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Hello – and welcome to the December 2011 news bulletin from the European Healthy Stadia Network, profiling the latest news and updates in the cross-over area of sport and health.
Operating as a free to join Network since the beginning of 2010, the Healthy Stadia Network brings together stadia from across Europe to learn and share best practice, and to act as an advocacy voice for issues concerning sports and health.
To find out more about the Network and to register your stadium or organisation with the Network, please click through to our website at: www.healthystadia.eu.
The European Healthy Stadia Network is all about sharing of new initiatives and examples of good practice, but we need to hear from you, so if you would like to contribute to our subsequent bulletins, please send your news or articles through to: matthew.philpott@healthystadia.eu.
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Healthy Stadia Network - Get Involved!!
Next steps:
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Enjoy the Bulletin and on behalf of the Network wish members and readers an enjoyable Christmas and very healthy 2012!
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Featured items in this bulletin:
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Healthy Stadia Twitter feed now live!!
To find out our latest news and developments in the areas of sport and health, you can now follow the European Healthy Stadia Network (@healthystadia) on Twitter at:
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Active Travel Routes Open for London 2012
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Active Travel Routes Open for London 2012
Plans to improve levels of physical activity and reduce traffic emissions in conjunction with London 2012 are coming to fruition as a £10 million improvement package for London’s cycling and walking networks were unveiled in November this year as part of a scheme conceived by Sustrans.
Six-time Olympic swimmer and Commonwealth Champion Mark Foster joined Sustrans, Transport for London, the Olympic Delivery Authority, the London 2012 Organising Committee and others to launch the improvements.
An additional one million journeys a day are expected to be made by foot and bike in London next summer with an estimated 300,000 spectators cycling and walking to Games venues in London. Enhancements have been made to around 46 miles of East London’s walking and cycling routes to make cycling and walking better for people during the Games and beyond.
Sustrans’ London Director, Carl Pittam, says: ‘These improvements will act as a catalyst for the development of a wider London Greenways network, which are routes through quiet streets, parks and green spaces. They are safer, more attractive and more welcoming for all and will encourage a broader range of people to walk and cycle more often.
‘We’re especially grateful to Transport for London and the Olympic Delivery Authority for their hard work and investment in this project. There now needs to be a concerted effort to raise awareness of these superb
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routes, so that options to walk and cycle during the Olympic and Paralympic Games are highlighted to visitors and Londoners alike’.
The improvements include new cycle crossings, better paving and lighting, and will help spectators travelling to the Olympic Park and other London Games venues, as well as leaving the capital much better connected for cyclists and pedestrians after the Games
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has said; ‘I am a keen supporter of London Greenways as these open up our parks and other green spaces to a wide range of users, of all ages and abilities, while also encouraging healthy and sustainable travel habits’.
For more information on the London 2012 Active Travel Programme, please click here or visit: www.london2012.com.
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UEFA EURO 2012 Tournament will be tobacco-free
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The European Healthy Stadia Network is exceptionally pleased to hear that UEFA will be enforcing a complete ban on the use, sale or promotion of tobacco at all stadia involved in UEFA EURO 2012, and congratulate UEFA and all partners involved in developing and upholding this policy.
This is the culmination of a year’s partnership work and policy development between the European Healthy Stadia Network, World Heart Federation, World Health Organisation and host country partners.
Enforcement of this policy will safeguard fans, staff and officials attending matches against the known harm caused by second hand smoke, and creates an environment that is conducive to those trying to quit smoking.
The vast majority of people attending football matches across Europe prefer tobacco-free venues and we would argue that non-smokers, in particular children, have the right to breathe clean air that is not contaminated by carcinogens and other harmful substances in tobacco smoke at all major sports events. UEFA’s decision to ban tobacco from the world’s third largest sporting event sends a strong message to football fans everywhere, reaffirming the link between football and good health.
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“A tobacco-free EURO 2012 is about respecting the health of our spectators and everyone else involved in the tournament,” said UEFA President Michel Platini.
“We uphold the highest standards of health, safety and comfort at our flagship tournament, and tobacco does not fit within them.”
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To see the full press release for UEFA and for more information, click here or see www.uefa.com.
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Network Develops Resources for the Health Education Programme of UEFA EURO
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The European Healthy Stadia Network is pleased to announce its involvement in the EURO 2012 project ‘RESPECT your Health – Euroschools 2012’, recently launched as a part of UEFA’s RESPECT campaign.
