Agenda item

Carole Foster, Moving Rotherham Programme Manager, to update on the Moving Rotherham Partnership

Gilly Brenner, Public Health Consultant, and Carole Foster, Moving Rotherham Programme Manager, provided a development year update on the Moving Rotherham Partnership with the aid of the following powerpoint presentation:-

Why be active

-        Benefits for individuals, the economy and communities

The Challenges

-        Health inequalities were unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society.  They arose because of the conditions in which we were born, grow, live, work and age

Development Year Aims – build the foundations for a co-ordinated, inclusive, place-based physical activity system in Rotherham

-        Test new approaches to engage inactive and underserved communities

-        Strengthen system leadership, partnerships and shared learning

-        Understand what works (and what does not) through real delivery

-        Gather insight to shape a long term Moving Rotherham Strategy

How we did it

-        FLUX - creative physical activity engagement outdoors

-        Every Move Counts - long term condition referral scheme

-        Place-based community work through Yorkshire Sport Foundation and local delivery providers

-        Inclusive activity network development

-        Schools and faith-based CYP engagement

-        System enablement work (communications, workforce, planning)

What was the impact

-        Increased visibility of physical activity, more conversations about physical activity across the Borough

-        Strengthened cross-sector co-ordination and relationships

-        Enhanced engagement in trusted community settings

-        Generated rich consultation insight and some important key learning themes

-        Increased system capability through training and development e.g. through Active Practice Charter and Inclusive Active Network

How evaluations were shaping future bid – the full bid should prioritise

-        Trusted settings as delivery anchors

-        Utilising the strength of existing networks and building new cross-sector networks

-        Community-led co-design and ensure voices of people with lived experience shared

-        Joined-up clinical and community pathways, embed into existing routine pathways

-        Adaptable and flexible to different groups in both communications and delivery ensuring inclusivity and accessibility throughout

-        Creative and inclusive delivery models

Moving Rotherham Physical Activity and Sport Strategy for Rotherham

-        Developing 5 year Physical Activity and Sport Strategy “Together we create the conditions where everyone in Rotherham can move more, in  ways that feel enjoyable and meaningful, to improve health, happiness and quality of life”

How change will happen

-        Core principles reflecting how partners think change should happen

Join things up

Start with people

Explore and be brave

Build for the long term

Embed equity, diversity and inclusion

How we will collaborate

-        Working together was essential to achieving change.  No single organisation could do it alone

Big Active Network

Other networks – inclusive activity, sports

System leaders

Moving Rotherham Board

Health and Wellbeing Board and Cultural Partnership Board

Our Priorities – 3 priority audiences

-        Children and young people, people with long term health conditions and/or disabilities and communities where activity levels were the lowest

3 enabling themes

-        Communication, inclusion and place making and system change

Understanding our progress

-        Creating a more active Borough within a constantly changing context was a significant and long-term challenge

-        Essential that focus on creating the conditions that enabled sustainable change

Key Milestones

-        1^st June, 2026 – bid submission

-        22^nd September, 2026 – decision expected

Discussion ensued with the following issues raised/clarified:-

·        The England Active Lives research, a national benchmarking exercise, had recently released data for activity levels and inactivity levels.  Rotherham had seen inactivity levels reduce by 4% and activity levels increase 5%

·        Yorkshire Sport Foundation’s Active Sports Programme was an Early Years initiative

·        Work was taking place with SYMCA on the Memorandum of Understanding of Physical Activity

·        RDaSH, in conjunction with Sport England, was carrying out some work in Doncaster integrating physical activity into its Talking Therapy Services with the early outcomes looking very good in improving mental health.  It was a pathway rolled out under Talking Therapies for those people with long term conditions and/or mental health conditions.  There was an opportunity to explore if it was something that could be replicated in Rotherham

·        The Trust had seen huge change in the way clinical systems worked e.g. smoking cessation.  Behaviour change was required to embed into the system that clinical physical inactivity could be treated with some physical activity.  If you were more active it would help reduce loneliness etc. so could only help

·        Methods of monitoring and evaluation had been considered during the compilation of the plan but did require further work.  Consideration was needed as to how to add value and build the “voice” in as well as some concrete measures to help with tracking against measures.  Although Active Lives provided some information the sample size was not huge

Resolved:-  That the Moving Rotherham Physical Activity and Sport Strategy 2026-31 be endorsed and the delivery of the Moving Rotherham Physical Activity and Sport Strategy 2026-2031 supported.