Annual Review 2011/12 - Glasgow Life

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is a partnership between NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow Sport.
This programme aims to introduce the least
active and hard to reach people into healthy
activity. Over 70% of Glasgow GPs participate
in the scheme and 8,500 people attended
appointments.
Glasgow Life’s commitment to the City’s
health improvement agenda is supported
through a range of programmes including
ACES (Active Children Eating Safely) which
identifies children in school and families in
community settings who are at risk from obesity
and guides and supports them into eating
healthily and becoming more physically
active. Due to the overwhelming success
and increasing demand for this programme,
almost 25,000 attendances were recorded last
year, compared to 6,500 attendances during
2010/11.
2011/12 2010/11
25,000
attendances
Silver Deal Active, a major partnership
between Glasgow Sport and Glasgow
Housing Association delivers over 80 activity
sessions every week in 27 of the City’s sheltered
housing complexes. The programme ensures
that some of the City’s most vulnerable citizens
are now more active. There were more than
24,000 attendances recorded which is a 28%
increase from the previous year and almost half
the participants were over 80 years of age.
The initiative has won recognition and awards
at both local and national levels.
UNDER
80
YEARS
OF AGE
OVER
80
YEARS
OF AGE
6,500
attendances
Glasgow Sport’s Development team manages
and distributes the Sports Grants programme
on behalf of Glasgow City Council. A total
of 76 awards were made across 21 sports
to support the delivery of key sports initiatives
and 83 athletes/coaches were supported to
compete in national and international events
and competitions.
Set up in 1999, the Glasgow School of Sport
has been developed by Glasgow Life and
Education Services at Glasgow City Council. A
total of 111 pupils from 15 different authorities
attend the School, however 50% of the
students reside in Glasgow. The highlight of
2011/12 is the selection of the School’s first
ever Olympian after Michael Jamieson took
silver in the 200m breaststroke final at the
British Swimming Championships. Michael also
won silver in the same event at the Delhi 2010
Commonwealth Games. Over 200 pupils have
represented Scotland and the School of Sport
continues to push for international success with
seven pupils competing at Commonwealth
Youth level in 2011 bringing back gold and
bronze medals for gymnastics and badminton.
Glasgow Sport’s Development team
increased the number of people completing
coach education courses to more than 3,000.
This is a 22% increase compared to 2010/11
and supports the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Legacy aim to have 3,500 qualified coaches in
the City.
Glasgow Sport assisted 10 sports clubs to
secure a total of £95,000 from the Scottish
Government’s ‘payback’ fund. This fund was
set up to help sports clubs and community
groups fund, upgrade and develop their
facilities while at the same time contributing to
the rehabilitation of offenders to help reduce
reoffending. Offenders undertake unpaid work,
volunteering in local sports clubs or suitable
coaching programmes, as part of a community
supervision order.
2011/12
24,000+
ATTENDANCES
SILVER DEAL ACTIVE