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HEALTH AND SPORT COMMITTEE
AGENDA
7th Meeting, 2015 (Session 4)
Tuesday 3 March 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4).
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
The Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2015 (SI 2015/93) Fish Labelling (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/48) National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/64) National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/65)
3. Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy: The Committee will take evidence, in round-table format, from—
Stewart Harris, Chief Executive, sportscotland;
Billy Garrett, Head of Sport, Glasgow Life;
Ian Murray, Chief Executive, High Life Highland;
Dean Wilkinson, Sport and Physical Activity Development Manager, Edinburgh Leisure;
Eamon John, Service Manager, Sport, Countryside and Leisure, East Lothian Council;
Kim Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Sports Association.
4. Infertility treatment: The Committee will consider its approach. HS/S4/15/7/A
Eugene Windsor Clerk to the Health and Sport Committee Room T3.60 The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh Tel: 0131 348 5410 Email: [email protected] HS/S4/15/7/A
The papers for this meeting are as follows—
Agenda Item 2
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Agenda Item 3
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PRIVATE PAPER HS/S4/15/7/3 (P)
Agenda Item 4
PRIVATE PAPER HS/S4/15/7/4 (P)
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Health and Sport Committee
7th Meeting, 2015 (Session 4), Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Subordinate Legislation Briefing
Overview of instrument
1. There are four negative instruments for consideration at today’s meeting.
2. A brief explanation of the instruments, along with the comments of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, is set out below. If members have any queries or points of clarification on the instrument which they wish to have raised with the Scottish Government in advance of the meeting, please could these be passed to the Clerk to the Committee as soon as possible.
Details on SI 2015/93
3. The Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2015 (SI 2015/93) The Order amends the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules as set out in the Health and Care Professions Order of Council 2003 (S.I. 2003/1572). The Order includes additional provisions in relation to the information that the Health and Care Professions Council may require (by notice at any time) to determine whether there is appropriate cover under an indemnity arrangement in force in relation to a registrant who is practising as a member of one of the relevant professions, or person seeking registration to practise. 4. There has been no motion to annul this instrument. 5. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has not made any comments on this instrument.
Details on SSI 2015/48
6. Fish Labelling (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/48) This instrument will provide for the enforcement of the new EU consumer information requirements for fishery products, which require that information on the equipment used to catch the fish, the date of minimum durability (as appropriate) and a more precise definition of farmed production area or catch area for fish caught at sea, must be available to consumers at the point of retail.
7. There has been no motion to annul this instrument. 8. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has not made any comments on this instrument.
9. The policy note of the instrument is at Annexe A.
Details on SSI 2015/64 1
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10. National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/64) These Regulations amend the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992.
11. The principal Regulations concern the assessment of a person’s liability to pay for accommodation provided under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”). By virtue of section 87(3) of the 1968 Act, accommodation provided under the 1968 Act or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 shall be regarded as accommodation provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948.
12. There has been no motion to annul this instrument. 13. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has not made any comments on this instrument.
Details on SSI 2015/65
14. National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/65) Section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) requires a local authority to assume in assessing a person’s liability to pay for accommodation provided under the 1968 Act or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 that they will need for their personal requirements such sum per week as may be prescribed by regulations.
15. The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992, made under section 22(4) of the 1948 Act, prescribe the abovementioned weekly personal expenses allowance. This allowance is usually increased each April at the same time as Social Security benefits are uprated. The amount of allowance is the same for residents whether they are placed in local authority or independent sector homes. These regulations will increase the weekly rate of this allowance in line with the increase in the standard minimum guarantee of Pension Credit from £24.55 to £25.05 from 6th April 2015.
16. There has been no motion to annul this instrument. 17. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has not made any comments on this instrument.
Bryan McConachie Committee Assistant
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Annexe A:
POLICY NOTE
THE FISH LABELLING (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2015
SSI 2015 No. 48
1. The above instrument was made by the Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(4), 16(1), 17(2), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990, paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2. Policy Objectives 2. 1 This instrument will provide for the enforcement of the new EU consumer information requirements for fishery products, which require that information on the equipment used to catch the fish, the date of minimum durability (as appropriate) and a more precise definition of farmed production area or catch area for fish caught at sea, must be available to consumers at the point of retail.
2.3 The amendment, which is necessary to comply with EU obligations on member states to execute and enforce EU food law, will provide the basis for delivery of enhanced consumer information and so enable consumers to make more informed choices, including expressing a preference for fish that has been caught in a sustainable manner. Consumers will benefit from the greater certainty and clarity that the increased information will provide, and have increased confidence in the quality of the product they are purchasing, while the sustainability of fisheries worldwide could be increased in response to consumer preference.
3. Policy Background 3.1. New requirements to provide the consumer with additional information on fish and fishery products at the retail stage have been introduced throughout the EU. The new rules are included in the fourth chapter of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council, enacted on 11 December 2013. This Regulation, together with its companion Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 (for which Marine Scotland have policy responsibility), mandates a wholesale revision of the Common Fisheries Policy, specifically its Common Organisation of the Market (CMO) Regulation, which also covers fishing, production and marketing. Provision must be made within domestic legislation to enforce the new consumer information requirements. Government intervention is necessary to ensure that the market supplies the consumer with the required information and to maintain consistency in how this is applied throughout the industry.
3.2 The additional requirements to provide information on fishery products are:
the equipment used to catch the fish
the date of minimum durability (as appropriate).
3.3 Furthermore, the current requirement to provide information on where a fish has been farmed or caught will become more specific. The revised requirement is for information that satisfies a tighter definition of the country of origin of farmed fish and a more precise definition of catch area for fish caught at sea.
3.4 The EU Regulation also encourages Food Business Operators to provide additional voluntary information, provided that it is clear, unambiguous and verifiable. It suggests that information of the following types would be particularly helpful:
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Date of catch / harvest
Date of landing or information on the port of landing
More details on the fishing gear
Vessel's flag state
Environmental information
Ethical/social information
Production techniques and practices
Nutritional content
If such information is provided on labels, there is a legal requirement to ensure that it can be verified, and to ensure that it is not displayed to the detriment of the space available for mandatory information. Local Authorities are empowered to enforce this requirement.
4. Legislative Context 4.1 European legislation harmonises consumer information and traceability requirements regarding fish and fishery products. The applicable legislation is set out in the following paragraphs.
4.2 Previous situation
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Control Regulation (EC) 1224/2009 – Establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance within the rules of the common fisheries policy
(EC) 404/2011 – Sets out detailed rules for the implementation of 1224/2009
Common Organisation of the Markets in Fishery and Aquaculture Products (CMO) (EC) 104/2000 – Base Regulation
(EC) 2065/2001 – Detailed rules for the application of 104/2000
Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) The Fish Labelling (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013 No. 256) – provides for the enforcement in Scotland of the European legislation on traceability and consumer information requirements.
The current consumer information requirements are as follows: Fishery and aquaculture products.....may only be offered for retail to the final consumer where appropriate marking or labelling indicates:
The commercial designation of the species, and scientific name
The production method, in particular by the following words ‘caught’ or ‘caught in freshwater’ or ‘farmed’ or ‘cultivated’
The area where the product was caught or farmed
Whether the product has previously been frozen, to be indicated by the word ‘defrosted’
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4.3 Revised situation (applied fully from December 2014)
Common Organisation of the Markets in Fishery and Aquaculture Products (CMO) Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 – Repealed and replaced Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 from 1 January 2014 (Consumer information on commercial designations, catch area and production methods remain in force until 12 December 2014) and introduces revised consumer information requirements from 13 December 2014.
Regulation (EU) No 1420/2013 – repealed Regulation (EC) No 2065/2001 with effect from 13 December 2014.
Common Organisation of the Markets in Fishery Products (CMO) (EC) 1379/2013 – This Regulation updates and consolidates the European consumer information requirements which are listed below:
Chapter IV Consumer Information
Fishery and aquaculture products … may be offered for sale to the final consumer or to a mass caterer only if appropriate marking or labelling indicates:
(a) the commercial designation of the species and its scientific name;
(b) the production method, in particular by the following words "… caught …" or "… caught in freshwater …" or "… farmed …";
(c) the area where the product was caught or farmed, and the category of fishing gear used in capture of fisheries, as laid down in the first column of Annex III to the Regulation;
(d) whether the product has been defrosted;
(e) the date of minimum durability, where appropriate.
