11 Leisure and Health Outcomes PDF 347 KB
Report of the Director of Public Health
providing the Panel with an overview of the Council's approach to
utilising leisure assets to improve health outcomes in
Southampton.
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Minutes:
The Panel considered the report of the Director of Public Health which provided the Panel with an overview of the Council’s approach to utilising leisure assets to improve the health outcomes in Southampton.
Councillor Kataria, Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure; Dr Debbie Chase, Director of Public Health; Becky Wilkinson, Public Health Consultant; and Dominic Bennett, Service Manager, Leisure were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.
Key issues raised included:
RESOLVED
1) That the Panel would be provided with details regarding the future of Green Park Tennis Courts.
2) That the Leisure Strategic Action Plan would be circulated to the Panel when it had been drafted, for future consideration by the HOSP.
3) That officers would review whether an evaluation of the impact of the Park Lives initiative in Southampton had been undertaken.
4) That officers would review how the Sugar Tax funding was being utilised by schools to encourage healthy lifestyles.