The project will promote healthy lifestyles to local communities, with a focus on smoking prevention, healthy diet, moderation in alcohol consumption, and encouraging physical activity among young people and their parents in Poland and Ukraine. Based on a ‘train the trainer’ model, schools, NGOs and local coaches in the eight UEFA EURO 2012 host cities will be empowered to combine sport sessions with structured health education messages aimed at improving health literacy and bringing about long-term behaviour change.
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The European Healthy Stadia Network has partnered closely with RESPECT your Health’s coordinating agency – streetfootballworld – to develop health content for a specially designed ‘toolkit’ that guides coaches, teachers and animators on how to use the power of football to improve health.
The toolkit contains information on lifestyle risk factors, short-term and long-term disease states and a host of sports-orientated games and exercises to help deliver key messages in a fun and systematic way. Activities in schools, youth centres and sport clubs have already begun, and initial feedback on use of the toolkit by coaches has been very positive.
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UEFA Unveil Social Responsibility Programme at EURO 2012
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At UEFA EURO 2012, away from the action on the field, UEFA’s RESPECT campaign will be tackling some of Europe’s key social issues aiming to raise awareness and positively affect the lives of people in Poland and Ukraine. The RESPECT campaign, UEFA’s social responsibility initiative, was launched by the UEFA president at UEFA EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
Speaking about the importance of the RESPECT campaign, Michel Platini said: “As the governing body of European football, UEFA has the responsibility to protect the game and its supporters. RESPECT at EURO 2012 highlights UEFA’s continuous commitment to combat any form of discrimination, increase access for fans with disabilities, promote health through physical activity and encourage intercultural dialogue between fans and the host cities”.
In the build-up to UEFA EURO 2012 and during the tournament finals, UEFA is supporting four social projects with a financial contribution totalling up to EUR 3,000,000. The RESPECT campaign will be making its impact in Poland and Ukraine and beyond the host countries through various initiatives grouped under the four headings of RESPECT Diversity, RESPECT Fan Culture, RESPECT Inclusion and RESPECT your Health.
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To see the full press release and for more information, click here or see www.uefa.com
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Network Publishes New Academic Paper in Health Promotion International (OUP)
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The Network is pleased to announce the publication of a new academic paper in Health Promotion International (HPI).
The article details the key findings taken from the EU funded European Healthy Stadia pilot project that ran between July 2007 and December 2009.
Co-authored by national partners from the European Healthy Stadia Network, and led by Polish partner – Professor Wojciech Drygas, the article details a study within the EU pilot project that explored a cross-section of ‘good practices’ relating to health policies and interventions in sports stadia.
Using a specially designed questionnaire, information about health policies and good practices were collected in 10 European countries relating to: food offerings in stadia, physical activity promotion among local communities, tobacco policy, positive mental health initiatives, environmental sustainability
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practices and social responsibility policies.
The audit results show that stadia health policies differ considerably between specific countries and individual sports, with the discussion section of the paper going on to suggest that that there are considerable opportunities for stadia to become health promoting settings.
This is the second paper to be published by the Network in 2011, following on from the Healthy Stadia article that appeared in this year’s collection Sustainability and Sport (Common ground Publishing), with preparations already underway for further articles to appear in 2012.
The article will be available as a hard copy in early 2012, and is accessible online in the Advanced Articles section of the HPI website here.
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Network Country Partner Updates - Belgium
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September 2011 saw the start of the second season of the ‘Health scores!’ project in Belgium. This project, previously outlined in our Spring newsletter, promotes healthy lifestyles among schoolchildren from minority groups (aged 10-14 years).
Football players of the Belgian Pro League (First division) motivate the children to eat more healthy, increase their level of physical activity and to avoid use of tobacco.
The first season of the project was a major success. The eight participating clubs reached a minimum 800 schoolchildren from 14 different schools with both pupils and teachers very enthusiastic about the
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contribution of the football club and their players.
The added value of children signing a contract with a favourite player who they engaged with in sports and healthier eating sessions was seen as invaluable.
This early success has resulted in a 50% increase of first division clubs participating in the project and a doubling of the number of children taking part in the second season. In the next few months, more than 1500 pupils will follow the example of their football idols by adopting healthier lifestyles.