5. Consultation 5.1 Consultation took place between 24 September 2014 and 17 October 2014. The consultation produced nine responses and a summary will be published on http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/consultations The FSA(S) received responses from two private individuals and from seven producers and producer associations within the industry. The consumers were concerned that fish were sometimes labelled in ways that gave a misleading impression about the country of origin and production method. The proposed legislation should help to address these concerns. The most common concerns expressed by the industry have been around the revised requirement to provide information on where a fish has been caught, specifically a more precise definition of catch area for fish caught at sea. The European Commission published a pocket guide to the regulations in December and intends to issue a list of catch areas with translations in key EU languages to help clarify the required information. Furthermore, two businesses commented that their relabelling and familiarisation costs would be substantial, and significantly higher than those estimated in the Partial BRIA. It was noted, however, that since these businesses produced processed fisheries products any additional relabelling and familiarisation costs would be linked to the introduction of the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation and not this specific requirement. The Food Standards Agency will keep this under review.
6. Other Administrations 6.1 These Regulations apply to Scotland only. However, equivalent Regulations have been introduced in the other UK countries.
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7. Guidance 7.1 The current guidance to the Fish Labelling Regulations 2013 will be updated to take account of the changes described above and guidance from the European Commission. In the meantime, working with Marine Scotland, the FSA will issue an information note to the industry to help address concerns raised during consultation.
8. Impact Assessment
8.1 A final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared following public consultation and discussion with a selection of businesses and accompanies this note.
9 Regulating small businesses 9.1 This Regulation will apply to all businesses trading in fishery products in order for the benefits of traceability to be realised.
10. Monitoring 10.1. The FSA will work with Enforcement Authorities where problems or suspected infringements of the legislation arise. The effectiveness of the instrument will be also be monitored via general feedback from industry and Enforcement Authorities.
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Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy
sportscotland
As soon as Glasgow was awarded last year’s Games in November 2007, we began working closely with our partners in local authorities, sports and the Scottish Government to put in place a strategy to capitalise on that huge opportunity. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games was Scotland’s biggest sporting event in a generation. Not only did the Games showcase some of the best sporting talent around but they also provided a platform to celebrate Scotland and raise our profile on the international stage. sportscotland’s Focus
Developing and supporting a world class sporting system at all levels by investing in and joining up the people, places, planning and partnerships that make sport happen. All of our work across School, Club and Performance sport is focussed on providing Scotland with a strong sporting legacy for the future. Glasgow 2014 provided the opportunity to accelerate these plans
Legacy Impact
To ensure that the Games have a positive impact that goes beyond 2014. We developed two Legacy objectives - to improve and develop sustainable community based sport, and to improve and develop Scotland’s performance sport system.
Investment
As the high performance arm, the sportscotland institute of sport is responsible for developing a World Class system for both Scotland and the UK that ensures Scottish athletes consistently perform with distinction on the World stage.
For the Glasgow 2014 XXth Commonwealth Games cycle, sportscotland/Institute invested in the following Commonwealth Games programmes over the 4 year period (2010-2014):
• £38,192,414 invested during sportscotland’s 2011-15 Commonwealth Games cycle for the 17 Commonwealth Games sports and Scottish Disability Sport. • Increase of 23.46% from 2007-11 Investment Cycle (£30,934,477) • 186 direct SAPA awards were made to 105 athletes • Supporting the Games sports and their athletes with high performance expertise in a range of disciplines. • Supporting high performance coaches across a range of programmes • Performance Infrastructure including access to training and competition facilities was at the heart of this support.
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We estimate the total invested in all Commonwealth Games performance programmes in Scotland was in the region of £50 million. This contributed to Team Scotland delivering a record-breaking medal haul of 53 eclipsing our previous best performance of 33 medals. Commonwealth Games venues which sportscotland invested in are as follows: Tollcross Swimming Pool - £930,000 Scotstoun Stadium (track, stadium, and squash centre) - £5,175,000 Royal Commonwealth Pool - £5,000,000 Hampden Stadium - £1,200,000 The Emirates Arena - £15,000,000 Kelvingrove Tennis and Bowling Pavilion - £100,000 Strathclyde Park (National Rowing Academy) - £1,026,811 – rowing is not part of the G2014 programme, but Strathclyde Park is the venue for Triathlon Glasgow Green Hockey Centre - £238,000
In July, 2014 sportscotland announced proposals for a further £20m, on top of previous £44.3m funding, for national and regional sports facilities. Bringing together local authorities and sporting bodies, the fund provides world-class facilities for athletes and communities across Scotland.
Substantial progress to encourage and support the growth of local participation in sports and physical activity has included:
£80 million investment through Active Schools offering over five million opportunities for Scottish children in 100-plus different sports. sportscotland has also announced a further four-year investment into the Active Schools Network of up to £50 million across all 32 of Scotland’s council’s from April 2015 to March 2019. £11.6 million (£6.8m sportscotland and £4.8m Education Scotland) of funding to ensure PE is delivered in all schools a £10 million Active Places Fund that will create and improve places in local communities where people can become active £24 million through the CashBack for Communities scheme (reinvesting funds recovered from the proceeds of crime) to improve facilities and provide over 750,000 free opportunities for local communities to participate in sport and physical activity £5 million for ClubGolf since 2003 giving over 300,000 children in Scotland the chance to try out golf
Impact Beyond 2014
Some of our work to ensure the Games make a long term difference to sport in Scotland includes:
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Developing a network of 150 community sport hubs across the country
We continue to work with local partners towards the target of establishing 150 community sport hubs (CSH) across Scotland. At present 137 of these are operational with 57% of those planned being based in schools. We are focused on supporting each CSH officer to make it happen in their local community and the next officers’ development day is scheduled for 25 February 2015. We are also working with all 32 local authorities to finalise their plan for CSHs from 2015-19.
Developing the infrastructure of high performance sport sportscotland’s investment into the institute of sport network in the lead up to the Glasgow Games has ensured that high performance sport has better structures and support than ever before.
Heading into new Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth cycles, our experts at the institute of sport will continue to work with sports and athletes to ensure we build on the momentum generated by the home Games.
Over the last 20 years, Scottish Government and National Lottery investment has changed the face of sport in Scotland. Thanks to this investment, Scottish athletes - whether based in Scotland or as part of GB programmes - now receive some of the best support in the world
Supporting a new generation of world class sports facilities
The Scottish Government has committed £24m towards the £30m National Performance Centre for Sport at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University, where elite athletes will be able to train and prepare for competing at international level. sportscotland has also announced that a new accommodation building will be constructed on the current site alongside improvements to the sports facilities to allow its National Centre Inverclyde to become Scotland’s first dedicated para-sport centre of excellence. The new multi-million pound investment – at least £9 million is being spent - will be completed by 2016, and deliver a modern, accessible and fully-inclusive, world-class centre of excellence.
Volunteering and Coaching
Volunteering and good quality coaching is the backbone of school, club and performance sport, and crucial to the delivery of all our sport and physical activity objectives.
The experience of volunteering at the Games will leave a lasting legacy for thousands of Scots, and volunteering additionally provides a superb pathway to learning, training and employment.
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The volunteering in sport framework under sportscotland ‘s 2013-15 business plan includes:
Coaching and volunteering infrastructure established with a focus on national to local delivery, and inputting into the development of Scottish Governing Body plans across 22 sports. Partnerships in place with Youth Sport Trust (YST), Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS), Young Scot and the Winning Scotland Foundation to maximise volunteering outcomes
Additonal sportscotland support includes:
£340k for the Positive Coaching Scotland programme in schools and clubs. £200k for the “Class of 14” programme to boost numbers and develop coaching quality within clubs aligned to the Commonwealth Games Sports
Clubs sportscotland has ploughed £10 million into club sport to help sustainable development through the Direct Club Investment programme and creating Regional Development Posts. Almost 50 new Regional Development Posts have been created for Scottish Governing Bodies of sport, increasing professional support for local sports clubs.
Children and Young People
Our vision is that Scotland is a great environment for children and young people to embark on lifelong participation in sport – with the health and wider social benefits this brings.
In June 2014, the Scottish Government and COSLA published Scotland’s first ever sport strategy developed for and by children and young people: Giving Children and Young People a Sporting Chance.
The Young People’s Sport Panel played a central role in the strategy, plus almost 3000 children and young people fed into a consultation It showcases the exceptional work already underway locally and nationally, and commits to working collectively over the next decade The target is delivery of a wide range of sports in a range of settings; led by great people in great places, with higher profiling of sporting talent, successes and opportunities.
