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We need to fill our days with movement. Our health and happiness depend on it.
This strategy sets out a path to creating happier, healthier and stronger communities in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It has one ambitious goal: to encourage 44,000 people to move more by 2021.
The creation of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Physical Activity Strategy was a joint effort. We worked with Public Health teams across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton to commission it.
Nearly 100 partners helped shape the final version. Each of them is playing a vital role in helping 44,000 people to become more active. But we need your help too.
By 2021, we must make it easier and more appealing for people to be active.
We want physical activity and sport to include people who previously felt they lacked the confidence, ability or means to take part.
We want people to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits that exercise brings. And we want them to share their stories to help others benefit too.
In June 2017, Georgia wasn’t herself. No matter what she was doing, she didn’t find any joy in it. She couldn’t concentrate. She was diagnosed with depression and anxiety.
Low on energy, she didn’t feel like exercise. But, with persuasion from her mum, she joined a circuits class. It wasn’t a magic cure. But she left every class feeling energised, with a buzz at what she had achieved.
Now, exercise helps Georgia manage her anxiety. Read her story.
Insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for death worldwide.
In children aged 0-5 years, lower levels of physical activity are associated with increased levels of obesity.
The estimated annual health cost of inactivity is £27.8 million in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for death worldwide.
World Health Organisation
The strategy sets out four key aims:
2020 has been a critical year for health and wellbeing. The pandemic has had a devastating impact. Never has physical activity been more important. We need to tackle the barriers that prevent people from living active lives. And we need to do it now – for ourselves, our loved ones, and the strength of our communities and economy.
Helping us tackle inactivity to boost health and happiness