During the project, all football clubs and partners shared their experiences and examples of good practice in order to make the project stronger for following seasons. In addition, pupils and teachers have participated in a survey to determine whether the project has had a positive effect on the behavior of the participants.
The second ‘Health scores’ season will come to a close in March 2012. Coordinating agency Open Stadium, clubs, the Belgian government and partners will all participate in overall evaluation, to make sure Health Scores! is an effective and sustainable project.
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Network Country Partner Updates - Italy
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Cancer Screening Campaign Provides Free Screening Tests for at Risk Population.
To supplement a regional cancer screening campaign, medical doctors from the Department of Preventive Medicine of Pavia University distributed cancer awareness and screening information leaflets to fans over September at the Pieto Forunati Stadium, during Lega Pro Championship matches.
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The flyers underlined the importance of understanding key risk factors and early diagnosis, with the main objective of increasing uptake of screening services aiming to tackle the following cancers and population numbers within the region: breast cancer screening for 70,000 women aged 50-69; colorectal cancer for 130,000 participants, both men and women, from 50 to 69 years old; and, cervical cancer screening for 140,000 women aged 25-64.
Distributing the information flyers was an excellent opportunity to interact with a targeted segment of the regional population, to answer any questions and to show how easy it can be to be screened. Using a campaign slogan drawing parallels with football and translated as “To beat cancer, keep moving forwards”, this message was directed to both fans and staff, and was also intended to be ‘brought home’ and disseminated to family members. New collaborations are expected 2012.
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Healthy Eating Course for 5-11 year olds.
Meanwhile during the second half of September, public health professionals from Pavia University met at Pavia’s local stadium to run a series of fun and educative workshops promoting healthier diets for children aged 5-11 from FC Varzi football academy. Children and parents were given tips on choosing healthier foods and adopting healthier cooking tips, with specific attention given to the alimentary food pyramid.
In return, Healthy Stadia branded t-shirts were distributed to the participating children, about 50 in each group.
Adult and childhood obesity rates have increased significantly in both Pavia and Italy as a whole over the last decade, and this joint venture between Pavia University (Healthy Stadia Partner for Italy) and FC
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Varzi Calcio is the first step towards regular programmes where children can have a positive experience learning about football, healthy food and physical activity with coaches, parents and professional players.
For further information please contact Niccolo Lanati at University of Pavia: n.lanati@libero.it.
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Network Country Partner Updates - The Netherlands
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Children and Professional Football Clubs in The Netherlands Help to Support People with Mobility Problems.
A new inter-generational programme aimed at improving health and social cohesion has recently been pioneered in the The Netherlands involving senior citizens with mobility problems, school children and professional football clubs.
The project uses prevocational (VMBO) school children (aged 15-16 years) to organise and participate in large-scale walking events involving wheelchair bound older people as a means of enhancing their own health, reducing loneliness and improving social cohesion. An additional aim is that the elderly people’s homes work towards embedding physical activity in their own policies, for instance starting with regular wheelchair dance activities.
Using a short guidance toolkit, pupils organise the
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walking events, including: designing the project plan; constructing the walking route; inviting participants and their supporters; making safety precautions; and, creating press releases.
On the day of the event the children are responsible for running the event, and during the planning and implementation stages they receive back-up from the school teachers and staff of the elderly people’s homes.
Professional football clubs in The Netherlands also support the walking events, offering training tops and tracksuits from participating football clubs, whilst the route signs have the look and feel of the local football club.
Youth players from clubs also support the event and the professional players join in the walk to compliment children and participants. To incentivise the events, children and participants are invited to the local football club to watch a free match.
This is a concept that was originally developed in the city of Woerden and will be adopted by Roda JC (Kerkrade, The Netherlands), and additional professional football clubs in 2012.
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Network Country Partner Updates - Ireland
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Certification Confirms Aviva Stadium Status as Sustainable Venue
Aviva Stadium has achieved BS8901:2009 certification which confirms the Stadium’s status as a sustainable venue operating a sustainability management system for all its events. Achieving certification within the first year of operation is a major achievement as Aviva Stadium is now amongst the first in the world to be certified to the standard which will increasingly become a requirement in the events industry going forward. The certification was awarded by Certification Europe.
