NOURISHING and MOVING policy databases

Program Szkolny Klub Sportowy (SKS)

The Program Szkolny Klub Sportowy (SKS) is a systemic activity addressed to primary and secondary school students. SKS aims to create space for additional physical activity, implemented in the form of sports and recreational activities under the supervision of a teacher conducting physical education classes in a given school. It is also a motivation to undertake physical activity, focusing in particular on children and adolescents with lower physical fitness, less often engaging in physical activity in their free time and not covered by regular forms of physical activity, e.g. training in a sports club. Systematic, extracurricular sports activities under the SKS programme are conducted in a variety of modern and attractive forms. Classes conducted as part of the program take place in 60-minute training units, twice a week, in groups of minimum 15 people. The programme involves about 18 000 teachers and over 330 000 participants.

School Sport Club (SKS) Programme

The School Sports Club Programme is addressed to primary and secondary school students regardless of age, gender and physical fitness. The programme aims to deliver additional physical activity (after school) carried out in the form of sports and recreational activities under the supervision of a teacher conducting physical education classes in schools. The programme is organizing and conducting regular sports activities twice a week for each participant in 60-minute training units, in groups of minimum 15 people. It is assumed that 70 sport activity units for each group will be carried out during each year of the project implementation period. The programme is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund. 

The Local Sport Animator Project

The Local Sport Animator Project is a system solution with main goal to promote physical activity and sport among children and youth by enabling participation in extracurricular sports and out-of-school activities, co-financed from MSiT funds, as part of implemented tasks by the Minister of Sport and Tourism. The project is a supplement to developed and implemented by MSiT activation projects targeted at primary school students and secondary schools.

Activities for Students Programme

The Activites for Student Programme is financed from the Sports Activities Fund for Students. As part of the programme, there are carried out three tasks:
- sports activities for students, aimed at promoting winter sports;
- sport activities for students organized as part of the "I can swim"; universal swimming learning programme;
- sports activities for students with elements of corrective and compensatory gymnastics.

The Academic Sport Programme

The aim of the Academic Sport Programme is to support various forms of sports activities of academics, whose aim is to promote sport, physical and healthy culture and active lifestyle among students. The main objectives of the programme are: 
1) Increasing students' physical activity.
2) Creating conditions for active leisure, competition sports and healthy student lifestyle.
3) Shaping psychophysical development of students, creating physical activity as an essential factor for the proper functioning of the body, building attitudes civic and sports volunteering.
4) Supporting initiatives and activities for the development of academic sport and promotion social, educational, pro-health and educational values of sport.

¡Dame 10! Programme

The Give me 10! (¡Dame 10!) programme provides curricular materials that are carried out within the framework of the Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy (EPSP) in the National Health System. The programme consists of a series of physical activities lasting between 5 and 10 minutes, designed to be carried out in the classroom, during school hours, by the tutor or specialist teacher, without any specific material and a simple, fun and meaningful way for students. The activities have been designed to work on curricular content from all the areas of knowledge taught in the primary stage and content corresponding to the 2nd cycle of Early Childhood Education.

Perseo Program

The Perseo Program consists of a set of simple interventions in schools that aim to promote healthy lifestyles among students, also involving families and acting simultaneously on the canteen and the school environment to facilitate the choice of healthier options.

SI Program!

Taking into account that the habits learned during childhood are maintained in adulthood, the SHE Foundation, promotes the SI Program!. The programme is a school intervention aimed at promoting healthy habits that accompany children from 3 to 16 years of age. The objective of the course is to encourage students to acquire knowledge, attitudes and healthy habits through an intervention based on four components (body and heart, physical activity, diet and emotional management) and in four areas (classroom, teachers, family and school). With the aim of changing the knowledge, attitudes and habits of boys and girls regarding the four components of the programme, three Didactic Units per level are offered ( Knowledge of physical activity body, Physical activity, Healthy nutrition), adaptable to any didactic methodology and timing.

Fiets Filevrij

Fiets Filevrij (or bicycle free of traffic jams) started in 2006 as one out of 40 projects within the Fileproof (traffic jam proof) programme of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water. The goal was to stimulate cycling up to distances of 15 km among those who normally would travel to work by car. Nowadays, it is a platform that supports the proces of creating a network of cycling routes that makes a cycling distance of 15 km a realistic option. The platform is one of the tools that is used within the national cycling agenda tour de force.

