Legacy plan

Improve health and wellbeing

A healthy city

Build programmes and community projects to kickstart an accessible fitness and wellbeing boom

How we will make this happen?

  • New Sporting Strategy launching in 2022 and Healthy City Strategy
  • £1m Community Fund investment into physical activity projects
  • Supporting Commonwealth Active Communities projects in Birmingham

Flagship initiative

Launch a new Sport Strategy linking health and wellbeing approaches to a broader sporting agenda, developing sporting pathways and making best use of assets.

Key measurements for benefits realisation monitoring

  1. Rise in physical activity within participants of the grants programmes
  2. Percentage of city population participating in physical activity
  3. Number of miles walked over set periods (via walking app)
  4. Delivery of food summit
  5. Delivery of training and support material for mental health and wellbeing to residents via digital outlets