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Theme 5
Healthy Communities
- Increase opportunities for exercise and play by:
a) completing the Marlowe Athletics
Track
b) improving our swimming pools and
associated leisure facilities
c) seeking further funding for clubs and
facilities which promote sport for all ages and abilities
- Consulting on and delivering a Youth Strategy
- Support the establishment of community space in Broadstairs and
Ramsgate
a) running at least two campaigns per year
with the Primary Care Trust for health-related issues
b) enforcing the no smoking ban in public
places
c) increasing the percentage of authority
buildings open to the public in which all public areas are suitable
for and accessible to disabled people
d) improving facilities and security at
allotment sites to achieve full occupancy rates
- Fund the provision of out-of-school activities for children and
young people at Easter and in the summer holidays
- Increase opportunities for local decision-making and
participation by:
a) encouraging voting in local and national
elections especially in the wards with the lowest levels of
turnout
b) provide visible multi-agency presence in
Cliftonville West to support Thanet’s most vulnerable
groups
c) developing a programme of community
forums to include faith groups, Parish Councils, farming groups and
the voluntary sector
d) establishing workstations in the
one-stop-shop gateway for the community and voluntary sector
e) implement the Thanet Compact
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