Get Active

Resources

Active Medicine Project –Physical Activity Training for Healthcare Professionals

Whether you're a GP, social worker or volunteer befriender, there are free virtual training and E-learning courses for you to do. The training will increase your knowledge, skills and confidence when promoting physical activity. It will also help empower patients and clients to be more active.

• Training for health care professionals | Leap (leawithus.org.uk)

Policy and evidence documents

• Everybody active, every day: An evidence-based approach to physical activity (Public Health England, 2014)
• Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation (The government’s sport strategy, 2015)
• Towards an active nation 2016-2021 (Sport England, 2016)
• Active Lives Survey (Sport England) measures sport and physical activity levels across England
• Active Bucks Case Studies (Active Bucks programme 2015 - 2017)
• Physical Activity Applying All Our Health
• Everybody active, everyday: two year update
• Sporting Future - Second Annual Report
• Moving Matters: Interventions to increase Physical Activity
• What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity

Chief Medical Officer physical activity guidelines – infographic briefing sheets

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/start-active-stay-active-infographics-on-physical-activity

Supporting Documents

• Physical Activity Profile 2018

Local Profiles and Analysis

• Adult Disability Profile 2019