It is recommended that professionals refer into Be Healthy Bucks if they wish to refer residents/patients who:
- Need extra support to increase physical activity levels
- Are inactive
- Have a long-term health condition
There are a range of NICE guidelines to provide professionals with information to get residents more active. The guidelines are for physical activity and how it should be embedded in wider areas. See the following link https://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/Lifestyle-and-wellbeing/Physical-activity
Leap are the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Sport and Activity Partnership. They support organisations to increase physical activity levels amongst residents. Support includes:
- Funding advice
- Workforce
- Support to understand national policy/evidence
- Links to wider networks such as other organisations, national governing bodies of sport and schools.
For more information, visit http://www.leapwithus.org.uk/
Sport England offer insight and evidence reviews into what works for tackling inactivity. This is one of their key pillars of their strategy towards an active nation. Find out more by visiting https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/health-and-inactivity/
Whether you're a GP, social worker or volunteer befriender, there are free virtual training and E-learning courses for you to do. The training will increase your knowledge, skills and confidence when promoting physical activity. It will also help empower patients and clients to be more active.
The Buckinghamshire Physical Activity Strategy 2018-2023
This strategy has been adopted by the Buckinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board. This is the key partnership for promoting the health and wellbeing of residents.
Different organisations are working together to achieve the aims of the strategy by:
- Increasing levels of activity by encouraging inactive residents into regular activity.
- Increasing the number of residents achieving Chief Medical Officer guidelines for physical activity.
