ACTIVE SWINDON STRATEGY
2015-2022
EVERYBODY ACTIVE, EVERYDAY
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Why be active? ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Figure 1: The benefits of physical activity ........................................................................................... 1
How active do we need to be? Recommendations for different age groups ........................................ 1
How active are we now? ........................................................................................................................ 2
The national picture ............................................................................................................................ 3
Figures 2 and 3: Current physical activity and inactivity levels in Swindon ........................................ 4
Local data ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Figure 4 – Percentage of staff using different modes of transport to get to work at eight town
centre workplaces ................................................................................................................................... 6
Framework of strategies influencing physical activity within Swindon .............................................. 7
Figure 5- Strategies which influence physical activity in Swindon ...................................................... 7
Current opportunities for physical activity in Swindon....................................................................... 8
Figure 6 – An overview of initiatives promoting physical activity in Swindon .................................... 8
How will we achieve this? ...................................................................................................................... 9
Further strategic aims .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
How will we measure our success? .................................................................................................... 9
Appendices
Appendix 1: Diversity impact assessment …………………………………………………………………………………..15
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Introduction
Physical activity is central to health and wellbeing. The benefits of being
active are many and far reaching: from improving health to improving
communities, from reducing the risk of many diseases to reducing
inequalities in society. The importance of physical activity is widely
recognised; this is reflected in the inclusion of activity and inactivity levels
within the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
Local plans
Health and wellbeing
strategy
Sports strategy
Healthy weight strategy
Swindon has a higher prevalence of inactive people and a lower prevalence
of active people compared to the average of local authorities with similar
deprivation levels and also to England (Public health outcomes data 2013).
Swindon local plan
(planning)
To improve health and wellbeing in Swindon, we need to get everybody
active, everyday. We need active lives to be the norm, not the exception.
There is some form of activity which will suit everyone- you just have to
find what’s right for you.
Local transport plan
The over-arching aim of the Active Swindon Strategy 2015- 2022 is to get
everybody active, everyday.
National plans
This cannot be achieved by one organisation alone. To increase physical
activity there needs to be cross-sector collaboration, from providers and
commissioners in transportation, planning, education, sport and leisure,
culture, social care, health, the voluntary and community sector, as well as
public and private employers.
Public health outcomes
framework
Everybody active,
everyday
Start active, stay active
This strategy is intentionally concise so that we can focus our attention on
action. This strategy has links to key national documents which give a
wealth of information on increasing physical activity.
We all need to come together to make being active a routine part of our
lives.
Cherry Jones (to be agreed)
Acting Director of Public Health
Swindon Borough Council
Brian Mattock (to be
agreed)
Deputy leader of the council
Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social
Care
Swindon Borough Council
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“It doesn’t matter what
Why be active?
Participation in any type of physical activity contributes to the quality
of life of individuals and the community in which we live. There is some
form of physical activity that will suit everyone’s needs- it includes
diverse forms of everyday activities from walking and gardening to
dance and housework.
shape you’re in or what
shape you are: you’re
better off being active.”
Professor Kevin Fenton,
Public Health England
This positive contribution can be seen across the whole spectrum of
our community as shown in figure 1.
Figure 1: The benefits of physical activity1
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Adapted from Start Active, Stay Active: a report on physical activity from the four home countries Chief
Medical Officers, Department of Health, July 2011 and Active Swindon Strategy 2009-2015
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How active do we need to be? Recommendations for different age
groups2
The guidance refers to different of levels of activity. Undertaking moderate activity means that
someone will breathe faster, experience an increase in heart rate and feel warmer. They may even
sweat on hot or humid days. The amount of activity needed to reach this varies from one person to
another. A person who is doing vigorous intensity activity will usually be breathing very hard, be
short of breath, have a rapid heartbeat and not be able to carry on a conversation comfortably
Population group
Recommendation
Early years – under 5s
1. Physical activity should be encouraged from birth, particularly through
floor-based play and water-based activities in safe environments.
2. Children of pre-school age* who are capable of walking unaided should
be physically active daily for at least 180 minutes (3 hours), spread
throughout the day.
3. All under 5s should minimise the amount of time spent being sedentary
(being restrained or sitting) for extended periods (except time spent
sleeping).