Cycling Goes to School Project

The Cycling Goes to School project aims to:
a) to enhance human, technical, financial and logistical resources to promote the use of bicycles in schools; b) mitigate and prevent public health problems, increasing the level of well-being of the school community;
c) promote healthy lifestyles and ethics in sports; d) promote the responsible use of the bicycle in a sporting, recreational and daily context, promoting road safety and citizenship; e) increase the number of cyclists at all ages, promoting the greatest possible participation of children and young people of school age, regardless of their experience or skill, based on initiation strategies and sports orientation; f) integrate students with special educational needs, namely students covered by the regime contained in Decree-Law no. 3/2008, of 7 January; g) identify, compile and disseminate good practices among the different agents, contributing to their technical, sports and civic training; h) contribute to the promotion of School Sports values ​​and activities.

U-Bike Portugal Project

U-Bike Portugal is a national project to promote smooth mobility with a focus on the bicycle, in particular the electric one, focusing on young layers of the population, students of higher education, and being able to expand to the academic community in general. Bicycles will be assigned to the academic community, based on standards defined by each higher education institution and in compliance with the present regulation, aiming at the use of long duration in order to create habits of use of this mode of transport.

School path. Steps towards child autonomy

The programme provides a guide and a video that give technical support material aimed at energizing and facilitating the development of experiences of child and youth mobility in cities. The material is aimed at all those groups and entities that may be interested in promoting a change in the mobility patterns of minors: educational centers, mothers and fathers organizations, neighborhood associations and local entities, among others. A material with a high technical content is conceived, but with an affordable and entertaining language that is of interest to a wide spectrum of users. The informative material covers all the aspects involved in setting up safe routes to school: content and educational activities; methodologies to approach mobility analysis (type-surveys, counts, data analysis); methodologies to analyze urban space; technical solutions for traffic calming and the creation of pedestrian and bicycle routes; and references to guide new initiatives.

Bikeability

Bikeability is the Government's long-standing programme of cycle-training for school-children, with over 1.7 million children trained since 2010. It is available to every local body in England (London has separate funding arrangements for Bikeability). Funding of £12 million a year has been confirmed for the next four years (up to 20/21), providing a range of cycling activities to schools: 

• Level 1 – off-road training, providing the skills to cycle with excellent control.
• Level 2 – preparing for on-road cycling through tuition on single lane roads and junctions.
• Level 3 – training for busier and more challenging journeys.
• Bikeability Plus- a further suite of 11 cycle training modules focussed on increasing levels of cycling and cycle safety. 

Modeshift STARS

Modeshift STARS is the national schools awards scheme that has been established to recognise schools that have demonstrated excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel. The scheme encourages schools across the country to join in a major effort to increase levels of sustainable and active travel in order to improve the health and well-being of children and young people. Every school in England (outside of London) can participate in Modeshift STARS for free. On completion of an application for Modeshift STARS, schools will automatically have a brand new national standard School Travel Plan.

The Big Bike Revival 

The Big Bike Revival is a programme aiming to help people feel more confident about cycling. The programme is entering its fifth year with events across the UK providing free cycle checks, servicing, cycle maintenance workshops, cycle training and accompanied rides.

Walk to School Outreach Programme

The Living Streets' Walk to School Outreach programme encourages young people to make walking a key part of their journeys from an early age. The WOW programme is a year-round walk to school challenge designed to offer primary and secondary school pupils a burst of walking activity. Pupils who walk to school at least once a week are rewarded with a monthly badge, helping build healthy habits for a lifetime.

Neighborhood Sports Coach Scheme

To support municipalities in creating sufficient sports and exercise facilities for all residents, young and old, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is investing in the expansion and broader deployment of combination functions with additional neighbourhood sports coaches. The Neighbourhood Sports Coaches are a combination of officials with the specific task of organizing a sport and exercise offer in the neighbourhood and making a connection between sport and exercise providers and other sectors such as care, welfare, youth care and childcare and education. There is always a combination with sport and exercise. Until now 2,900 neighbourhoods sports coaches are actively getting started. Because they work for a sports or exercise provider as well as in at least one other sector, they contribute to more people being able to exercise and exercise in their own nearby environment.