Delivery of the Scottish Government’s commitment on 2 hours of PE in primary schools, and 2 periods in S1 to S4 is measured annually through the Healthy Living Survey. The Healthy Living Survey results from 2014, conducted in February 2014 and published in June 2014 outlined that:
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97% of primary schools are meeting the target of at least 120 minutes of PE to all pupils, up from 88% in 2012 and up from 3% in 2004/05. 27 out of 32 local authorities have 95% or more primary schools meeting this target. In secondary schools, 90% are meeting the target of providing at least 100 minutes of PE to all pupils in S1 to S4, down from 91% in 2012 (just three schools fewer, overall) but this is still up from 46% in 2004/05. 18 out of 32 Local Authorities have all of their secondary schools meeting this target. sportscotland is investing £6.8 million in local authorities over 2012/13 – 2015/16 to help them to deliver the commitment. Education Scotland is supplementing that with a £4.8 million package of national initiatives designed to increase the support available to schools and teachers. This has included support for a network of 39 PE Lead Officers working across local authorities, the roll-out of the Better Movers and Thinkers physical literacy programme and a PE Grants fund. sportscotland
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Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy
Glasgow Life
1. Introduction
1.1 This report provides an overview of the progress made towards achieving our vision for legacy from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
1.2 The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (23 July to 3 August 2014) was the largest multi-sport and cultural event to be held in Scotland in a generation. The Games were hailed widely as a huge success for the city and were called:
‘the best Games ever’.
Prince Imran of Malaysia, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation
1.3 Yet the success of the games is not just about the 11 days of competition, it is about the legacy the games leave behind for the people of Glasgow and Scotland.
2. Background
2.1 From the outset, it was planned that the Games would leave a lasting legacy for Glasgow. The Glasgow 2014 Legacy Framework was developed following an extensive process of consultation with stakeholders. It sets out the Council’s strategic objectives for delivering a lasting legacy up to 2019 (i.e. planning for the 5 years up to the Games and 5 years after) and outlines the key projects being delivered by the Council and partners to achieve these.
2.2 The Legacy Framework is structured around six legacy themes, where the ambition is to leave Glasgow: more Prosperous; more Active; with an enhanced International image and outlook; Greener; more Accessible; and more Inclusive.
2.3 Since 2009, £196 million has been invested in sports facilities across the city including those which served as Games venues - Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome; Tollcross International Swimming Centre; Glasgow National Hockey Centre; Scotstoun Stadium; Scotstoun Leisure Centre; Toryglen Football Centre; Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre and Cathkin Braes Mountain Biking Circuit. All sports facilities were complete and in use by the community more than a year before the Games.
2.4 Over this period, attendances across all of Glasgow Life’s sports facilities have grown from 5.4 million to 6.6 million.
2.5 Glasgow Life has a key role in delivering the Active legacy and contributes directly and indirectly to the other themes from the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In sport, culture, learning and citizenship, this is the culmination of years of planning and hard work. Monitoring of these legacies will continue for at least five more years through a combination of planned research and evaluation, performance monitoring and the profile of the City on the world stage.
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2.6 By the 23 July 2014 (Opening Ceremony) all performance measures which track progress of the Glasgow Life projects had been completed or were on track, on time and on budget.
3. Sports Participation
3.1 The annual Scottish Household Survey captures and tracks the percentage of adults who have participated in any sport (excluding walking) in the past four weeks.
3.1.2 The latest Scottish Household Survey (2013) demonstrates that Glasgow is closing the gap on the national average, one year before the Games and the long-term trend in sports participation is increasing since the bid was won in 2007, and the start of legacy monitoring.
Percentage of adults participating in sport (excluding walking) in the last four weeks 70%
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0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 year
3.1.3 At a national level, the Scottish Household Survey suggests that participation in sport (excluding walking) by adults in the last 4 weeks has remained fairly stable between 2007 and 2013, but were higher in 2011 when 54% of adults participated in sport. The figure for 2013 is 52%. The figures for Glasgow are slightly lower than Scotland as a whole, with 49% of adults participating in sports (excluding walking) in the last 4 weeks.
3.2 Attendances at Glasgow Sport venues across the city has seen a 58% growth since the bid was won in 2007, attendances in 2013/14 stand at a record high of 6.6 million (one year before the Games).
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Glasgow Sports Venues Attendances
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6,000,000
5,000,000
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3.3 The table below shows the growth trend in attendances across the previous four years against five other urban authorities (used internally for benchmarking). The dataset is the Improvement Service’s Local Government Benchmarking Framework data, as such it does not include outside usages. Albeit it does provide a useful comparison against which Glasgow can demonstrate significant and above average growth.
Local Government Benchmarking Framework Attendances at Venues 7,000,000
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3,000,000 Attendances 2,000,000
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Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Dundee North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire 4. Glasgow Club Membership
4.1 The graphs below show the growth in Glasgow Club Members across pay monthly (Direct Debit) and pay as you go membership.
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Pay Monthly Members Pay as You Go Members
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Glasgow Club Members Club Glasgow Glasgow Club Members Club Glasgow 10,000 5,000 5,000 0 0 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 year year 4.2 There has been a 47.0% growth in pay monthly memberships and a 47.3% growth in pay as you go memberships since the beginning of legacy monitoring in 2009.
5. Demographic of Glasgow Club Members
5.1 The Glasgow Club Membership data has been analysed using CACI’s ACORN consumer segmentation system. Acorn is a consumer classification that segments the population by postcodes into five categories, 17 narrower groups and 60 detailed types. By analysing demographic data, social factors, population and consumer behaviour, ACORN provides information and an understanding of different types of people.
5.2 The segmentation of Glasgow Club Members is shown below.
5.3 The graph above shows that the largest single share of Glasgow Club Members are categorised as hard pressed1 (41.8%) this compares favourably with Glasgow as a whole (49.2% hard pressed). The analysis shows the Glasgow Club Membership is broadly representative of the communities it serves.
1 All descriptions in the ACORN category profile graph are those used by ACORN, not Glasgow Life.
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5.4 The findings from the ACORN analysis were consistent with SIMD analysis which found that 39.3% of Glasgow Club Members live in areas ranked in the bottom quintile.
5.5 The findings, as well as demonstrating the breadth of the challenge in Glasgow, provide evidence of impact in key areas. Moreover that the Glasgow Club offer is accessible to the whole community.
6. Glasgow 2014 Sports Venues
6.1 The Games Venues, new and refurbished, have become an unparalleled legacy for Glasgow and Scotland, leaving Glasgow with some of the best sporting amenities in Europe.
6.1.1 This section of the report provides a brief update on how these venues are both being used by the public and the wider community, and high-performance athlete training and for world-class competitions
6.2 Emirates Arena including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
6..2.1 The Emirates Arena including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome - hosted the Badminton and the cycling competitions at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The venue includes one of Europe’s largest indoor sports arenas of its type, a velodrome and community facilities – a gym, dance studio, spa, sports halls, outdoor floodlit 5-a-side pitches.
6.2.2 Since opening the venue has had over 676,500 attendances, and has 1,996 Glasgow Club Members who regularly use the facilities.
6.2.3 The venue houses several national sports governing bodies, and is a national training and events venue for athletics, basketball, netball and, track cycling as well as the home venue of the Glasgow Rocks BBL Pro Basketball team.
6.2.4 The venue has also hosted many major world-class events including:
UCI Track Cycling World Cup (2012) World Cup Gymnastics (2012) / 2013 / 2014) British International Athletics International Match (2013) / (2014) Badminton World Federation Grand Prix (2014) World Youth Netball Championships (2013) World Junior Track Cycling Championships (2013) European Men Judo Open (2013) World Title Boxing in (2013) BBL Trophy Final (2014) Four Nations Karate (2014) Judo European Open (2014) Scottish Athletics Open (2015)
6.3 Tollcross International Swimming Centre
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6.3.1 Tollcross International Swimming Centre - The competition venue for swimming at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The refurbishment, completed May 2013, has created one of the largest facilities of its type in Europe, with upgraded competition pool, additional six lane 50m pool (warm-up pool for the Games), 3,000 spectator seats, new pool-side event control room and fitness and health suites, extended changing facilities, (including the addition of a state of the art accessible wet room), upgraded cafe and a general upgrade of existing facilities. Moreover following a fire in a nearby community hall the public hall, function rooms, dance studio, dressing room and community hall have been relocated here.
6.3.2 Since reopening the venue has had over 900,000 attendances, and has 3,993 Glasgow Club Members who regularly use the facilities. The venue is used daily by the community including the schools P3 – P7 learn to swim programme
6.3.3 Since re-opening the venue has hosted national and international events including:
Duel in the Pool (USA v Europe)( 2013) Scottish Gas Swimming National Championships (2014) British International Disability Swimming Championships (2014) British Gas Open Invitational Swimming (2014) British International Para Swimming Championship (2015)
6.4 Scotstoun Stadium and Leisure Centre
6.4.1 Scotstoun Sports Campus incorporating Scotstoun Stadium and Scotstoun Leisure Centre – hosted both Squash and Table Tennis competitions, with the stadium acting as an athletics training venue.