Children and young
people
(5-18 years)
1. All children and young people should engage in moderate to vigorous
intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours
every day.
2. Vigorous intensity activities, including those that strengthen muscle and
bone, should be incorporated at least three days a week.
3. All children and young people should minimise the amount of time
spent being sedentary (sitting) for extended periods.
Adults (19-64 years)
1. Adults should aim to be active daily. Over a week, activity should add up
to at least 150 minutes (2½ hours) of moderate intensity activity in bouts
of 10 minutes or more – one way to approach this is to do 30 minutes on
at least 5 days a week. NICE guidance3 for pregnant women advises that
moderate-intensity physical activity will not harm her or her unborn child.
At least 30 minutes per day of moderate intensity activity is
recommended.
2. Alternatively, comparable benefits can be achieved through 75 minutes
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Start Active, Stay Active: a report on physical activity from the four home countries Chief Medical Officers,
Department of Health, July 2011
* Those children able to walk unaided and who have not yet started school (i.e. toddlers and pre-schoolers).
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NICE guideline (PH27). (2010) Weight management before, during and after pregnancy. Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph27
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Population group
Recommendation
of vigorous intensity activity spread across the week or a combination of
moderate and vigorous intensity activity.
3. Adults should also undertake physical activity to improve muscle
strength on at least two days a week.
4. All adults should minimise the amount of time spent being sedentary
(sitting) for extended periods.
Older adults (65 years
+)
1. Older adults who participate in any amount of physical activity gain
some health benefits, including maintenance of good physical and
cognitive function. Some physical activity is better than none, and more
physical activity provides greater health benefits.
2. Older adults should aim to be active daily. Over a week, activity should
add up to at least 150 minutes (2½ hours) of moderate intensity activity in
bouts of 10 minutes or more – one way to approach this is to do 30
minutes on at least 5 days a week.
3. For those who are already regularly active at moderate intensity,
comparable benefits can be achieved through 75 minutes of vigorous
intensity activity spread across the week or a combination of moderate
and vigorous activity.
4. Older adults should also undertake physical activity to improve muscle
strength on at least two days a week.
5. Older adults at risk of falls should incorporate physical activity to
improve balance and co-ordination on at least two days a week.
6. All older adults should minimise the amount of time spent being
sedentary (sitting) for extended periods.
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How active are we now?
The national picture4- a snapshot
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“If being active was a pill, we
Men are more active than women in virtually every age
would be rushing to prescribe it.
group. Physical activity declines with age to the extent that
A wealth of evidence shows that
by the age of 75 years only one in ten men and one in 20
an active life is essential for
women are active enough for good health.
health.”
33% of men and 45% women do not meet the current
Chief Medical Officers (CMO) recommendations for
Everybody Active Everyday
physical activity.
19% of men and 26% of women are physically ‘inactive,
Public Health England 2014
which is doing less than 30 minutes of at least moderate
intensity physical activity per week.
18% of disabled adults regularly take part in sport
compared to 39% of non-disabled adults
Girls are less likely to take part in physical activity than boys, and participation begins to drop
even more from the age of ten to 11.
21% of boys and 16% of girls aged 5-15 meet the CMO recommendations for activity in
children; 47% of boys and 49% of girls in the lowest economic group are ‘inactive’ compared
to 26% of boys and 35% of girls in the highest
Walking trips decreased by 30% between 1995 and 2013
64% of trips are made by car, 22% by foot, 2% by bike
people living in the least prosperous areas are twice as likely to be physically inactive as
those living in more prosperous areas
only 11% of Bangladeshi women and 26% of men are sufficiently active for good health
compared with 25/37% of the general population
half of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people say they would not join a sports club,
twice the number of their heterosexual counterparts
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Everybody Active Everyday: An evidence-based approach to physical activity, Public Health England, 2014.
Available from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/everybody-active-every-day-a-framework-toembed-physical-activity-into-daily-life
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Current physical activity and inactivity levels in Swindon (2013)5
Increasing physical activity and reducing inactivity are both important for good health and
wellbeing. Swindon has a higher prevalence of inactive people and a lower prevalence of
active people compared to the average of local authorities with similar deprivation levels,
England and the South West (Public health outcomes data 2013.)
