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

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 1

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 2

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 What's happening with Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020? • 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 3

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 4

What's happening with community sport? • Arsenal • We Move, She Moves • Sporting Chance • Active Hertsmere • Active Together What's happening with Annual Youth Conference • (13 th ) Annual Youth Conference – 5 March 5

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