Councillor Clapper Portfolio Holder Leisure, Culture and Health - - PDF document

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Councillor Clapper

Portfolio Holder Leisure, Culture and Health February 2020

What's happening with the Leisure, Culture and Health Portfolio?

Presentation to cover the key areas of responsibility within the Portfolio

• Leisure Contract investments
• Park events
• Healthy hubs
• Museums
• Hertfordshire Year of Culture – HYOC2020
• Support to Voluntary Sector
• Community Sport
• Youth Conference

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Update on the investments in the Leisure Centres

What's happening with

parks events?

• Planned events include Easter Egg Hunts, acoustic

festival, art in the park, fun in the parks and Movies in the park.

• Looking to start a Kids Run Free in Potters Bar and

Borehamwood on a Saturday morning, this is a fun and free event for families.

• More information about park events visit

www.inspireall.com

• More information on Hertsmere’s Parks visit

www.ParksHerts.co.uk

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What’s happening with health?

• Hertsmere Health and Wellbeing Group
• District Partnership projects e.g.

– Healthy Hubs – Watford FC – Shape Up – Mind – Community Support Service

• Chatter Tables
• Health Promotion

– CPR Awareness sessions – Stoptober – One You – Time to Talk Day

• Countywide campaign to celebrate

Hertfordshire as a county of creative and cultural opportunity led by Hertsmere Borough Council

• Hertsmere Year of Culture Forum
• Range of local activities planned

across the borough including music, art, publications and the opening of a new museum

What's happening with Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020?

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What’s happening with the museums?

• Elstree and Borehamwood Museum
• Potters Bar Museum
• Bushey Museum

What’s happening with support to the voluntary sector?

• Commissioned organisations – 11 agreements
• Community grants – up to £2,000
• Ward Improvement Initiative Scheme - £500
• Total budget to the voluntary sector - £402,680

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What's happening with community sport?

• Arsenal
• We Move, She Moves
• Sporting Chance
• Active Hertsmere
• Active Together

What's happening with Annual Youth Conference

• (13th) Annual Youth Conference – 5 March

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Any Questions ?