HC Deb 01 July 2002 vol 388 cc124-5W
Dr. Jack Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made by the Sports Action Zone in West Cumbria; what investment has taken place in each of the local authorities covered by the Action Zone; and if she will make a statement. [64856]

Mr. Caborn

Eight months into the delivery of year one of the West Cumbria and Barrow Sport Action Zone Action Plan, programmes and projects with total funding of £1,210,031 have been approved in the zone. These vary from strategic programmes to local projects, lasting between one day and five years. The contribution so far from the Lottery funded Sport Action Zone Magnet Fund is £435,833. Partnership development with a wide range of cross boundary agendas and strategic partners has been a feature of the implementation of the Action Plan and a number of projects have emerged from the strategic programmes in the zone, resulting in additional investment and localized activities.

In summary the position in each local authority area for primary funded Sport Action Zones programmes and projects is as follows:

Allerdale:

Total programme costs £169,493; magnet funding £89,000.

Projects include:

  1. 1. Allerdale Baton Relay race—linking local activities and events with the Commonwealth games.
  2. 2. Stop smoking walking for health days-developed in partnership with the Health Action Zone and the Primary Care Trust.
  3. 3. Promotion of the value of physical activity in schools and GP practices.
  4. 4. Allerdale Community Chest small grants scheme—developed in partnership with the borough council and county council.
  5. 5. Salterbeck Sport Development Officer and Co-ordinator—covering various Workington wards, developed in partnership with Impact Housing Association.
  6. 6. Home Housing SOS programme—activities for young people on housing estates developed in partnership with Home Housing Association and the Millennium Volunteers Programme—aiming to foster a closer relationship between residents and social landlords.

Barrow:

Total programme costs £390,418; magnet funding £125,313.

Projects include:

  1. 1. Barrow Community Chest small grants scheme—developed in partnerships with the Barrow borough sports council.
  2. 2. Active Living For All Consortium Programme—employing three specific sport development officers, linking Age Concern, Barrow Sport Development Team, the Community Safety 125W Officer, Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust and Health Promotion. Many smaller localized projects have been developed from this strategic programme.
  3. 3. Barrow Equity Officer—development of opportunities and removal of barriers to participation, specifically with disability and sport.
  4. 4. Summer Scheme 2001 and Summer Scheme 2002—activities for young people throughout the summer holidays.
  5. 5. Sports Directory and website—development of a web-based directory of sporting provision in the borough of Barrow.

Copeland:

Total programme costs £460,984; magnet funding £105,500.

Projects include:

6. Copeland Community Chest small grants scheme—developed in partnership with the borough council.

7. Egremont Rural Youth Works—development of a range of programmes and projects tackling anti-social behaviour in Egremont, aiming to reduce crime by 50 per cent. over five years.

8. Healthier Communities Worker—in partnership with South Whitehaven Single Regeneration Budget—development of local activity projects linked with capacity building in South Whitehaven.

9. General Practitioner Referral Scheme—exercise on prescription in partnership with the borough council and Health Action Zone.

10. Summer scheme 2002 providing activities for young people throughout the summer holidays in partnership with a range of other agencies and organisations.

Allerdale and Copeland:

Total costs for cross-district programmes £89,700 magnet funding £48,500.

Projects include:

  1. 1. links and jointly funded programmes and projects with the Health Action Zone and health authority.
  2. 2. Sports Directory—development of a directory and web-based source of information on sporting and physical activity opportunities in West Cumbria.
  3. 3. Walking your Way to Health schemes.
  4. 4. Co-ordination of Cardiac rehabilitation stage IV throughout West Cumbria.

Allerdale, Barrow and Copeland:

Total costs for cross-district programmes £74,640 magnet funding £67,320.

Projects include:

  1. 1. Research on the impact that sporting activities bring to the wider economic and social agendas.
  2. 2. Administration assistant for the zone manager.

Allerdale, Barrow, Copeland, Carlisle, Eden and Kendal: Total costs for cross-district programmes £24,796 magnet funding £7,500.

Projects include:

Adults Other Than Teachers—in partnership with the local education authority and Cumbria Sport. Training of adults to participate in the delivery and development of extra-curricular activities linked to Cumbrian schools.