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Our Work In Place
We're expanding how we work across Lincolnshire to get more people, more active, more often. In partnership with Sport England we're developing a place based approach for our county to support areas with the greatest need. Identifying locations based on inactivity, social need, deprivation and health inequality.
When we move, we’re stronger.
It's true for each of us,
and it’s true for our county.
There’s overwhelming evidence for the life-changing benefits of being active. Helping people live better for longer. It’s good for our mental wellbeing, connects and strengthens communities, and has huge value to the county’s economy.
What is place based working?
Tackling inequalities
Our place-based work focuses on the areas of greatest inequalities in Lincolnshire and allows us to be ambitious and innovative in our approach. The difference being more active makes is more pronounced in communities facing inequalities. These inequalities include:
- Socio-economically deprived
- Long-term health conditions and/or disabilities
- Non-majority ethnic groups
- SEND (learning and/or emotional and/or mental health conditions)
- Women and girls
- Children and young people
- Older adults, aged 75+
What we learn from localised working, will give us the opportunity to share best practice and opportunities across Lincolnshire. Successful initiatives can be adapted to suit other communities. We are developing an understanding of the conditions of change needed, the similarities and differences across each area. It’s not a one size fits all.
Developing a more active community isn’t a singular project or a one off solution, it’s a collaborative approach with partners and communities to make a difference to the health of our communities. We empower the community and partners to be part of the change.
Development phase (2025 - 26)
We are currently in the development phase of our targeted placed based work. This is for 12 months and is built around the long-term ambitions of the place expansion programme contributing to the outcomes of: increasing activity, decreasing inactivity, positive experiences for children and young people, narrowing inequalities.
The opportunities this work presents and what we’d like to find out:
Over the next year we're looking to:
- Map where we are at
- Understand our communities, the physical activity environment and develop capacity for collaboration
- Develop a collaborative approach to system leadership and governance
- Learn and share
The development phase will create the foundations, alongside building an understanding of the local need and conditions needed for change in each area. From this platform we can develop with partners the next steps and investment plans for the local communities we're working with.
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