Active Communities

Active Communities is a project that aims to improve the lives of Hertfordshire’s Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and other arrivals through engagement in relevant sport and physical activity programmes.

The Partnership hopes to use sport and physical activity to counter disadvantage and inequality by getting more people more active more often, and by reducing the inactivity gap between the least and most active. The majority of those living in the Hertfordshire Contingency Hotels are amongst those within our communities that do the least sport and physical activity and, in many cases, do far less than the levels of moderate intensity physical activity, recommended by the Chief Medical Officer as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Therefore, the Partnership is looking to develop meaningful opportunities for this cohort to become more active, such as support with access to appropriate sports clothing and footwear, signposting to local sport and physical activities for both participation and volunteering opportunities as well as workforce development initiatives that will upskill individuals who can them help to deliver on the wider project.