6.4.2 The redeveloped Scotstoun Stadium opened in 2010 and is the headquarters, training and home match venue for Glasgow Warriors, and the Home for Victoria Park Athletics Club, and the Glasgow Athletics Association.
6.4.3 Since reopening there have been over 650,000 attendances at the stadium which has played host to a number of events including the IRB (International Rugby Board) Sevens in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
6.4.4 The expansion to Scotstoun Leisure Centre includes new permanent squash provision for six singles courts or four doubles courts, with a glass-walled show court ensuring spectators a great view, and new permanent seating. The squash courts are proving to be very popular for casual use, leagues, school use, coaching and national and international competition. In 2013/14 there were 15,062 squash usages.
6.4.5 The new facilities have seen attendance at the centre growing year on year with almost one million usages in 2013/14 and 5,989 Glasgow Club members.
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6.5 National Hockey Centre
6.5.1 National Hockey Centre - Glasgow Venue for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Hockey competition. The centre opened in summer 2013 and features two floodlit national standard synthetic hockey pitches, changing accommodation and a 532 permanent spectator stand.
6.5.2 The venue is headquarters for Scottish Hockey, and has been used by Glasgow schools and for major events including the four Nations and the Champions Challenge - a world class event with two weeks of competition between eight of International Hockey’s best teams.
6.5.3 The water based pitches are being extensively used by clubs, schools, coaching, national squad training, and league and event competition. During 2013/14, the venue was programmed to 80% capacity, which will increase for 2014/15 with the programming of after school activities. The venue has had over 63,500 usages since opening.
6.5.4 Over 3,000 young people have participated in a number of successful youth events (over and above regular bookings) at the venue, including the Youth Olympics, The Hockey Festival and the Champions Challenge.
6.6 Glasgow Life recently commissioned EKOS Ltd to evaluate venues which were newly built or refurbished ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The new and refurbished venues were found to have impacted positively on customer experience, and over 80% of customers surveyed thought these venues had increased the City’s ability to host major sporting events. Feedback from sports governing bodies was unanimous that the new/improved venues were significantly better than other venues currently or previously used. (Evaluation of the Investment in Commonwealth Games Venues, EKOS Ltd, August 2014)
7. Youth and Community Sport
7.1 Community Sport Hubs (CSH) are a key component of Glasgow Life’s contribution to the legacy of the Commonwealth Games. The CSH are delivered in partnership with SportScotland, and provide an exciting and innovative approach to the development of sport in local clubs.
7.2 Through the development of CSH, clubs are being encouraged to undertake promotion activity and to develop and share community sports facilities. Over the last three years nine CSH have been developed across the city. Each Hub is unique to their community and each Hub have committed to a set of principles including, growing participation, and engaging the local community.
7.3 There are currently three further Community Sport Hubs in development across the city.
Case Study – Drumchapel Sport
The creation of a Community Sport Hub is helping clubs in Drumchapel to thrive.
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Drumchapel CSH, under the brand of Drumchapel Sport, was set-up in 2012. Nine local sports clubs and other community organisations have joined the Hub.
The clubs have already built strong links with the area’s schools, with regular sessions being delivered to pupils by the clubs. Drumchapel Sport’s vision is they can contribute to a more confident, healthy and aspiring community in Drumchapel.
"Since the formation of the hub, we have seen so many benefits for sport throughout Drumchapel. The Community Sport Hub initiative helps clubs to share expertise and resources which, in turn, has seen club membership's increase, additional sessions developed, and new coaches trained. It is exciting to be involved in this project and as the Hub continues to grow the opportunities for the Drumchapel community to become involved in sport will continue to grow."
David Smith, chairperson Drumchapel CSH
7.4 There is broad consensus that the critical juncture for lifelong enthusiasm in sport to be sparked is at an early age, when patterns of lifestyle are established. This means that schools, both primary and secondary, have a key role. In addition to physical Education provision in schools, during 2013/14, almost 30,000 physical activity extra- curricular opportunities (breakfast, lunch and after school) were provided across Glasgow’s schools, supported by 804 trained volunteers – more than double the 384 volunteers in 2012.
7.5 In partnership with National Governing Bodies and citywide sport organisations, Glasgow Life has developed Whole Sports Plans (WSPs) for 15 sports. The delivery of these WSPs helps strengthen and develop citywide competition pathways and sports squad structures.
7.6 In 2013/14 Glasgow Sport delivered 2,157 diversionary physical activity programme sessions across a variety of sports in areas of high crime, resulting in 40,867 attendances.
7.7 The effectiveness of performance programmes is evidenced by the 77 Glasgow athletes achieving selection to the Scottish Institute of Sport during 2013/14 - more than doubling the 2009/10 baseline of 34.
7.8 a commitment to sports development has seen increasing numbers of Glasgow- based athletes in performance programmes each year - from 316 in 2009/10 to 453 in 2013/14.
8. Clubs
8.1 Building on the lasting Legacy of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow Sport’s Clubmark accreditation scheme was introduced to ensure that the people of Glasgow have access to high quality sports clubs across the whole city. Clubmark provides clubs with a foundation from which they can develop. Accreditation attracts support for coach education, puts in place procedures for volunteer recruitment and development, as well as supporting the club to create a positive environment where young people can take part in sport.
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8.2 This first level of Clubmark ensures that clubs have the latest key policies and procedures in place for safe sport. It focuses on child protection and health and safety, allowing clubs to provide a safe environment for young people. The second level is to help clubs grow and develop by putting in place measures that allow them to do so. Clubs are required to show evidence of the procedures they have in place for the management of their club. The key aims include raise the club’s profile within their local community; develop sustainable club structures to grow membership and train new and existing coaches & volunteers.
Case Study - Kingston Swimming Club
Kingston Swimming Club is a club who have gained not only Clubmark accreditation but also the NGB accreditation, Swimark. In partnership with Glasgow Sport, club coaches and volunteers were supported to gain coaching qualifications and child protection training. Additionally Glasgow Sport supported the club to host a UKCC Level 1 Swimming Course. Seven coaches from Kingston attended and passed this course and this has allowed the club to enhance the programme of coaching on offer at the club.
After gaining Clubmark accreditation, Kingston applied for and were successfully awarded Glasgow Sport Community funding which helped the club purchase starter equipment allowing it to now host its own swim meets.
We have found the Clubmark programme to be a valuable experience, giving us an increased confidence in our running of the club.”
Adrian Foulds, Chairperson, Kingston Swimming Club
8.3 Since 2009, Glasgow Life has supported 118 clubs to achieve quality scheme accreditation (e.g. Clubmark, GymMark, SwimMark and QualityMark) – a significant increase from the 23 in 2009/10. The table below shows the growth since 2009/10
Club Accreditation 2009/10 23 2010/11 42 2011/12 74 2012/13 86 2013/14 112 2014 – Sept 118
8.4 Over the same period the number of clubs working with Glasgow Life has almost doubled from 327 in 2009/10 to 636 in 2013/14.
8.5 New member recruitment and retention, essential for club sustainability, has been supported, through club showcase events and taster sessions in Glasgow schools, with 4,487 school-to-clubs links created since 2009.
8.6 The growth in the number of clubs is also reflected in the number of club members, more than tripling from 4,485 to 17,201. The table below shows the growth since 2009/10.
Junior Members of Clubs
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Junior Members of Clubs 2009/10 4,165 2010/11 5,291 2011/12 12,010 2012/13 13,008 2013/14 16,535 2014 – Sept 17,201
8.7 Since 2009 the number of qualified coaches has grown year on year from 2,350 to 4,565 in 2013/14. Over this period 14,783 participants have completed coaching courses, meaning more club members are receiving improved coaching, positively impacting on their performance.
8.8 This growth in clubs has resulted in a corresponding increase in the number of volunteers actively working with junior clubs. The table below shows the growth since 2009/10.
Volunteers actively working with junior clubs 2009/10 2,139 2010/11 2,359 2011/12 3,382 2012/13 3,602 2013/14 3,848 2014 – Sept 2,959
9. Sport Coaching and Volunteering
9.1.1 Glasgow Sport launched the Glasgow Sport Young Leaders (GSYL) programme in 2010 with the main aim to engage young people aged 14 – 18 years old who have evidenced a commitment within the areas of sport and volunteering to develop their potential in the context of leadership. The programme dovetails with the Scottish Government’s national performance framework, ‘Scotland Performs’ and ‘Reaching Higher’, which identify the role and significance of young people in the context of leadership and volunteering.
