Active Communities
Strengthening the local infrastructure
To deliver the strategic vision for physical activity in Scotland, it will be necessary to strengthen local policy, service delivery and activity.
Community Planning is a partnership between the local authority, the NHS, other public agencies, employers, voluntary and community groups, service users and businesses. Together, they are the community planning partnership
Community planning is an important system for meeting locally identified needs and delivering national policy.
The purpose of community planning is to make a difference by:
committing the partners to developing an agreed strategic vision for their community
dealing with cross-cutting issues that affect the social, economic and environmental health of the community.
The community planning partnership will achieve this by working together for the benefit of local people by:
- involving all sections of the community
- collectively identifying needs and deciding how these can be dealt with
- co-ordinating actively to help deliver improved and effective services
The shared vision for health will be laid out in a clearly expressed set of objectives known as the 'Joint Health Improvement Plan' which is part of the community planning process.
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- Active Travel Scotland has an overall aim to bring about an increase in the number of Scottish people improving their health through physically active modes of travel: walking and cycling.