The Free-Time Occupancy Programme (OTL) 

The Free-Time Occupancy Programme (OTL) is a programme that children ageing between 12 and 17 years old can spend their free time, participating in projects for the community, developing personal and social skills and competences, acquiring new knowledge. In the OTL Programme children can participate in one of the following areas: a) environment and / or civil protection; b) support for the elderly and / or child support c) culture and / or heritage; d) combating social exclusion; e) health; f) associations; g) sports; h) human rights; i) animal rights; j) citizenship.

The Fifty-Fifty Programme

The Fifty-Fifty Programme was an initiative of the Foundation for Science, Health and Education, in order to improve health in an integral way in adults by modifying their health habits. It is an intervention that induces changes in the lifestyle of the population. The objectives of the programme are to improve adults' health by helping them modify their health habits and self-control the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: unhealthy eating, overweight / obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking and high blood pressure. The programme follows the peer support strategy which has a positive impact on people who want to modify the same aspect of their lifestyle (increase physical activity, improve their diet, manage stress ...).

The Walking and Running National Programme

The Walking and Running National Programme is an initiative of the Portuguese Athletics Federation, with the support of the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth and the Municipalities where it is implemented. It aims to promote the practice of walking and running with a strong concern in implementing healthier lifestyles through the creation and development of municipal walking and running centers that organize regular walking and running training and events in the same field.

Wheel Basketball

Wheel Basketball is a joint project of Minitry of Education and Science, the British Council and the Embassy of Great Britian. The objective of the project is to encourage children and youth with disabilities to join physical activities.

The Doortrappen Programme

The Doortrappen Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The programme has the ambition that older people continue to cycle safely for as long as possible. Pedaling motivates them to take measures themselves to keep cycling safely. The local network around the elderly in every municipality helps with this. For example, in eight steps the older unconscious cyclist ("I did not know that I cycle unsafe") becomes a conscious ambassador for Doortrappen. 

The Leisure Declaration

The Leisure Declaration aims to ensure that all children, independent of the parents' financial situation, should be able to participate in at least one recreational activity along with peers. The parties to the declaration work for a good cooperation locally between various agencies in the municipality, the voluntary organizations and the families. Activities include sports or outdoor activites, but also indoor activites like music, culture and gaming.

Programme for the promotion of sport for people with disabilities

The main goal of the programme is to create optimal conditions in order to increase the participation of people with disabilities in various forms of sport activity and to enable their inclusion in the mainstream of social life and in equal access of opportunities in public space in the area of ​​sport. Specific objectives of the programme are:

1. Increasing the physical activity of people with disabilities, leading to improvement physical fitness, health status and associated quality of life.
2. Developing the habit of constantly raising the level of physical fitness.
3. Shaping a healthy lifestyle.
4. Arousing sports interests depending on the needs and  possibilities and participant preferences.
5.  Creating an alternative form of spending free time for disabled people.
6. Shaping healthy rivalry, especially through skill competition and willingness to make effort.
7. Raising public awareness of the sport of people with disabilities.

The programme is financed by the Physical Culture Development Fund.

Diabetes em Movimento

The Diabetes in Motion (Diabetes in Movimento) is a community exercise programme designed for middle-aged and older people with type 2 diabetes. Patients are recruited by family doctors to engage in free-of-charge group sessions (75-min, 3 days per week, 9 months per year) of low-cost, broadly applicable exercise, supervised by exercise physiologists and nurses. This national programme is implemented at local level in community health centres, hospitals, universities and municipalities, with the support of the Directorate-General of Health.

Fundamental Law for the Prevention and Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities (Law no. 38/2004)

The Fundamental Law for the Prevention and Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities (Law no. 38/2004), refers to the value of sports practice for citizens with disabilities, namely with regard to it refers to sport and recreation as measures for habitation and rehabilitation (Article 25). In addition, it establishes that "it is up to the State to adopt specific measures necessary to ensure the access of persons with disabilities to the practice of sport and the enjoyment of leisure time" (Article 38), including access to the practice of highly competitive sport (Article 39).

Universo Mujer II Programme

The Universe Woman II (Universo Mujer II) is a programme that aims to promote and increase female participation in all areas of sport, to contribute to social improvement and transformation through the values ​​of sport. It seeks to achieve a more egalitarian society where women and sports are an essential part of the country's growth. The programme materializes in the implementation of projects that seek the dissemination and promotion of women's sport through 5 main pillars of action:

1. Training as an element of excellence. 
2. Sports development plan: from the base to the elite. 
3. Visibility and promotion of women in sport and in society. 
4. Leadership. 
5. Women, health and sport.