9.2.2 Since its inception more than 220 young people have gone through the programme, and in many cases the programme has been the catalyst for these young people to flourish and achieve their goals. Glasgow Sport Young Leaders volunteer an average of 50 hours a year. This has helped them gain recognised qualifications and sporting experiences, supporting their development and benefiting the local community club where they volunteer.
9.3.3 In 2013/14 we had 992 young people achieve a qualification registrations for Sports Leader UK Awards, from which 447 were male, 545 were female. 19% were of a BME background which is more than the proportion of BME in the total population. Glasgow continues to be the largest awarding authority in the UK for Sports Leaders UK. In 2014/15 we are extending our Sports Ambassador programme in partnership with Sport Scotland.
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9.3.4 Glasgow Sport Young Leaders are also helping to shape the future of sport in Glasgow through Community Sport Hubs Female Champions. Hubs in Glasgow are leading on an initiative to increase female participation in sport by recruiting Female Champions. Hub officers are delivering a series of presentations to local college and universities in order to identify strong female role models that are passionate about increasing the number of females taking part in sport.
9.3.5 Since 2010, 85 committed volunteers representing 17 sports have received training, support and mentoring to develop themselves and sport in Glasgow through the Volunteer Improvement Programme (VIP).
9.3.6 The Glasgow Sport Excel in Coaching Programme was established in 2011 to improve the quality of coaching within Glasgow. With the key aim of ensuring that volunteer sports coaches achieve the goal of being ‘the best coach they can be’ at their chosen level. Over the past three years 58 coaches have been mentored.
10. Active Health
10.1 Glasgow Sport has been delivering a range of programmes to get the adult population more active for several years including Silver Deal Active, Vitality, Live Active GP Referral Scheme, Movemore and Running and Walking Networks. The majority in partnership with organisations including the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow Housing Association.
10.2 In 2013/14 there were 171,500 attendances across all the programmes. Since 2009 the projects have recorded almost 615,000 attendances. Throughout 2014, the Evening Times has been helping to promote these participation programmes and sports facilities via its year-long Active 2014 campaign.
10.3 In 2014/15 12 universal Active Health programmes have been reduced to six core programmes aimed at supporting adults to become more physically active. Logic Models were used to help us understand the value of different areas of our work and prioritise and resource evidence-based programmes, focus on engaging and supporting inactive people and deliver programmes tailored towards inactive groups.
10.4 The new overarching brand, Good Move provides a simple, highly visible and unified message of “sit less, move more” to our newly identified inactive target audience; The six programmes are: Jogging, Live Active, Move More; Revitalise; Vitality and Walking.
10.5 Also key to this work has been further expansion of existing partnerships with the health sector in order to improve the monitoring of clinical outcomes to establish the interventions and programmes that are the most successful in terms of improving and maintaining health for people with the poorest chances of good health outcomes. Further partnerships have also been developed with housing providers and third sector organisations in order to extend the reach of the programmes to key target groups such as individuals living with cancer and older adults.
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Case study
June is from the East End of Glasgow and was referred to Live Active four years ago. When she joined Live Active she was aged 41, unemployed, and a mother to two teenagers. June was referred with poor mental health and COPD.
Live Active worked with June to support her to exercise safely, consistently and confidently within the gym. The support helped to develop improvements in her mental, physical and social health. As well as accessing the gym sessions and Health Walks, June was also signposted by her Live Active advisor to partner services to support her in other aspects of her health and well being.
On completion of 12 months with Live Active June became a Walk Leader for the Tollcross Park health walks and has also organised fund raising events for the British Heart Foundation. In addition to this June took up the opportunity to become a Live Active Motivator, working with her advisor within the supervised gym sessions to help people referred to the scheme and was chosen as a Clydesider volunteer worker for the Commonwealth Games.
In her own words June has said that being referred onto Live Active has “saved her life, completely changed her in the best possible way”.
11. Disability Sport
11.1 The Community Sports Hub at Scotstoun is one of only a few hubs within Scotland that is focussed on disability sport. The hub currently provides an opportunity for those involved to share best practice, be innovative while providing training and to increase the awareness and promotion of disability sport. Scotstoun CSH's vision is to develop a healthy and safe environment for disabled athletes to participate in sport, to help disabled athletes reach their potential in sport and encourage more volunteers to become involved in disability sport.
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“we have seen the development of club sessions for disabled athletes in athletics, badminton and weightlifting at Scotstoun which helps create a place where the needs of the disabled community are catered for across a number of sports”.
Caroline Johnston, Glasgow Disability Sport and Hub Community Leader
11.2 During 2013/14, 60 young people participated in the Playground to Podium Initiative which nurtures disabled young people and disabled athletes through sporting pathways.
11.3 In 2015 Glasgow will host the IPC Swimming World Championship that will help to show disability sport at its best. These will be used to build on the positive images from the Games.
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12. Events Volunteering
12.1.1 The Games Organising Committee recruited, trained and deployed 15,000 volunteers, known as ‘Clydesiders' with 50,811 people from across the UK applying.
12.1.2 Moreover a further 1,200 Host City Volunteers (HCV) from nearly 2,000 applicants were recruited by Glasgow Life to welcome and signpost Games visitors to sports and cultural venues throughout the Games. The HCV either live, work, study or already volunteer in Glasgow. The Host City Volunteer (HCV) Programme, led by Glasgow Life, was developed to help maximise the potential impact of the Games on civic pride and volunteering legacy aspirations. The HCV were deployed in city centre high footfall areas and Festival 2014 ‘live zones’. HCVs assisted with way-finding and provided general information to spectators and visitors to the city complimenting the role of the Clydesiders.
Clydesiders Volunteers Study - key findings include:
The most common motivating factors for wanting to volunteer were: the excitement of being part of the Games (89%); to use their skills (61%); and to make a positive difference to the community (52%).
Most respondents were actively involved in volunteering, with 83% volunteering formally and 74% volunteering informally over the past 12 months. Many had previous links to sport, with 35% volunteering in a sporting capacity in the past 12 months and 26% volunteering at the London 2012 Olympics.
12.1.3 This activity supported a key legacy ambition under the Inclusive theme to grow participation in volunteering in the city, particularly among under-represented groups including disabled people, older people, and those living in deprived areas of the city as well as asylum seekers.
12.2 Glasgow Sport Volunteer Bureau
12.2.1 Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life are working closely with Volunteer Glasgow and other agencies to ensure that there are opportunities for Clydesiders, Host City Volunteers, Ceremonies Cast and others who so generously gave their time during the Games to continue to contribute to the success of future events in the city and other aspects of civic life. One of the ways this has been achieved is through the Glasgow Sport Volunteer Bureau (GSVB).
12.2.2 The GSVB provides a simple and effective mechanism for volunteers to view and sign up to volunteering opportunities across the city, and provides a platform for organisations that offer volunteer opportunities to display these opportunities to volunteers who are signed up to the system.
12.2.3 Glasgow Sport supports and deploys in excess of 900 volunteers actively involved in not only supporting our clubs, schools, and community, but also local, regional National and International events across the city. By using the success of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as a platform the GSVB aims to be a significant online tool to increase the number of Glasgow citizens volunteering in sport and
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12.2.4 Following a soft launch in October 2014 there are now 172 volunteers and 16 providers registered on the Bureau. There are currently 35 opportunities on the site.
12.3 Glasgow Club Finder
12.3.1 Glasgow has a role in promoting the sports clubs across the city as well as reporting on the support we offer clubs through funding, coaching and other support. The Glasgow Club finder is an interactive solution for sports clubs in Glasgow which enables the Glasgow Sport website to both promote their clubs and the benefits of their sport as well as moving the process for club accreditation online.
12.3.2 The Club finder also allows clubs to create and manage accreditation for example, Clubmark.
12.3.3 There are over 250 clubs in the Club finder directory.
13. Major sporting events
13.1 Through the provision of the new purpose built venues for the Games and increased confidence in the city’s ability to host major events, between August 2011 and March 2014, the city’s Strategic Major Events Forum has helped secure sport and cultural events with an estimated economic impact of more than £100m, with Glasgow City Marketing Bureau securing a further £45m in Games-related conferences.