BS8901:2009 is currently a British Standard but is set to become an international standard (ISO) next year in tandem with the London 2012 Olympics. Aviva Stadium started its four year journey towards BS8901:2009 certification during the construction phase of the stadium. The confirmation of the certification confirms that the stadium takes a sustainable approach to managing its environmental, social and commercial impacts.
Speaking of the awarding of the certification Mr Martin Murphy, Stadium Director, said: “It was important to us to ensure that we took a sustainable approach in planning the operation of the stadium and then implementing those plans.
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A building of this size in such a unique location creates unusual environmental and social challenges and whilst the design of the stadium includes some very smart solutions, how we operate the stadium is also an essential aspect of addressing these challenges.”
BS 8901 Lead Auditor for Certification Europe Andrew Cartwright stated “By achieving third party certification to BS 8901 with Certification Europe, Aviva Stadium can demonstrate to all stakeholders their sustainable credentials. It also gives the public and stakeholders the confidence that the Aviva Stadium is achieving a high standard of corporate social responsibility”.
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County Clare Healthy Stadia Group Promote Physical Activity
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In Ireland, the management and staff in County Clare’s Healthy Stadia group (Ennis Leisure Complex; Shannon Leisure Centre & The North Clare Sport and Amenity Park) recently celebrated Ireland’s National Recreation week with a week long quiz event that aimed to build public awareness of the importance of being physically active for health. The event highlighted Healthy Stadia concept’s rich potential for delivering key health messages to both the general public and specific target groups in Clare.
The three participating sites, worked with the Health Service Executive’s Clare Health Promotion Services, Clare Sports Partnership & Clare County Council to target individuals, schools & community groups who used each of the facilities during National Recreation Week (29th October – 4th November 2011).
A brief quiz was organised with five‘true/ false’ statements on physical activity sourced (with permission) from the national Getting Ireland Active website. There was a good response rate to the quiz and each of the nine prize winners received vouchers for use in the participating Healthy Stadia. This enabled them to put the quiz’s key physical activity messages into action!
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Liverpool Football Club lead the way in Community Health Engagement
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Liverpool Football Club, through their Action for Health Programme, has been highly commended by Healthy Stadia consultancy partners, HM Partnerships, for their work in community engagement and partnership development related to health.
Since their first engagement with Healthy Stadia back in 2005 LFC have been working to harness the potential of the club’s brand to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the local community, its fans and its employees. Since then the club has gone on to be the first in the country to be awarded by the European Healthy Stadia Network and recently scooped the Business in the Community 'Big Tick' award in recognition of its involvement in the health agenda.
Over the past few months the club have been working with HM Partnerships, to carry out a
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health and wellbeing related policies and activities and a strong track record in engagement with communities, employees and stadium users. The audit found that the club were particularly strong in working in partnership with the local NHS, local authority and the voluntary sector an area which they were rated as ‘outstanding’ within the audit.
The report concluded: “The collaborative management approach adopted by the club has been integral to ensuring the developments of LFCs health related policies and programmes and this is reflected by involvement of statutory, voluntary and private organisations in the planning and delivery of the club programmes.”
The club also scored very highly in its community delivery in the areas of physical activity and nutrition. The club commission and deliver a wide range of healthy lifestyle related activities including local Health Trainers, health courses for young women, men’s health training, children’s physical activity engagement programmes, programmes tackling obesity in children, offering CVD health checks for adults, and community events focusing on health issues for the over 55s.
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Health Impact Audit of the club’s activities to allow the club to assess its impact on health and wellbeing against local health need, providing a baseline measure of impact from which to assess progress against key targets over the coming years. This unique Health Audit Software has recently been developed by HM Partnerships to allow clubs to measure the impact of their activities against local health need and considers all activity from stadia policy, through to community and fan engagement and healthy lifestyle interventions. The software allows for comparisons with other clubs and sports across local, regional, national and international level.
Over the last five years the club has developed a specific health programme ‘Action 4 Health’ providing a long-term commitment to improving health in the city. They have developed an impressive spectrum of high quality
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Mike Parker, Managing Director for HM Partnerships commented: “The club is at the forefront in using the power of sport to support health. The work of the club in supporting this agenda is necessary, credible and valued by the community and local stakeholder organisations. It is hoped that this report will act as a critical benchmark from which to develop future action and to assess progress over the coming years.”