Inclusive Sport Programme

The Inclusive Sport is a programme that seeks to promote the sport of people with disabilities as a tool for their social integration. Sports besides being a powerful tool for health promotion, favors dynamics that balance personal differences allowing the inclusion of people with disabilities in its social settings. The programme is performed at the launch of initiatives related to building sporting activity that promote the inclusion and integration in sport, with particular interest in people with disabilities.

Get Set to Go & Sport Sector Support

The national partnership between Sport England and Mind is designed to help people with mental health problems find the physical activity that’s right for them through local services, peer support and advice including Elefriends, an online community. This is accompanied by a range of resources and engagement opportunities for sports organisations to help them do more around mental health including online mental health awareness training, networking events and toolkits.

Keep Active, Keep Well

Keep Active, Keep Well is a programme to provide new sporting opportunities, lifestyle advice and motivational support for people living with a lung condition. People who take part in the programme will be helped to manage their condition and live happier, healthier lives.

The Movement for All Programme 

The Movement for All is a collaborative approach to increasing physical activity with ultimate goal to support people with long term conditions who are not physically active enough, move more as part of their daily routine. The programme focuses on a few key areas:

1. Working in conjunction with our Taskforce on Multiple Conditions and Sport England to explore opportunities to create some simple messages which encourage physical activity, are based on what we know works and can be implemented across our information and support services.
2. Promoting support offers and resources which help improve knowledge of physical activity for health and care professionals.
3. Encouraging physical activity, sport and leisure providers and facilities to ensure their offer is as inclusive as possible.
4. Exploring how we can help our volunteers to be more active and in turn encourage others to move more, such as through support group settings.

Friluftsskole

The open-air school (Friluftsskole) is a holiday offering in the local area for children and youth, with the main focus on 10-13 year olds. Through the programme, participants will receive a basic introduction to outdoor activities with travel in nature, public law, introduction to maps and compass, and knowledge about camp making. Based on local conditions, there are many exciting activities such as canoeing, climbing, fishing, nailing, playing, geocaching and swimming.

The Successful Outdoor Activities Project

The project Successful Outdoor Activities is a government-funded project that aims to map and develop successful outdoor activities within outdoor recreation for children and young people in holiday and leisure. The main target group for the project is children and youth age 6-19 years. The project started in January 2019 and have the first year worked with the main activities:

1. Worked with the question “What contributes to success?”;
2. Created criteria for what characterizes success;
3. Mapped existing outdoor recreation activities;
4. Started research.

The National Programme for Improvement of Safety and Working Conditions 

The National Programme for Improvement of Safety and Working Conditions is a multiannual health programme that promotes healthy lifestyles and physical activity of working people. The programme involves sports activities and training workshops, and employees take part in exercise sessions three times a week during working hours under the supervison of trained instructors. The programme has resulted in less musculoskeletal pain, more physical activity and improved anthropometrics among participants.

The Certification of Football Schools Programme

The Certification of Football Schools Programme is addressed to entities providing training for children aged 5–13 in the field of football. Its fundamental assumption is to raise and standardize the training level by setting work standards with young players. It also supports promoting and conducting sports activities as well as effective monitoring of the results. The programme is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund.

The Sport for All Programme

The programme supports tasks promoting sport in various social and environmental groups. It has the following main goals:

1. increasing physical activity of the society in various social and environmental groups.
2. creating conditions for active leisure, -shaping a healthy lifestyle.
3. supporting initiatives and activities for the development of sport for all.
4. stimulating civic activity and disseminating good practices throughout the country.
5. promoting the development of sport for all and physical activity of all communities and social groups; promoting healthy, social, educational and educational values ​​of sport.
6. counteracting civilization diseases (including overweight and obesity), social exclusion and social pathology.
7. promoting and supporting initiatives aimed at developing physical activity of the elderly, solidarity between generations and social activation through sport.
8. leveling differences in the level of physical activity in different environments and social groups.

The National Cycling Programme for All

The Portuguese Cycling Federation (FPC) launched in 2014 the National Cycling Programme for All (PNCpT), which has contributed to support the transition from active and recreational practice to the everyday context. The PNCpT, with the support of the Portuguese Sports and Youth Institute (IPDJ), under the National Programme of Sports for All, and the National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR), having as an objective to encourage the practice of cycling, in the different aspects of the sport, involving the general population, sports agents and public and private institutions, throughout the national territory; promote physical exercise and healthier and more sustainable lifestyles, maximizing the sporting and social potential of cycling, and making it accessible to everyone.