13.2 Glasgow is now ranked eighth in the world, up one place from 2012, at the biennial SportBusiness Ultimate Sports City Awards in 2014. A key priority for 2016 is to maintain Glasgow’s ranking on the world leader board as an Ultimate Sports City and this will be achieved through sustaining a major international sporting events programme through to 2020.
13.3 A programme of events is planned for the next 10 years, with further bids currently under consideration. A few of these events are listed below.
Secured 2015 2017 Revolution Track Cycling World Badminton Championships IRB 7’s International Rugby (individual) World IPC Swimming Championships Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label) (FIG) 2018 Davis Cup – GB v USA European Swimming Championships Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton British Indoor Athletics Gran Prix Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label) Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton 2016 Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label) UCI Track World Cup 2019 British Indoor Athletics Grand Prix Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label) Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label) 2020
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Gymnastics World Cup UEFA Euro 2020 (4 matches) British Indoor Athletics Grand Prix Scottish Open Grand Prix Badminton Great Scottish Run (IAAF Gold Label)
Events being sought: 2019 2016 European Indoor Athletics Tour of Britain (Grand Depart) Championships British Olympic Trial Swimming UCI Track World Cup Cycling 2017 Gymnastics World Cup Duel in the Pool 2020 Gymnastics World Cup World Men’s Curling Championships 2018 World Figure Skating Championships European Cycling Championships Gymnastics World Cup European Gymnastics Gymnastics World Cup
14. Conclusions
14.1 The Commonwealth Games created a once in a lifetime opportunity to introduce more people to sport and physical activity; to encourage those already active to increase their participation and performance and to encourage those furthest from physical activity to try something new.
14.2 The evidence presented in this document details the considerable successes that Glasgow Sport, as a key partner, has achieved. The adoption of a clear legacy framework and the coordination between Glasgow Sport and grassroots sport has been the catalyst that has fostered this step change in sports participation in the immediate wake of the Games.
14.3 The Games still has a real resonance with the people of Glasgow and Scotland but it will evaporate in the coming years. Glasgow Sport continues to harness that moving forward and remains committed to the aspirations of a longer term legacy.
14.4 Audit Scotland is currently preparing its third audit report on the Games. The focus of the report, which is expected to be published in March 2015, includes the costs of the Games and the progress that has been made to date towards achieving a lasting legacy.
15. Recommendations
15.1 It is recommended that Health and Sport Committee notes the contents of this report
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Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy
High Life Highland
The Commonwealth Games in the Highland area has so far had a positive and measurable effect in energising participation in sport and activity in the Highland Council area. Before the Games, there was some concern that the distance and travel [in]convenience between Glasgow and parts of Highland was considerable and that this might dilute possible gains. We have been pleasantly surprised by the range and depth of the impact.
The Queens Baton Relay
The QBR re-energised the volunteers and was a great way of recognising key people for the part they play in making community sport happen. The QBR also gave opportunities in communities to celebrate locally. This opportunity was really grasped by local clubs in areas such as Thurso, Aviemore, Dingwall and Fort William.
For example, to celebrate the arrival of the Queen’s Baton in Thurso on the 9th July, the Thurso Community Sport Hub, supported by local staff brought together local community sports clubs to host an event to promote and showcase sporting opportunities to local community. Over 500 members of the local community were involved in the event and it provided the platform for the local Community Sport Hub to develop. This event was to celebrate the QBR, however the real winner was strengthening longer term partnership working and the local community sports hub.
Through the Community Sport Hub project in conjunction with sportscotland we were also able to reward local volunteers with Tickets to the Games. Despite the distances involved these tickets were highly sought after and we successfully applied for our full allocation to reward the volunteers dedicated to helping to deliver sport in their communities. The enthusiasm engendered though this has boosted volunteer morale.
Commonwealth Games Legacy Equipment
Several local groups have benefitted from legacy equipment, for example, Tain Table-Tennis Club were delighted to receive 3 table tennis tables, a real and tangible way to feel the impact of the Games in a small rural town. The equipment along with table-tennis coaching subsidised through Class of 2014 funding is leaving a lasting impact from the Games on the sport in the Highlands.
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“We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to apply for these items and are thrilled to now have equipment that was used by the best table tennis players in the Commonwealth at our club. We hope this will inspire more people of all ages and abilities to come along to the club, enjoy the game and improve their standards.” John Waring, Chairperson, Tain Table-Tennis Club
Participation levels - Active Schools Programme
The positive impact of participation in sport triggered by the Games can also be recognised statistically. The active schools participation increased in the lead up to the games and Term 1 of 2014/15 statistics also show an increase in the “distinct participant” children and young people engaging in the programme. Of course this cannot necessarily be solely accredited to the Games but the increase is significant, rising from 9,103 in the same period 2013/14 to 10,183 in the same period this year.
Active Schools programme participation
Club Participation in Community Sport Hubs Community 2013 2014 2015 Sport Hub Clubs Involved Clubs Involved Clubs Involved Tain CSH 8 12 14 Aviemore CSH 7 16 20 Thurso CSH 11 15 Dingwall CSH 11 TOTAL 15 39 60
Participation in club sport for those clubs that have been involved in Community Sport Hubs show an overall increase. 9 out of 15 clubs involved in the project since 2012 showed an increase in membership in 2014.
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Participation in Leadership or Volunteering Roles in Sport
Highland Leadership Programme is the centre-piece to the Highland Legacy Plan.
The commonwealth games gave us a great platform to launch our High Life Highland Leadership programme and engage children and young people in volunteering.
The Leadership programme is a framework to support young people (under 25) to develop as volunteers and leaders in sport and wider interests. It provides a pathway to develop life skills and employment supporting the creation of the future workforce with young people who have the skills they need to become confident employable individuals. There are 353 young people signed up to the programme since its launch last academic year, with 24 (9%) Gaelic speakers.
The impact so far on Highland communities up to the end of term 1 (academic yr 2014-15): has been 11,421 hours of delivery (Secondary and up to 24yrs) and 2,136 hours of deliver (Primary) = 13,557 hours of young people’s voluntary delivery.
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Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy
Scottish Sports Association
The Scottish Sports Association (SSA) thanks the Health and Sport Committee for the invitation to attend and to submit to this discussion session.
The Scottish Sports Association (SSA) exists to represent and support Scottish Governing Bodies (SGBs) of Sport as the independent and collective voice for SGBs. We represent their interests and currently have 52 full members and 15 associate members. SGBs are responsible for the governance, development and delivery of their individual sports and provide a formal structure for the over 900,000 individuals in Scotland who are members of one of Scotland’s 13,000 sports clubs. Most of these organisations are run on a not-for-profit basis and are managed by volunteers. They provide coaching, competition and participation development opportunities for their local communities and most of the 195,000 people who volunteer in sport do so within the club structure.
Since the Committee’s last inquiry into sport there is much to celebrate for sport in Scotland. 2014 was the landmark year that had been anticipated, and then some.
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games broke records – it was the best Games ever, it toppled all records for recruiting volunteers and it smashed all previous medal records for Team Scotland. In addition to celebrating the successes, of which there are many, we must continue to work towards common goals, a key feature in the successes to date. Now, just over 6 months from the Games, and 5 months on from the tremendous success of the Ryder Cup, we want Scottish sport to keep breaking records in optimising the legacy opportunities and ensuring that these are sustainable to maximise long term benefit for sport and for communities across Scotland.
Since Scotland won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2007, there has been a nationwide focus, from all partners, driven by the Scottish Government to secure a legacy from the Games. Most importantly of all, this focus, and the political will to make it succeed, must continue and must be prioritised.
Since 2007 our members, both directly and via the SSA, have been working with the Scottish Government, and other key partners, around the consistent theme: ‘Glasgow 2014 – delivering a lasting legacy for Scotland’. Upon review, their conclusions as to the key factors in securing a lasting legacy show considerable progress – along with further opportunities to optimise legacy. These key factors are also the fundamental linchpins for access to community sport.
PE and School Sport – physical literacy
What was required: Two hours of high quality PE for all school children (including those with a disability) needs to focus on two key strands:
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- Quality teaching of basic physical literacy skills; ensuring that every child can run, jump, throw, catch and swim - Establishing a culture of regular participation in sport and being active.
Progress to date: 97% of primary schools are delivering a minimum of 2 hours of PE to all pupils and 90% of secondary schools are delivering at least 2 periods (100 minutes) of PE to all S1 – S4 pupils.
This progress is significant and will pay dividends for future generations. However, focus is still required to achieve the 100% target (especially for pupils with a disability).
