Get Cheshire West Moving
Foreword
Cllr Louise Gittins, Chair of Eat Well be Active and Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council:
Being active is one of the best things in life. Not only does it make you feel great, but it also helps you to stay physically healthy, keep a healthy mind, stay connected with others, and if you are active outdoors, connected with nature too.
Cllr Gittins continued:
Being active can also have wider impacts, it can help us to reduce car use, reducing carbon emissions and increasing road safety. It can also help to reduce inequalities, alleviating the impact of deprivation and poverty.
Whilst many residents of Cheshire West and Chester are active, a significant number aren’t. This strategy has been co-produced by partners and residents across the borough to help support, encourage and empower people in Cheshire West and Chester to be active, more often, in ways in which they enjoy.
Delivery of this strategy will take effort from partners at all levels, across all sectors and all localities. Being active is so important that it needs to be built into people’s daily lives, whether at nursery, school, college, work, home and importantly when they are in care settings. Key to the delivery of this strategy are health colleagues, workplaces, education, leisure, sports clubs, community organisations, volunteers, friends and family – we all have a part to play.
We have the opportunity to really make a difference and make being active the norm. So, let’s put on our active soles and find a way to move, which brings us joy!”
With thanks to
The Get Cheshire West Moving Strategy has been co-developed by a range of partners. We would like to thank:
- Active Cheshire
- Brio
- Cheshire Football Association
- Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Chester FC
- Chester School Sports Partnership
- Cheshire West and Chester Council teams, including:
- Public Health
- Youth Service
- Children and Families
- Commissioning
- Planning
- Strategic Transport and Infrastructure
- Green Infrastructure
- Cheshire West Voluntary Action
- The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
- CWP 0-19 Starting Well Service
- England Netball
- Ellesmere Port School Sports Partnership
- Fallen Angels
- Groundwork
- Her Place
- Healthbox CiC
- Mersey Forest
- Neston Community Youth Centre
- Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (North West)
- Sported
- StreetGames
- Vale Royal School Sports Partnership
- University of Chester
If you find your organisation not named here but would like to find out more and be involved in the delivery of the strategy, please contact: