Addressing health inequalities
Physical Activity and Sport Strategy for Glasgow 2025 - 2035
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Introducing Glasgow’s Physical Activity and Sport Strategy 2025 - 2035
Glasgow is a city that thrives on the energy, resilience, and spirit of its people. For generations, we have faced challenges head-on, turning adversity into opportunity and building a community that values unity and strength. This same determination is what drives our commitment to enhancing the health and wellbeing of every resident through physical activity and sport.
Glasgow is a city where everyone thrives and our communities flourish through the transformative benefits of inclusive physical activity and sport.
To create a vibrant, city-wide culture where physical activity is a cornerstone of everyday life. A city that enables and empowers everyone to build physical activity and sport into their daily lives
The need for a physical activity and sport strategy
The benefits of physical activity and sport are clear. Being active leads to healthier, longer, and happier lives. It lowers the risk of disease, boosts mental and physical wellbeing, and helps close the gap in life expectancy between different communities.
Active Glasgow: Physical Activity and Sport Strategy 2025 - 2035
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Our principles
The strategy has been shaped by cross-sector organisations across the city and is underpinned by a set of agreed principles to guide its implementation
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
Promoting environmental sustainability
Fostering effective partnerships
Evidence-based approach and impact measurement
Embracing innovation and new perspectives
Our strategic priorities
Ensure places and spaces are appropriately designed, created and maintained to provide high-quality, accessible and sustainable active locations.
Create an environment that supports and enables residents to make active travel a part of their everyday lives.
Provide equitable and high-quality access to inclusive sport and active recreation for all.
Embed physical activity into appropriate, routine NHS health and social care services across the city.
Deliver a ‘nursery to tertiary’ approach to physical activity and sport, adopted by all places of learning.
Develop, implement and support the adoption of a healthy workplace model that enables a more active workforce.
Establish a coordinated communications and public education approach that reinforces the importance of physical activity across the city.
Develop collaborative actions that enable a whole city approach to physical activity and sport across Glasgow.