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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

 

  • Promote healthy lifestyles through:

 

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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