Regional context and action plans

The East Midlands Food and Health Action Plan:

The East Midlands Food and Health Action Plan, (FAHAP) was launched on the 26th July 2006, and sets out a framework in which everyone with an influence on what we eat, from food producers and processors to the NHS, local authorities, caterers and consumers, can work together to bring about improvements in diet and food safety in the East Midlands.

The aims of the East Midlands Food and Health Action Plan are:

To improve the diet of pregnant women and pre-school children aged 0-4 years
To improve the diet of children and young people
To improve the diet of older people
To promote healthy eating within the workplace
To ensure all NHS premises offer appropriate food choices to support healthy lifestyles
To improve the cooking skills of the population
To ensure that food in the home is safe to eat
To ensure that all residents within the East Midlands have easy access to affordable healthy food
To ensure the effective co-ordination and implementation of the East Midlands Food and Health Action Plan

Investment for Health (2003)

The East Midlands Regional Assembly produced the public health strategy, Investment for Health, which sets out five main policy priorities for improving the health of the East Midlands’ population. One of these objectives was to ‘increase the physical activity levels of East Midlands residents’.
Key priorities for the Region are to:

Establish baseline data collection and systems to monitor trends in physical activity levels within the region.
Build the evidence base for physical activity interventions and establish dissemination networks to facilitate the sharing of good practice and develop the infrastructure to deliver this agenda.
Improve partnership working and performance management arrangements to support the inclusion of sport and physical activity in strategic planning, nationally, regionally and locally.
Advocate for the inclusion of physical activity in the core training and continued professional development of health, leisure and fitness professionals.
Ensure that physical activity is included in the health impact assessment of regional planning guidance.

The lead organisation for this objective is Sport England (East Midlands) in partnership with a range of key agencies including the Health Development Agency, Dept of Health and the East Midlands Public Health Observatory.

Change 4 Sport in England’s East Midlands: a regional plan for sport (2004 – 2008)

Change 4 Sport is Sport England East Midlands’ response to Game Plan and The Framework for Sport national strategies. It sets out the national and regional context and strategy framework, and formalizes the aim to make the East Midlands the most active and successful sporting region in England through the principles of sustainability, equity and empowerment.

Change 4 Sport

East Midlands Physical Activity Network Delivery Plan, 2006-07

EMPAN Delivery Plan

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