Case Studies

Read Case Studies from local authorities and how they have got involved with Active Nation

NHS Tayside and Dundee City Council

NHS Tayside linked with Dundee City Council and local football teams Dundee United, Dundee and St Johnstone to help inspire fans to get involved in physical activity. They organised football skills sessions to run throughout the summer holidays for children to learn new tricks and techniques.

Dundee City Council's Leisure and Communities Department has also linked its new and established programmes with Active Nation. The programme includes pre-school activities for children and their parents and sport specific activities such as football, basketball, gymnastics, athletics, hockey and aquatics. They are also offering Active Nation physical literacy programmes which offer courses for beginners to learn basic moves, games and activities.

They have also set up their own Facebook page which will link to the Active Nation Facebook page and website. It keeps locals up-to-date on the activity so far and encourages them to set their own Personal Activity Goals.

Working with Active Nation, Dundee City Council helped facilitate a live street event in Dundee city centre in August. Combining dance, fitness and football skills demonstrations, Dundonians were able to find out more about activities in their area to help them get on the road to fitness.

More than 7,000 people saw Active Nation brought to life with 100 people setting their Personal Activity Goal. Hundreds of passers-by were also given leaflets with information on local classes and facilities for children and adults.

Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life

Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life (Culture and Sport Glasgow) supported the Active Nation Scottish Cup Celebration ahead of the cup final in Glasgow in May 2010. The event was held in George Square on a Friday afternoon to catch shoppers and workers on their lunch break.

Sports coaches and instructors from Glasgow Life carried out Body Attack and dance demonstrations and a football freestyler showed off his tricks. They also encouraged passers-by to get involved with their popular Boot Camp tug-of-war and tyre rolling competitions. Coaches also carried out fitness testing and offered physical activity advice while fresh fruit and water was given away also to encourage Glaswegians to fuel up for physical activity. The event used Active Nation dance mats as props to provide a focus for the activity while a three-strong team collected Personal Activity Goals from the attendees.