Physical activity levels – Figure 2
SWINDON
50.1%
SOUTH WEST
57.7%
PEER GROUP*
56.2%
ENGLAND
55.6%
Percentage of physically active adults (>150 mins per week)
* Average of local authorities with similar deprivation levels (Public Health Outcomes
Framework: www.phoutcomes.info)
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http://www.phoutcomes.info/public-health-outcomesframework#gid/1000042/pat/6/ati/102/page/0/par/E12000009/are/E06000030
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Physical Inactivity levels – figure 3
SWINDON
35.4%
SOUTH WEST
27.8%
PEER GROUP*
28.2%
ENGLAND
28.9%
Percentage of physically inactive adults (<30 mins per week)
* Average of local authorities with similar deprivation levels (Public Health Outcomes
Framework: www.phoutcomes.info)
Local data
Swindon travel choices survey
This survey of staff working for eight6 town centre employers in Swindon was conducted in 2011 and
2013. The survey in October 2011 had a response rate of 26.6% (2000 out of 7500 surveyed). It was
repeated in October 2013 and achieved a total of 1,388 from a potential 7,030 responses resulting in
a response rate of 19.7%. The findings of this survey are summarised in Figure 2. As can be seen by
the graph, most people choose to use cars as a means of transport to work.
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Swindon Borough Council, Nationwide, First Great Western, Network Rail, Research Council (including the
Technology Strategy Board),Swindon College, Nationwide, National Trust, BT, and British Computer Society.
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Figure 4 – Percentage of staff using different modes of transport to get to work at eight
town centre workplaces
Travel to school
SBC encourages active travel to school. Sixteen schools within Swindon have developed ‘5 minute
walk zones’ over the last few years, to encourage walking and reduce car use. The proportion of
pupils walking to school has increased within primary schools from 61.1% in 2008 to 64.3% in 2014.
(Swindon Mode of Travel Survey Jan 2014). The change was less apparent in secondary schools
(56.8% in 2008 to 57.7% in 2014). This may be due to secondary school pupils having to travel further
(average distance 1.89 km) than primary school pupils (average distance 0.98).
Community projects focusing on physical activity
The Tri-Active is a 3 year project which started in 2013 and aims to increase the number of people
participating in running, cycling and swimming in Swindon. During the first 12 months the project has
recruited 656 participants who previously had little or no opportunity to be active. Before the project
the majority of participants (65.1%) were not active on any days of the week. The average number of
days in which the participants did 30 minutes of sports/ physical activity rose from 0.6 days to 4.08
days in the course of a year.
Swindon Health Walks are weekly group walks that encourage enjoyment of the borough's parks and
open spaces. A total of 675 individual walkers attended at least one health walk between January
2013 and December 2013. This included 263 new walkers. The walking groups are targeting the
inactive. Half of new Health Walkers did 30 minutes of physical activity on two or less days a week
before joining a Health Walk (11% did not do 30 minutes on any day of the week).
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Framework of strategies influencing physical activity within Swindon
Figure 5- Strategies which influence physical activity in Swindon
Healthy and
Wellbeing
strategy
Physical
activity
strategy
Swindon
local plan
(planning)
Local
transport
plan
Healthy
weight
strategy
Sports
strategy
The development and delivery of physical activity is not within the remit of any one organisation but
is a commitment and responsibility which is shared across a number of partners in Swindon. The
Active Swindon Strategy will impact on other strategies and vice versa as shown in the diagram
above. Furthermore we need to support and develop cross-sector collaboration, from any
organisation that can support an increase in physical activity including transportation, planning,
education, sport and leisure, culture, social care, health, the voluntary and community sector, as well
as public and private employers.
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Current opportunities for physical activity in Swindon
Below are some ways in which organisations in Swindon encourage and promote physical activity.
This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Figure 6 – An overview of initiatives promoting physical activity in Swindon
Early years
Alive 'n' Kicking - healthy lifestyles programme
Balanceability training
Children and young people
Healthy schools
Swindon school sports partnership
Street Games
5 minute walking zones around schools
School travel ambassador scheme
Bikeability training
Adults
Swindon Health walks
Tri-active project- promoting running, cylcing and swimming to inactive people
Exercise on referral schemes
Exercise groups for those with health conditions e.g. COPD class
Ability sports
Workplace health
Over 65s
Health walks
Exercise on referral schemes
Outreach exercise sessions
Classes tailored to ability e.g. gentle and seated exercise classes
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The vision
Our vision for Swindon is ‘everybody active every day’.
