Preston City Council Active Communities

Steve Daley

Principle Leisure Manager

23rd September 2015

Once in a Preston GuildAn opportunity to think BIG!

Our VisionLook back to look forward

Sees Preston as a growing Vibrant city in the North West. This will only be achieved in partnership with all stakeholders in the city.

To achieve this, the council’s medium to long term objectives for the city and the council as an organisation are set out as 4 priorities

Corporate Priorities

• Your City: Investment to improve assets, infrastructure and create high quality jobs

• Your Future: Tackling multi deprivation and social disadvantage

• Your Neighbourhood: Reducing crime and ASB. Building confidence and capacity to improve communities and their environment

• Your Council: Well run, value for money services, valued by our communities. Demonstrating good governance, openness and transparency

Demographics: Know your communities

Physical Activity and Sports Strategy

2015-2020

•To increase participation

•Collaboration and communication

•Improve infrastructure

Budget Constraints

•Previous government grant: £7.3m

•Preston City Council grant reduction - 24%

•Financial terms to Preston City Council £1.8m reduction - £5.5m

•From April 2012-March 2014 – Leisure Services efficiency savings £200,000

•From April 2014 – March 2017 – Leisure Services reduction is £350,000

•Parks and open spaces – 2014 -2017

reduction £450,000

The Importance of the C’s

COMMON GOAL(s)

COLLABORATION

CONSULT

CONNECT

COMMUNICATION

CONSTRUCT PLAN

COHESION

PLANNING

Insight

Park It

Park 0-12 13-19 20-25 26 plus

Not State

Total

Ashton 168 32 10 58 0 268

Dovedale 760 108 42 185 0 1095

Ribble 75 18 6 24 5 128

Moor 618 107 23 266 3 1017

No. Partners

Cost /park Total Attend

% increase

34 £3000 2508 19%

Skate Park

• Total cost £320,000

• Partners involved

Preston Skate Park Projects;

Preston Parks; Sports Development;

Streetwise Forum; Friends of Moor Park; Local PACT; LCC Youth Service & Youth Council; Groundwork Trust; Children’s Trust Endorsement

• Year 1 usage 14,000 visits • Year 5 usage 70,000 visits• Adizone MUGAs installed 2012

Youth Zone Plus

The Guild Wheel

The secret to

consultation

is

listening