ProActive Islington
ProActive Islington is a strategic partnership
coordinated by the Primary Care Trust and Islington Council. It
promotes physical activity to the borough’s residents, and
through this, encourages social inclusion, positive engagement,
regeneration and civic pride.
The membership of ProActive Islington includes the Islington
Play Partnership and London Play (a coordinating body for all
London play associations) alongside its partners from the sports
and leisure services.
The partnership has been quick to recognise the importance of
active play in increasing physical exercise in children. Its
strategy explicitly states that ‘life-long physical activity begins
with children’s play’, and goes on to call for safe play
environments as a crucial element of child development.
ProActive Islington’s action plan includes:
- conducting an audit of all play areas and other open spaces
used by children to play
- improving and developing outdoor play equipment in a range of
settings, including parks and housing estates
- linking the Active Islington Strategy to other strategic plans,
including the local play strategy and green travel strategy
- developing a tool for auditing access to physical activity
opportunities in new housing developments
For further information contact Seher Kayikci seher.kayikci@islingtonpct.nhs.uk
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