How will we achieve this?
The key to increasing physical activity is to build it into everybody’s lives, so that it becomes
a routine part of everyday life.
As part of the development of this strategy we have undertaken initial consultation
exercises to consider how we develop our work to support an increase in physical activity in
Swindon. This consultation showed that there is already a range of opportunities within
Swindon supporting people to be more active, such as sports and leisure clubs, work around
sustainable transport (walking and cycling) and the built environment, work in schools, and
workplaces. This work is on-going and the strategy acknowledges this and aims to support
its continued development. It was felt that the Active Swindon action plan should
particularly focus on areas of work that promote an increase in activity in the inactive and
reduce inactivity overall. From the consultation discussion these areas were identified as
priority areas:
1. Promote walking as a form of exercise which can be built into everyday life
2. Support neighbourhoods and communities with grass roots initiatives to promote
physical activity
3. Encourage those who are physically inactive to increase their activity levels
4. Influence the built environment so that being active becomes an easy choice for
Swindon residents
5. Encourage physical activity within workplaces
6. Encourage frontline professionals to promote physical activity
7. Continue to provide easily accessible information on opportunities for physical activity within
Swindon
This strategy and its priority areas will be implemented through the Active Swindon action
plan. The Healthy Weight Implementation group oversees the implementation of the Active
Swindon action plan as well as the Healthy Weight action plan. The action plan is separate as
it is a working document available from Fiona Dickens, Public Health Programme, Manager
at Swindon Borough Council (Contact details: fdickens@swindon.gov.uk 01793 444680)
How will we measure our success?
The proportion of physically active and inactive residents in Swindon will be monitored as part of the
Public Health Outcomes Framework.
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Appendix 1: Diversity impact assessment
Swindon Borough Council Diversity Impact Assessment
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What’s it about?
Refer to equality duties
What is the proposal? What outcomes/benefits are you hoping to achieve?
The Active Swindon strategy 2015-2022 aims to improve health and wellbeing in Swindon
through supporting an increase in levels of physical activity and reducing inactivity across the
whole population, particularly working with those who have the lowest activity levels. The strap
line for the strategy is ‘everybody active, everyday’. It incorporates outcomes to increase physical
activity.
The aim will be achieved through building physical activity into everybody’s lives, so that it becomes a
routine part of everyday life. Therefore, the Active Swindon Strategy sets out to:
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Promote walking as a form of exercise which can be built into everyday life
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Support neighbourhoods and communities with grass roots initiatives to promote physical
activity
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Encourage those who are physically inactive to increase their activity levels
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Influence the built environment so that being active becomes an easy choice for Swindon
residents
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Encourage physical activity within workplaces
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Encourage frontline professionals to promote physical activity
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Continue to provide easily accessible information on opportunities for physical activity within
Swindon
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Who’s it for?
The strategy covers the whole population and recognises that everyone can be more active. It
therefore covers all equality groups.
How will this proposal meet the equality duties?
The programmes to increase physical activity will consider groups where physical activity levels are
low, including in equality groups e.g. the Tri-active programme in Swindon target groups include
women and black and minority ethnic communities who have low levels of physical activity.
National guidelines included in the strategy for activity include guidance for different age groups and
disabilities. The national guidance
(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216370/dh_128210.pdf)
states
“The guidelines for each life stage apply to all; however, barriers related to gender, ethnicity, disability
and access need to be addressed. The challenge then is to work across communities, bringing
together all those organisations and professions with a part to play – local government, business, third
sector organisations, planners, sport and local champions – to make physical activity not just an
aspiration for the few, but rather a reality for all”.
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Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGB&T) people experience marginalisation and face discriminatory attitudes and
practices in communities that are dominated by structures and process of heteronormativity and
this can impact on their participation in some sports or can mean that they do not identify
themselves as LGB&T e.g. the number of LGB&T people are under-represented in major sports
(Buchanan-Parker, L. (2012) ‘Out in Sport: LGBT Students’ Experiences of Sport’. London:
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NUS- http://www.sportdevelopment.info/index.php/browse-all-documents/896--out-in-sport-lgbtstudents-experiences-of-sport). The issue of underrepresentation of LGB&T people has
particularly been noted in major league football in the national media. There are also similar
problems of discrimination and harassment with some black and minority ethnic sports players.
