Promote healthier communities and leisure and cultural opportunities
Promote healthier communities and leisure and cultural opportunities
Hertsmere Together partners will work together to ensure all residents of Hertsmere have good health and receive good quality health services. It will develop and support initiatives to reduce inequalities in levels of health and the provision of health services.
Hertsmere Together partners will work to develop and support initiatives to address the causes of ill health and promote healthy and active lifestyles for all residents. Hertsmere Together will also develop and support initiatives to combat factors that contribute significantly towards poor health such as substance misuse and smoking.
Access to leisure and cultural opportunities also plays a significant part in enriching people's lives. Hertsmere Together partners will work to increase participation and access to those services to enhance the cultural and social well-being of its residents and visitors.
Hertsmere Together will work towards promoting healthier communities and leisure and cultural opportunities through the following key aims:
- To improve opportunities for people to engage in a healthy, active lifestyle through the development of facilities, activities and cultural opportunities.
- To meet NHS targets of numbers of four week quitters who have accessed the NHS stop smoking service and increase the number of premises where a no smoking policy is active in all buildings and grounds.
- To increase the number of 5 to 16 year olds who spend a minimum of 2 hours per week on physical recreation or school sports.
- To increase the number of people who carry out voluntary work in sport or leisure based clubs.