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Activity framework
up and running
A new framework has been released to provide strategic direction for increasing and improving opportunities for physical activity in Western Australia over the next five years.
Launched by the Director General of the Department of Planning, Eric Lumsden, Active Living for All: A Framework for Physical Activity in Western Australia 2012-2016 was developed by the Physical Activity Taskforce to provide a coordinated and collaborative approach to ensuring active living opportunities existed for all Western Australians.
Mr Lumsden said the purpose of the framework was to provide an integrated planning and delivery model that acknowledged, and was responsive to, a variety of existing strategies and plans across a broad range of sectors and settings.
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“The overarching aim of the framework is to improve the overall health, wellbeing and quality of life of individuals, families and communities in Western Australia through increasing active living opportunities for all,” Mr Lumsden said.
“It provides a model for working collaboratively and builds on the existing work of others in bringing about the multiple economic, environmental, health and social outcomes provided by the active living agenda.”
DG of Planning, Eric Lumsden, speaking at the
launch of Active Living for All.
He said the active living agenda benefited everyone through lower health costs and improved workplace productivity; reduced vehicle dependence resulting in decreased traffic congestion, noise and air pollution; happier, healthier individuals with reduced risk of chronic diseases, overweight and obesity; and greater social interaction, supporting a sense of place and connectedness to the community.
“The framework identifies two key outcome areas - active places and active people,” Mr Lumsden said.
“Active Living for All provides the reasons why physical activity is vital to individual, family and community wellbeing.”
He said 10 active living principles had also been developed as well as key strategies for action by sectors and settings outlining the role of all Western Australians in activating people and places.
The Acting Living For All framework can be accessed at this PS News link.
Edition 121, 24 January 2012
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