There has been an increase in racial diversity as many major sports try to tackle this issue;
however there are still occasions of racial abuse reported in the national media. Therefore the
staff delivering local programmes are required to be trained to be welcoming to all clients and to
not discriminate, harass or victimise any group; the same standards of behaviour are expected
for clients.
Advance equality of opportunity- Underpinning the strategy is the opportunity for everyone to
maximise the likelihood of achieving a healthy life and reducing the risk of illness through
increasing physical activity. By providing additional support and information for people who are
inactive promotes equality of opportunity to health. The strategy also explicitly recognises the
increased risk of inactivity and subsequent ill-health in different communities such as some
BME communities and amongst people with learning disabilities. Swindon Borough Council has
developed a number of programmes that support people with learning and physical disabilities
to be more active e.g. the ability sports programme. Several of the local programmes
incorporate people with disabilities into the mainstream activity e.g. the Dietbusters weight
management programme includes 45 minutes of physical activity as a circuit, this can be
adapted for participant’s requirements including all disabilities; the walking programme has
different level walks, which incorporate disabilities. In all the programmes provided there will be
consideration of the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty and in particular the need
to have due regard to advance equality of opportunity.
Foster good relations- most of the programmes to increase physical activity draw together
people from different communities and the aim is to encourage socialisation as part of the
programme as a way of attracting people to the programme e.g. the health walks allow people
from different backgrounds to get together; we have seen a growth in the health walks and now
have the biggest sized health walks in England. At the end of the health walk there is always
the opportunity to have a cup of tea and a chat.
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What are the barriers to meeting this potential?
The barriers include the lack of a detailed evidence base around the needs and barriers related to
physical activity for a number of equality groups including transgender, marriage/civil partnership,
religion/belief and sexual orientation
Public Health England is working up resources to support local and national action on areas of
challenging issues and these will cover some of the barriers considered above. The resources will
cover these groups or areas: older people; children and young people; disability; ethnicity; gender;
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; and active places.
At local level breaking down barriers could be achieved by enabling peer working with people from
different communities to lead groups and support each other. We also want to encourage anyone to
feel comfortable to participate in mainstream physical activities, without fear of discrimination,
harassment and victimisation. The consultation process for the strategy aims to look at this issue for
local communities. We will also be clear in commissioning that local programmes we commission
need to positively work with any communities.
2 Who’s using it?
Refer to equality groups
What data/evidence do you have about who is or could be affected (e.g. equality monitoring, customer
feedback, current service use, national/regional/local trends)?
The strategy aims to support and empower those who have the lowest activity levels to become more
active. Activity levels vary across equality groups for example, the national guidance document
(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216370/dh_128210.pdf)
states, that across the UK :
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Physical activity is higher in men at all ages, than in women.
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Physical activity declines significantly with increasing age for both men and women.
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Physical activity is lower in low-income households.
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Certain ethnic groups have lower levels of physical activity. For example, in England, physical
activity is lower for black or minority ethnic groups, with the exception of African-Caribbean and Irish
populations.
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Boys are more active than girls.
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Girls are more likely than boys to reduce their activity levels as they move from childhood to
adolescence.
A rapid topic overview report on physical activity among lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
(LGB&T) communities in England, published in March 2014 by Brunel University in London
(http://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/370345/Rapid-Topic-Overview.pdf), highlighted
that this is an under-researched area. Data presented in this report from the Scottish National Health
Survey Equality groups (2012) showed that bisexual, lesbian and gay respondents were not
significantly different to heterosexual respondents in relation to sport and physical activity.
Respondents identified as ‘other’ were significantly less likely to meet the physical activity
recommendations than the national average. It is acknowledged that this evidence comes from
Scotland rather than England, but there was no good quality evidence on English participation rates
available. This report did highlight the discrimination that respondents experienced that stopped them
from participating in many sports.
How can you involve your customers in developing the proposal?
We are having two consultation events to engage the public. We have also asked Healthwatch, health
ambassadors and the health improvement team to let the public know of the strategy and how to
feedback to us regarding the strategy.
