Western Group Environmental Health Service - Derry City Council

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & PHA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP .An e-calendar was developed during the year which will be hosted on the Western Investing for Health web site. The aim of the calendar is to allow thepublic to find out what events promoting physical activity are planned within the Western cluster, and organisations planning such events can inputtheir events onto the calendar.Bike week occurred from the 18 th - 26 th June 2011. Travelwise provided match funding of up to £1400 per Council area for activities held in and aroundthis week, and the “Inspiring Communities” initiative (the western element of the PHA/LG Partnership), match funded this amount, therefore therewere no additional costs to councils for the organisation of events. The allocation of further funding for counting mechanisms/data loggers to providerecords of the use of footpaths etc. in each of the five councils within the cluster was approved and procurement progressed during the year.A workshop was organised on the 4 th October 2011 involving the five councils and other stakeholders to agree on the future direction of the InspiringCommunities Initiative in the West. The workshop was organised as a result of the response to an options paper delivered to the CEOs Forum in June.It was agreed that the initiative would concentrate on Active Travel at a more strategic level and a new task group was established. The Healthy Townsprogramme and the small grants programmes were to be delivered through the Western Fitter Futures Steering Group. The new structure allows amore efficient communication flow and reduces duplication of effort.36