The next step: an entitlement for every child to be equipped with the skills to be active for life;
- Through the primary school curriculum every child develops the fundamental skills to allow them to be physically literate (run, jump, throw, catch and swim) - Inclusive PE is prioritised within teacher training and CPD, developing more specialist teachers, to ensure the confidence and competence of all teachers in quality delivery for all pupils - Educational structures ensure that every child, in every school is active every day, supported by specialist teachers.
The benefit: Enjoying being active throughout childhood and developing key fundamental skills are vital to instilling positive habit forming behaviours - there is also a high risk of childhood inactivity leading to poor health in later life.
People – changing the culture of volunteering
What was required: A culture change around Employer Supported Volunteering; that more businesses in Scotland will consider ways to support and encourage their employees to frequently volunteer.
Progress to date: A number of organisations continue to operate policies around Employer Supported Volunteering, predominantly giving 1-2 days per year for volunteering activity. While lots of employers provided additional flexibility for employees to volunteer at the Games, after the Games these policies tended to revert back to the standard 1-2 days per year of volunteering, leaving no sustainable legacy against the more frequent volunteering which sustains civic society across Scotland.
Another significant legacy opportunity from the Games was converting the unparalleled interest in volunteering at the Games (50,811 applications in total) into sustained volunteering interest; to date uptake to the My Volunteer Account legacy programme established for this has been ~6%.
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The next step: an entitlement for everyone to be supported as a volunteer;
- Everyone is able to contribute to their communities through volunteering - Every employer and educational establishment provides regular Supported Volunteering options for all as part of wider ongoing support for the voluntary sector - Every employer and educational establishment provides regular Supported Volunteering options for all as part of wider ongoing support for the voluntary sector.
The benefit: Exposure to volunteering is vital to creating a sense of community; it helps to promote citizenship behaviour, community responsibility and community involvement; individuals who volunteer have increased life satisfaction and enhanced well-being; volunteering can result in a 20% reduction in premature mortality.
Places – maximising existing facilities
What was required: for better use to be made of existing sports facilities, including Scotland’s natural environment. A key strand of this was opening up the school estate for community use, by sports clubs and other community clubs.
Progress to date: sportscotland published a report on access to and use of the school estate. This report was enlightening showing that while the majority of this estate is available for public use (79% of facilities in primary schools and 98% of facilities in secondary schools), only around one-third of it is actually utilised (35% of indoor space during term time and 17% in school holidays; 19% of outdoor space during term time and 11% in school holidays). Therefore, through enhanced programming and management of the facility, significant further use could be made of this estate. This is a key commitment within the Scottish Government’s ‘Sport Strategy for Children and Young People’ (published in 2014), as is that ‘sportscotland will have earlier and ongoing involvement in the design of new schools’.
The next step: an entitlement for everyone to easily access local, inclusive, quality sporting places;
- Everyone has access to an appropriate range of indoor and outdoor sporting places in their communities - Facilities which receive public investment should provide easy and affordable (a rate which is not financially prohibitive) access to community sports clubs - Facilities which receive public investment should provide priority access to community sports clubs.
The benefit: People who participate in sport through a club participate more often and for longer than non-club members with further benefits including social cohesion.
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Performance – building on success
What was required: maintain current investment in the sports performance system, including in the sportscotland Institute of Sport, performance coaches and competition opportunities.
Progress to date: record breaking Scottish medal-winning tally across the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games – the most successful cycle ever for performance sport in Scotland.
The next step: an entitlement for all talented individuals to achieve their potential through the sporting system;
- World class performance sporting system - Increased and long term investment planning into performance sport in Scotland - Every athlete will have access to a level of facilities, competition, coaching and support which is appropriate for their ability and commitment to sport.
The benefit: Scottish sporting successes provide inspiration; following the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 84% of people have participated in sport since the Games and 94% of people plan to be more active in 2015.
Partnerships - the key enabler
Awareness as to the significant contribution of sport, and more people participating in sport/being active, has developed since the Games bid was won – principally focussed around the preventative spend agenda and the opportunity for more strategic partnership working.
What is required: an entitlement for everyone to realise the benefits of sport/being active;
- Partnerships between sport/activity organisations are prioritised with and resourced from health, education, justice and transport organisations to lead to a “radical shift towards preventative public spending” - To agree with the health, justice, education and transport departments that a percentage of their budgets are apportioned to sporting/activity organisations through strategic partnership working - The benefits and opportunities provided by a more active nation are appropriately recognised, prioritised and resourced across all aspects of public policy.
The benefit: Increasing physical activity levels by 1% each year for five years would save 157 lives per year, with a positive economic impact of £85million.
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Summary
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the hosting of the 2014 Ryder Cup were catalysts; catalysts to capitalise on the most exciting time in Scottish sport to secure a sustainable legacy for sport in Scotland. The Games showed what increased investment and focussed partnership working can achieve in relation to:
- Record medal success - Facility development and improvement - PE and school sport - Club and community sport, and - Progress towards a word class sporting system at all levels.
This investment and focus must be retained to harness these benefits further to ensure they continue to inspire more people to participate in sport and to reap the benefits of being active.
The Games and the Cup were phenomenally successful – as events in their own right and as catalysts to progressing sport in Scotland. However, we cannot be complacent – further efforts, focus, resources and political will are required to optimise the legacy – to ensure that we take every possible opportunity – to create a true legacy, not just for sport in Scotland, but for an improved Scotland.
Scottish Sports Association
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Sport – the Commonwealth Games legacy
The City of Edinburgh Council
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games presented itself to many as a unique opportunity to inspire a generation of Scottish people to take part in sport and lead a more active, healthy lifestyle.This opportunity was acknowledged very early in the ontogenesis of the Games. In 2009 the Scottish Government launched ‘On Your Marks, A Games Legacy for Scotland’. Recognising that hosting major sports events had the potential to impact well beyond the Games themselves, this looked forward to long term benefits for Scotland from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. In particular, the national legacy plan outlined how people could be inspired to be more active, and given more opportunities to do so.
To capitalise on this opportunity, the City of Edinburgh Council and partners developed ‘A Sport and Physical Activity Legacy for Edinburgh’. This detailed the city’s legacy priorities under five themes:
o Use the Games as a catalyst to drive new sports initiatives and developments to existing sports programmes to increase participation in sport by people of all ages.
o Launch Community Sports Hubs in the city and improve access to school facilities to stimulate joint working, share resources and increase participation within sport and physical activity.
o To use the Games and other major sports events as a catalyst to increase and develop opportunities for coaching, volunteering and sports leadership.
o Work with partners to drive the city’s contribution to the London 2012 Olympiad, cultural activities and other legacy themes in the run-up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
o Use the spectacle and interest in major sports events to encourage Edinburgh people to adopt a more active and healthy lifestyle.
Implementation of the legacy framework is the responsibility of the citywide Legacy Steering Group, which is coordinated by Culture and Sport. The group includes officials from across the Council, and representation from Edinburgh Leisure, sportscotland, ClubSport Edinburgh, further and higher education bodies and Creative Scotland.
One of the themes that has emerged is the increasing emphasis on physical activity, rather than pure sport. This has stemmed from our work in targeting the inactive, for whom walking may literally be the first step on the road to greater physical activity. Walking is a convenient, familiar and free form of activity which can readily be incorporated into everyday life. It can also function as a pathway into other more challenging forms of sport and physical
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In Edinburgh, the work to maximise the legacy of the Games continues. This submission aims to give an overview of the work being developed across many different areas, and to provide some examples of specific initiatives.
Use the Games as a catalyst to drive new sports initiatives and developments to existing sports programmes to increase participation in sport by people of all ages.
The Legacy Group partners have created many new sports initiatives in addition to developing existing sports programmes to increase participation in sport by people of all ages. This includes a partnership approach to club development, a programme of schools events, and the Festival of Sport.
The refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool (RCP) opened in March 2013 and successfully hosted the FINA Diving World Series the following month. The RCP was of course the venue for the Diving Competition of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and Edinburgh worked very successfully in partnership with Glasgow 2014 in the staging of the competition. Although much of Edinburgh’s support is ‘behind the scenes’ details of more visible support are currently being worked on and will include, eg city dressing around the area to mark the RCP as a 2014 Games venue. The RCP’s enhanced facilities for diving, coupled with these international events have inspired great interest in Edinburgh in the sport of diving. The numbers of children taking part in Edinburgh Leisure’s Learn to Dive Programme increased from 186 in April 2012 to 457 in January 2015 – an increase of 246%. Additional 1m diving boards have been installed to meet this demand, and in the last year there have been over 20,000 visits recorded to this Programme. The City of Edinburgh Council and its partners have also provided funding for a Performance Diving Coach at the venue. Two young Olympic hopefuls have already emerged from this programme – James Heatly and Grace Reid.