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Who is missing? Do you need to fill any gaps in your data? (pause DIA if necessary)
The strategy development was informed by a detailed literature review and the latest available data.
For all protected characteristics there is lack of a detailed evidence base at a Swindon level.
Estimates are made from England level data for local gaps. Nationally there are gaps in evidence
around transgender, marriage/civil partnership, religion/belief and sexual orientation groups and
physical activity.
3 Impact
Refer to dimensions of equality and equality groups
Show consideration of: age, disability, sex, transgender, marriage/civil partnership,
maternity/pregnancy, race, religion/belief, sexual orientation
and if appropriate: financial economic status, homelessness, political view
Using the information in parts 1 & 2:
a) Does the proposal create an adverse impact which may affect some groups or individuals? Is it
clear what this is? How can this be mitigated or justified?
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Longevity –positive impact. Increasing physical activity, targeting those who are inactive,
will have a positive impact on health and wellbeing and therefore have a positive effect on
longevity
Physical security – neutral impact. This is mainly through increased physical wellbeing as a
result of increasing physical activity
Health – positive impact. There is strong evidence that increasing physical activity improves
physical and mental health and wellbeing.
Education – positive impact. Many initiatives many initiatives resulting from strategy include
educational approaches of learning about lifestyle changes in a wider context, including
advice on other lifestyle issues such as stopping smoking and healthy eating. Many school
programmes link the initiatives to the education curriculum.
Standard of living – neutral impact
Productive and valued activities - positive impact. Becoming more active and going out
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more into the community, can lead to a greater productivity and engagement with the local
community.
Individual, family and social life – positive impact. Increasing physical activity through going
out for walks or to the parks with friends and family or going to community activity groups or
sports will have a positive effect on individual, family and social life.
Participation, influence and voice – positive impact. The strategy aims to increase
participation by inactive groups and ensure that provision for physical activity is open to all.
Identify, expression and self-respect – positive impact. Increasing physical activity,
particularly promoting activities which welcome everyone, can increase self-respect.
Legal security – neutral impact
What can be done to change this impact?
There have been no negative impacts identified.
b) Does the proposal create benefit for a particular group? Is it clear what this is? Can you
maximise the benefits for other groups?
The whole ethos of the strategy is to take a pan-Swindon approach whilst recognising that there
are groups who are inactive who will need extra efforts at engagement. This should provide benefit
for a number of groups who have been identified as inactive, above.
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Does further consultation need to be done? How will assumptions made in this assessment be
tested?
We will be undertaking 2 community consultation events, and also linking with Healthwatch, the
health ambassadors and the health improvement team, in order to identify any other issues or
gaps. The feedback from the consultations will be incorporated into the strategy. The strategy will
then be ratified by the Health and Wellbeing Board which is a public meeting.
The strategy and its action plan are regularly reviewed by the healthy weight implementation group
so any comments from service users will be discussed and actioned at that group. In addition
there is performance review of local programmes to pick up service user feedback in order to
improve the programmes.
4 So what?
What changes have you made in the course of this DIA?
Link to business planning process
Carrying out the DIA has widened the protected characteristics considered by the strategy, and
encouraged a broader consideration of how the strategy and its action plan can reflect the
different barriers that are arising from different needs of different groups. This will mean that the
action plan for this strategy and local programmes commissioned by Swindon Borough Council
will take account of the equality groups where physical activity levels are low and try to improve
activity levels.
What will you do now and what will be included in future planning?
We will include equality and diversity requirements within our commissioning specifications and
require providers to demonstrate how services reach different groups in the community. Other
non- commissioned programmes e.g. through grant funding will also have to demonstrate how
services reach different groups in the community. The women only walking group is an example
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of responding to an identified need in the community where some BME communities feel more
comfortable in a single sex activity. Over the next year we will also look at service provision for
LGB&T communities.
When will this be reviewed?
The strategy is supported by an action plan which is reviewed annually in March. The next review
will be March 2016.
How will success be measured?
Outcomes have been set as to the success of the strategy. Where available data will
also be gathered on these, broken down by protective characteristics.
For the record
Name of person leading this DIA- Fiona Dickens
27/10/14
Names of people involved in consideration of impact- Nick Stephenson, Chaam Klinger
Name of manager signing DIA- Cherry Jones
Date signed
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