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State of Mind Campaign 2011
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Rugby League Promotes Positive Mental Health over Final Round of Engage Super League.
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Rugby league clubs and their stars recently threw their weight behind a ground breaking mental health campaign in memory of a former international player – Terry Newton – who tragically killed himself last year.
The final round of the Engage Super League held over the weekend of 9-11th September saw all 14 clubs – many of whom are members of the European Healthy Stadia Network - united in support of the State of Mind campaign. All of the Super League Round 27 fixtures in the UK were branded as State of Mind events, reaching out to hundreds of thousands of fans watching in both stadia and at home.
All UK Super League Clubs and many from lower divisions have been holding a series of local events in the build up to the State of Mind weekend highlighting mental health issues and avenues of support available for those who need help.
These themes were also re-visited by clubs in relation to World Mental Health Day held on 10th October.
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Wigan Warriors RLFC stalwart Ernie Benbow, who founded the State of Mind campaign, said: "Following the loss of Terry Newton, many within the rugby community wanted to do something to tackle the issues of mental wellbeing for both our players and our supporters. Men are three times more likely to take their own lives and it is vital that we open the conversation of mental wellbeing up to everyone involved in the Sport.
"Rugby players are big men, with big shoulders, but even they can't carry the weight of the world on their own.”
The State of Mind campaign has also been backed by the UK’s Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow MP. He said: "The State of Mind initiative is a brilliant way of raising the profile of mental health issues among players and supporters of rugby league alike.”
"I hope that this campaign will help break down the stigma that is often attached to mental health problems and make it easier for rugby players and fans to get the help they need."
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For more information on the State of Mind campaign, mental health issues and to find out what activities each club is running in its own area, please click to: www.stateofmindrugby.com.
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Smokefree Mental Health Brief Intervention Training for ‘Imagine Your Goals’ Project
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A smokefree mental health brief intervention training package has recently been developed and successfully delivered by Heart of Mersey (parent charity of the European Healthy Stadia Network) aimed at professional sports with interventions addressing mental health issues.
Heart of Mersey has delivered this training at an initial pilot session to community coaches attached to Everton Football Club’s ‘Imagine Your Goals’ mental health programme.
Everton’s Imagine Your Goals programme uses the power of football as a positive vehicle to address a number of different issues relating to mental illness. Sport and Leisure co-ordinators from various mental health day centres on Merseyside have helped those who have experienced mental health problems to regain their confidence through weekly coaching sessions.
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As the first project of its kind in the country to be delivered by a professional football club and owing to the project’s success on Merseyside, the English Premier League have now partnered with national mental health charity ‘Time To Change’ and Comic/Sport Relief to fund other Premier League clubs to replicate some element of ‘Imagine Your Goals’.
In mid-October Heart of Mersey delivered a 90 minute training session offering background information, smoking cessation brief intervention training and specialist materials for coaches attached to Everton’s Imagine Your Goals programme. Research has highlighted much higher levels of smoking amongst people living with a mental health condition, with evidence showing that nearly half (42%) of all tobacco consumption in England is by people living with a mental health condition. The course is therefore designed specifically for coaches to work with mental health service users on the topic of smoking reduction and cessation. Feedback from participants on the course was very strong, with participants intending to incorporate stop smoking advice and support to people living with a mental health condition into their working practice.
It is envisaged that the training will be rolled out as a ‘train the trainer’ package for further capacity building and increased referral to local stop smoking services to other professional sports clubs who are delivering Imagine Your Goals projects or similar mental health interventions.
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For further information and to request a copy of the evaluation, please contact Jo McCullagh, Tobacco Control Lead for Heart of Mersey: jo.mccullagh@heartofmersey.org.uk
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BASIS Launch: UK’s First National Body for Sustainable Sport
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The launch of the UK’s first national sustainability body specifically for sport took place at the Emirates Stadium on Monday 24th October 2011.
The British Association for Sustainable Sport (to be known as BASIS) sees the coming together of major sports clubs, venues and governing bodies keen to join forces to see how they can ensure that sustainability is recognised and brought to the forefront of British sport by acting as a central resource for information, advice and education.
The initiative is an association of practitioners from inside the sports sector. Sports currently involved in the initiative include cricket, football, golf, horseracing, rugby and triathlon and the association is looking to expand its membership to all interested sports.