The annual Festival of Sport aims to profile sport in the city, and support clubs to increase their membership. Integral to the event is the buy-in from local sports clubs who are encouraged to ‘open up their doors’ and think creatively about how they can put on events to increase membership. The Festival has been successful in attracting support and funding from a wide range of organisations, including sportscotland, EventScotland, national governing bodies for sport, and local further and higher education institutions.
Edinburgh Leisure, in partnership with Lothian Disability Sport, used the catalyst of the Games to create the first wheelchair based multi-sport sessions in the region providing access for chair users and non-users alike, and designed for children and young people with a physical disability. The ‘High Flyers Wheelchair Sports Club’ is still going strong and offers regular opportunities in sports such as boccia, tennis and bowls.
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Following this launch, Edinburgh continues to support the growth of Boccia as a sport, and to develop and progress the volunteer coaches. There are 10 UKCC Level 1 Boccia Coaches in the city, which is 25% of all the current qualified UKCC Level 1 Boccia coaches.
Similarly, in the lead up to the 2014 Games, the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) teamed up with the Active Schools team to deliver a junior climbing programme called ‘P4Rocks’. The P4Rocks climbing programme introduced over 1000 P4 school children to climbing, abseiling and team building, with many continuing their interest through junior climbing coaching programmes.
Launch Community Sports Hubs in the city and improve access to school facilities to stimulate joint working, share resources and increase participation within sport and physical activity.
Driven and funded by sportscotland, the Community Sports Hub is an innovative approach enabling people to be more active and take part in sport. The Hubs focus on the needs of the local community, encouraging people to access sporting facilities, and providing opportunities for community volunteering. The results have been encouraging in terms of the numbers of clubs and community groups signing up to be part of the hubs across the city.
Edinburgh’s six Community Sports Hubs, supported by funding from sportscotland, are located as follows:
Forrester/St Augustine High Schools Broughton High School Royal High School Colinton Corridor Inch Park Heriot Watt University.
The school-based Hub at the Forrester/St Augustine’s Campus has seen a 70% increase in membership of the sports clubs involved: over 9,000 are now engaged with this Hub, and 70% of these are young people. This has been achieved in part through successfully linking PE classes to the clubs in the Hub. The Games at the Hub multi-sport event took place there last June with over 1,400 primary school children from 74 schools participating.
There are 22 clubs in the Colinton Corridor Community Sports Hub, and their membership is growing. This Hub has developed many activites and programmes including the Colinton Wealth Games and the Young Hub Leaders. The Wealth Games took place at Meggetland Sports Ground on 10 August 2014, and showcased the wide range of team sports available in the local area. The Hub has recruited two young people to the Young Hub Leaders programme to help ensure that the views of young people remain at the heart of of the decision-making process for the Hub.
A separate statistical report on Edinburgh’s Community Sports Hubs is attached.
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The citywide Community Sports Hub Steering Group is currently undertaking a review and mapping exercise to inform a strategic expansion of the city’s Hubs.
We will use the Games and other major sports events as a catalyst to increase and develop opportunities for coaching, volunteering and sports leadership.
The Commonwealth Games has presented opportunities to develop young people as ambassadors for sport, work with national initiatives to encourage local people to volunteer at events, increase the number of coaches locally and provide opportunities for coach development.
The Young Coaches programme has created 22 new young coaches to work in various sports through the Community Sports Hubs.
The Young Ambassadors programme is making a significant contribution to extra-curricular sport and physical activity in schools. This partnership programme uses the inspiration and values of the Commonwealth Games to encourage senior pupils from Edinburgh high schools to advocate sport and physical activity and develop sport within their area. Established in 2009, the number of young people taking part has grown annually; there are now 95 Young Ambassadors. The young people involved lead many innovative sports development programmes, encourage and support their peers to lead an active and healthy lifestyle, and volunteer at sports events and within clubs. The network has had several notable successes, which included a group of ambassadors volunteering at the London 2012 Paralympic Volleyball tournament.
Alongside the Young Ambassadors programme, Edinburgh Leisure delivers a Positive Destinations through Sport project to use capacity of sport to transform lives, increase motivation, encourage learning and support personal development. The project is targeted at young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET). Each young person is supported through a development and learning through sports programme that offers a range of vocational sporting qualifications. In partnership with sports governing bodies such as Scottish Swimming, and the Scottish FA, the project has worked with over 60 young participants who have progressed on to Further or Higher Education, and/or into employment within the leisure Industry.
Use the spectacle and interest in major sports events to encourage Edinburgh people to adopt a more active and healthy lifestyle. The Games provide a platform to elevate the importance of leading an active lifestyle, and are a catalyst for programmes that aim to get people to stay active for the long term.
One example of school events is the Dance Fest programme. This aims to get children involved in dance for the first time. Supported by the Scottish Government’s Games for Scotland fund, Dance Fest invited children from schools around the city to take part in a recreational programme which culminated in a Commonwealth-themed dance show. Dance Fest has been
4 Edinburgh Leisure HS/S4/15/7/2 delivered with the support of Active Schools in communities across Edinburgh. Building the capacity for dance in schools and communities long term is a key outcome for the event and has led to extracurricular dance classes in local areas.
The Let's Get Scotland Dancing programme was led by Dancebase in Edinburgh. This national initiative aimed to increase participation in dance for people of all ages and abilities. The pinnacle of the initiative was a weekend of dance events for all to get involved. These included:
Dance Open day Big Dance Schools Pledge Dance Trail (pop up dance performances throughout Edinburgh City Centre) Dance-Along-Movie (dancing to outdoor movie screenings of musicals).
Game on Scotland is the official education programme of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and its legacy. It aims to provide inspirational learning and teaching opportunities related to Glasgow 2014 and other momentous events happening throughout Scotland. The programme aims to support teachers, school leaders and education managers in creating stimulating learning experiences for young people from 3-18 using the Commonwealth Games as a context for learning. Active Schools in Edinburgh has a well established a legacy group, which is a sub-group of the main Legacy Steering Group. It is working with schools and other partners to ensure that the schools fully engage with the programme, so that Edinburgh schoolchildren can benefit from the range of options available.
Following on from 2014, Edinburgh Leisure is continuing the delivery of two multi-sports events for summer 2015: ‘Join-In’ and ‘In the Meadows’. Both provide free taster sessions for around 1,000 young people in all types of activities, from athletics to cycling to netball, before being signposted to coached programmes and local clubs.
With the Commonwealth Games still fresh in people’s minds, the National Older People’s Day in October 2014 provided an opportunity to harness the enthusiasm and interest of older people. With support from Active City Funding, an Older People’s Taster Day enabled over 500 older adults (50+) to try out new activities and sports, such as health walks, bowls, cycling and fitness classes, with many going on to join local clubs and social groups, and maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.
Medal Routes Walking Initiative
One of the ways in which we have tried to focus on the inactive is to introduce walking initiatives across the city. Not everyone can be inspired to be more sporty, but almost everyone can be inspired to be more active. For those most at risk of inactivity-related health problems, walking is a simple and free way to be more active.
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To mark this new focus, we designated 2014 as a Year of Walking, and the Medal Routes initiative provides a good example of the programmes flowing from this.
Working in partnership with Ramblers Scotland we supported the development of mapped walking routes under the Medal Routes Legacy 2014 project. Using the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as inspiration to be more active, the Ramblers Medal Routes project was designed to help people get to know the paths and green spaces in their local areas. As adults are encouraged to take part in 30 minutes of physical activity, five days a week, walking is a great way to keep active. Each medal route has a ‘Gold’ walking route of 60 minutes, a ‘Silver’ walking route of 30 minutes and a ‘Bronze’ route of 15 minutes. This makes them ideally suited to being incorporated into busy and active lives. The City of Edinburgh Council working in partnership with Ramblers Scotland commissioned Medal Routes from ten of its public libraries spread throughout the city. This resulted in 30 walking routes being mapped in the city from these libraries to enable residents to access clear, measured, accessible walking routes. Additionally these libraries were supplied with leaflets and pop-up banners which promote walking as the best way for people to be more active. Building on this initiative, in January 2015 each of these libraries was given ten Paths for All community pedometer packs to add to their catalogue. These are issued through the library catalogue for the public to use to increase their walking activity. The Paths for All Community pedometer pack has a proven track record in facilitating walking amongst those who wish to increase their activity levels. Working in partnership with Ramblers Scotland has allowed the City of Edinburgh Council to create a physical activity legacy for the future which has built on the awareness-raising of the Glasgow Games.
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