Newport Live Communtiy Inclusion through physical activity

Beneficiaries

  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

    We will be working with a range of community organisations focussing primarily on adults with particular attention to the ethnically diverse communities, whereby supporting a number of underlying health condition which are prevalent but preventable.

  • Reach of your work

    The focus is on the health impact within the community.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Newport Live have been working closely with KidCare4U one of Newport's key local community organisations to increase the opportunities for females of Muslim faith to access sport, leisure and cultural facilities. This has focussed primarily on the introduction of a highly popular female social swimming group and this has prompted the requirements to further expand the services and increase the opportunity and ability of Newport's ethnically diverse communities to access regular physical activity

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BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

400

We are currently engaged with over 100 on one programme

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£50,000.00

TIMELINE

May 2024 Onwards

Activity goals

Increased number of participants accessing services due to reduced barriers and perception

Improved health & wellbeing, and employment opportunities within the leisure sector

Improved female participation and access to facilities that are conducive to thier needs.

Activity Actions

  • Establish female only gym and social spaces across facilities at key times each week.

  • Access to training opportunites for career pathways in leisure by reducing barriers to attendance

  • Creation of adult swimming lessons which require private pool space and gender speficic staffing.

  • Creation of male social swimming group that mirrors the current female provision.

  • Increased number of indiivduals from ethnically diverse communities entering the leisure workforce

Activity details
GEOGRAPHIC REACH

Wales: Newport

IMPACT REPORTING

Quarterly

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 10: Reduced Inequality UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being UN SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal UN SDG 5: Gender Equality UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

The work will be monitored through data, focus group work, interviews and internal reporting