Sport and Active Leisure Team
Hello and welcome to the web pages of the Council's Sport and
Active Leisure Team!
The Get Active Vision
The overarching
vision for Bath and North East Somerset is:
To get more people, more active, more often, leading to
improved health and wellbeing and the creation of stronger, safer
communities for all.
National research
has shown that increased levels of physical activity will have a
major positive impact on health. It:
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can reduce the risk of major diseases, including coronary heart
disease (CHD), hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney
disease and some cancers
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can reduce the risk of stroke
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reduces the risk of and helps manage musculoskeletal health
conditions, including osteoporosis, back pain and
osteoarthritis
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reduces the risk of depression and promotes many other positive
mental health benefits
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improves physical self-perceptions and self-esteem
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has been found to be just as effective in the treatment of mental
ill health as anti-depressant drugs and psychotherapy
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can increase functional capacities in older adults therefore
preventing falls and increasing independence
For information about Sky
Ride Bath please click here
From these pages you can find out information on our schemes,
read our refreshed GET ACTIVE Vision, find tips on
how to be more active and information about our flagship GET
ACTIVE membership scheme and how to join it.
We are promoting the benefits of both
walking and
cycling to start you on your road to activity and are
working in partnership with B&NES Primary Care Trust in order
to have a co-ordinated approach to health in the Authority, along
with the Council’s Environmental and Consumer Services. We
also work closely with both these agencies and Education on
promoting the
Healthy Schools Government initiative.
