social prescribing within
said: “As the NHS comes under
the leisure sector so it can play
even greater pressures, we must
its “fullest role in improving the
look differently at how healthcare-
health and wellbeing of the nation”.
related physical activity could
ukactive will share the findings
be delivered in facilities.”
New £5m activity fund launched to help clubs Sport England has launched a new £5 million fund to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee that aims to use sport and physical activity to bring communities together and tackle inequalities. Using money from the National Lottery, the fund will make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to community organisations in support of new projects providing opportunities to become more physically active. The funds could be used for things such as facility hire and coaching costs, or even small capital improvements. The fund is open for make awards to not-forprofit organisations helping inactive people to get active.
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applications now and will
The fund is available to all community organisations
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