PARTNERS in four counties of North Wales have joined together to pilot a placed based approach to tackle low levels of physical activity and encourage communities to make the most of opportunities to be active in their local area. Funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and delivered by the regional physical activity and sport partnership, Actif North Wales, the project is working with four local authorities – Flintshire, Denbighshire, Gwynedd and Anglesey – to take forward a place-based approach, which aims to empower communities to drive change by encouraging them to explore the strengths of their local area. Partners taking in a lunchtime walk to keep active at the recent project launch event at Care and Repair North East Wales’ Place for You project in Shotton.
(Image: Actif North Wales) A key part of the project will be focused around engaging local citizens through storytelling to capture feedback from communities around what they believe are their local assets and to understand what matters most to them about the way they move and how they use local spaces and places to be active. Manon Rees-O’Brien, Regional Director of Actif North Wales , said: “In North Wales we face a real challenge when it comes to being active, with only 51% of adults meeting the recommended physical activity guidelines and only 39% of children being active through sport three times a week. "We know that physical inactivity can cause a wide range of health and wellbeing c.