Active Bristol

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Latest news
Current projects
Active Bristol's Objectives
The Physical Activity Strategy
Health statistics and evidence

Active Bristol is a partnership project between Bristol City Council, NHS Bristol, WESPORT, universities, non-profit agencies, private businesses and local community groups.

Active Bristol lead on Bristol's Physical Activity Charter as a part of their shared vision for the promotion of physical activity which is “Inclusive and accessible, free or low-cost, fun, non competitive activity, sociable, part of everyday life, sustainable and environmentally beneficial.”

Latest news

WESPORT has put together a fantastic resource to help people of all ages and abilities find fun things to keep themselves active. There are hundreds of activities on offer from not only Bristol, but throughout the West of England.

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Current projects

Active Bristol participates in a number of council and NHS led healthy initiatives to increase physical activity. These range from making the streets safer for play, promoting walking and cycling around the city, and creating social, fun activity opportunities for older people.

These include:

Active Bristol's Objectives

To raise the profile of the benefits of physical activity i.e. health benefits and other benefits
To provide coherent and focused local guidance on how to be physically active
To improve the accessibility of physical activity by reducing social, economic and generational barriers
To promote physical activity as an integral part of the sustainable future benefiting society, the environment and the economy
To ensure that ‘active-friendly’ policies are implemented in urban and transport planning
To initiate lasting changes towards an urban environment that inherently promotes everyday physical activity

Benefits of creating and maintaining and active city:

Promotes health and wellbeing amongst people
Helps reduce the high economic costs of inactivity for health and social services
Enhances social cohesion
Attracts tourism and visitors as well as long-term residents
Promotes walking and cycling over car use, reducing the problems related to noise, air pollution and road traffic injuries
Benefits employers, since having a healthy workforce reduces sickness leave and increases productivity

The Physical Activity Strategy

Active Bristol's Physical Activity Charter (pdf, 272 KB) (opens new window) and Strategy (pdf, 1.8 MB) (opens new window) for 2011-2016 are available for download:

Health statistics and evidence

Did you know that our web site has a page signposting you to the evidence, statistics and intelligence behind encouraging people to move more for better health? Check them on our Health statistics, evidence and intelligence page.