Stronger Communities Impact Reports 2023-24

Active Local is Herts Sport & Physical Activity Partnership’s collaborative place-based initiative. It supports targeted communities in highlighting their strengths, whilst also responding to local need and identifying where support, intervention or extra capacity could help create a more joined-up approach to tackling inequalities and reducing physical inactivity.  

Adopting Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) principles, we seek to use sport and physical activity to address inactivity, social disadvantage, and health inequalities within a targeted community in each of Hertfordshire’s 10 District and Borough Council areas. Areas have been selected using key insights and in conjunction with the respective local authority and Public Health Hertfordshire’s Intelligence Unit.

Relationships are key for the Active Local Team working closely with the respective district or borough council and those who live and work in the areas that know their communities best. The aim is to develop communities where physical activity and sport are valued and accessible, particularly to those with the least opportunity due to inequality.

Below you will find the Impact Report relating to this Strategic Objective for 2023-2024