BASIS will be announcing results from a survey of attitudes to sustainability in the UK sports sector which shows that, while the majority of clubs and venues manage their environmental impacts and actively participate in community initiatives, there is a wide range of approaches to sustainability.
The conference also saw a keynote speech from Frank Supovitz, the Senior Vice President Events at the National Football League speaking about “The Role of Sustainability and Community Legacies at America’s
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Superbowl” along with a session on using management systems and standards to manage sports events and perspectives on managing large sporting events.
Dr Russell Seymour, Chair of BASIS and Sustainability Manager at Marylebone Cricket Club, said “We are delighted to be launching such an important association. With the positive response to our inaugural survey, the proximity of the sustainable London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the desire of the current government to be the “greenest” ever, the time seems right to develop an association of practitioners who can help mould the future of sustainability in the UK sport sector.”
The website for BASIS will be live from January 2012 at the following address: www.basis.org.uk.
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Responsiball: A New Home for CSR Practioners in the Football Sector
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RESPONSIBALL, the first social responsibility platform for football clubs was launched in November this year.
It is a free-to-use website for football clubs of all sizes in all countries. The platform www.responsiball.org has been designed to host a community that supports RESPONSIBALL’s motto, ‘football clubs are more than just businesses; they are cultural institutions.’
Light on text, simple to navigate, and easy to use, RESPONSIBALL is built on a framework that encourages the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Clubs, leagues, associations and federations are invited to register. They will be prompted to create a profile page for themselves and their clubs or organisations. They can use the Community section, which is structured to connect practitioners, enables them to upload and share good practices, and compare progress with other clubs.
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RESPONSIBALL is designed to showcase the great work and potential that lies within the practice of social responsibility at football clubs. It should be informative to fans, sponsors, the media, NGOs and governmental bodies, among other groups.
Piara Powar, Director of the FARE network, European football’s anti-discrimination and social inclusion network, said, “FARE wholeheartedly supports the concept of RESPONSIBALL. We hope that professional and amateur football clubs in all countries would benefit greatly from the resources that this platform can provide.
“If these benefits can be transferred, in turn, to the local areas in which those clubs reside, we can expect to see an even greater positive impact of football in communities.”
FARE is among a group of selected expert organisations currently contributing to the platform. Another of the chosen expert agencies is the European Healthy Stadia Network, who will be offering critical insight into examples of health policies and practices adopted by clubs.
The platform is administered by Schwery Consulting, a Swiss social enterprise. Its Director, Rolf Schwery, explained, “Football clubs are doing great things already. What’s missing is a hub to connect, share and highlight these experiences and to balance it with current knowledge of social responsibility standards. Our intention with RESPONSIBALL is to fill this gap.”
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The Football People Action Weeks kicked-off on 12th October this year with grassroots activities at the heart of the campaign, alongside messages from the highest levels of football in Italy, Slovakia and from UEFA.
The first week of activities saw the number of actions grow momentum to reach more than 40
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countries. In the streets of Stolac in Boznia-Herzegovina, Haskovo in Bulgaria and Cadiz in Spain, activities were run with young people and football supporters.
“We are young, we are different, we are Football People" was the message from ethnic minorities at an event held by the Hope Association in Haskovo.
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Italian Stars Show Their Support
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In Italy, two young players, Giuseppe Rossi and Claudio Marchisio showed their support for the period as the Azzuri prepared for their Euros qualifier with Northern Ireland in Pescara. In Slovakia national players Karim Guede and Filip Sebo became ambassadors of the campaign, joining a press conference in Bratislava with Ludia prodi razismu.
Meanwhile the leader of European football, UEFA President Michel Platini offered his support, “I am proud to be part of the ‘Football People’ campaign which highlights UEFA' s commitment to tackling discrimination in football in partnership with the FARE network for over 10 years.
The Action Weeks featured activities by fans, community groups, players, clubs, national associations and local authorities in a united stand against discrimination and a celebration of the diversity of the European game. The actions, run by members of the FARE Network, included exhibitions, panel discussions, fan choreographies, football tournaments and for the first time - a flash mob. All activities were geared towards tackling exclusion and sending out an anti- discrimination message. Matches of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League (18/19 and 20 October) were also themed as part of the Action Weeks with activities at over 40 games.
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Healthy Stadia Network - Get Involved!!
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● To register your stadium or organisation: click here
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