Active Aberdeen - Progress Report 2007/08
Progress
The Active Aberdeen Forum is currently considering whether it wishes to adopt Fit for the Future, Aberdeen City Council's draft Sport and Physical Activity Strategy. The objectives in Fit for the Future are closely aligned to the remit of the Active Aberdeen Forum and can most successfully be delivered by sports stakeholders working together.
Key Partnerships and Strategies
Boards and projects providing regular updates to the Active Aberdeen Forum
- Aberdeen Sports Village
- Active Schools
- Aberdeen City & Shire 2012 / 2014 Pre-Games Training Camps Consortium
- Physical Education
- Outdoor Education Service
- 50m Swimming Pool
The key strategies contributing to the Active Aberdeen Challenge Area
- Reaching Higher: Building on the success of Sport 21
- Let's Make Scotland More Active: A Strategy for Physical Activity
- Let's Make Grampian More Active – NHS Grampian Physical Activity Strategy
- Aberdeen City Joint Health Improvement Plan
- Health Promoting Schools
- Active Schools Partnership Agreement - Aberdeen City Council and sportscotland
- Active Schools Implementation Plan 2008 – 2011
- GIS Operational Plan for 2007 - 2008
Active Aberdeen's objectives have been incorporated into Fit for the Future, Aberdeen City Council's draft Sport and Physical Activity Strategy. There is further work required in identifying common ground between the corporate/business plans of partner organisations and those of Active Aberdeen.
Main Successes
- Inclusion of Aberdeen Sports Village, RGU:SPORT, Robert Gordon's College and Denwood Target Shooting Centre in the London 2012 Training Camps Guide.
- Opening of Aulton Pavilion.
- Commencement of building of Aberdeen Sports Village.
- Confirmation of funding from Scottish Government for 50m pool.