Couch to 5K

Couch to 5K is an application running plan for beginners which help people gradually work up towards running 5K in 9 weeks. The plan involves 3 runs a week, with a day of rest in between, and a different schedule for each of the 9 weeks.

The Get Healthy Get Active (GHGA) Programme

Following a systematic review in 2012, Sport England launched the Get Healthy Get Active Programme (GHGA), to improve the evidence base for the effectiveness of sport and activity interventions in tackling inactivity. Each incorporated academic research with methods ranging from randomised controlled trial to pre and post design evaluation. The interventions used a range of behaviour change theories to inform their planning including the Transtheroetical model, the COM B model and nudge theory. The results suggest that activity status 3 month post intervention is indicative of the likely activity status 6 months post intervention and supports previous evidence that it takes 90 days to build a physical activity habit.
Individual interventions reported a range of health outcomes; significant improvements in mental wellbeing scores, reductions in sickness absence and presenteeism, clinically significant improvements in cholesterol and systolic blood pressure.
Thematic analysis of the learning has determined ten key principles for developing interventions to tackle inactivity, highlighting the effective behavioural change components  employed, including: understanding the nature of inactivity; the role of behaviour change theories and community insight; reframing messages; working in broad partnerships; and measuring behaviour change.
 

Werkkostenregeling (WKR)

The Work-Related Expenses scheme allows employers in the Netherlands to provide some tax-free benefits to their employees, such as travel allowances, study costs and lunches, if the total value is less than 1.5% of salary costs. The arrangement is not exclusively aimed at promoting physical activity, but it does provide some opportunities to do so. This provides employers with the possibility to offer employees fitness classes or the opportunity to buy a bicycle (for commuting purposes) at a reduced rate (tax free). It has been mandatory since January 2015.

The Sports Injury Prevention Programme

The Sports Injury Prevention is a funding programme with aim to prevent sports injuries. The starting point is that sound knowledge forms the foundation of successful interventions. The focus is on exchanging knowledge with sporting practice and on translating practical questions into a widely accessible knowledge base. The programme aims to make people able to enjoy sports, health benefits and top performance to the full. By working together with sport and science on the (further) development and implementation of interventions on sports injuries prevention it aims at: 

1. Reducing the number of new sports injuries.
2. Reducing the (sports) dropout due to injuries.
3. Increasing the positive balance between benefits and costs of sport and exercise.

ZonMw has been commissioned to conduct the programme by the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport. The programme will run from 2016 to 2020 with a number of closing activities in 2021.

Sport Innovator

Sport innovator is the funding programme for sport innovation and research by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The programme aims to increase the effectiveness of sport innovations and contribute to a more vital society. In a nationwide network of 15 Sportinnovator-centres government, scientists, sport professionals and businesses join forces to realise cutting-edge innovations designed to improve results both within professional as well as recreational sports. The network also aims to encourage people to adopt a more active lifestyle. The development of Sport Data Valley contributes to these goals as well. The programme aims to make people exercise more and to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle, including those with a chronic disorder or disability. It reaches all people by stimulating innovations that have an impact on public health and society and which also increase the playing and viewing pleasure of recreational athletes, and the participation in sports, safety and game insight. Innovations in top sport are often translated into recreational sport and to the rest of society. 

The Youth Education Fund

The starting point of the Youth Education Fund is that every child can develop his or her talents as well as possible, whereby financial barriers are removed as much as possible, as soon as there is a lack of available facilities. The Youth Education Fund has a safety net function and can be deployed where the fund is active and the provisions at hand are exhausted or are not available. Being able to fully participate during education or training career is essential for adulthood development. Being able to participate in school and showing what you can do is very important and contributes to preventing a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem.

Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur

Everyone should be able to lead an active and healthy life, including children growing up in low-income families. To make this possible, the government supports the Youth Sports Fund (Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur), which helps children who would like to join a sports club but whose parents cannot afford the membership fees. Funds are primarily coming from the municipal budget for poverty policy supplemented with budget from private funds, sponsors and donations.

Frifond.no

On frifond.no there are three support schemes; Frifond musikk for music projects, Frifond theatre for theatre projects and Frifond barn og unge for other projects, for example dancing classes, a neighbourhood football tournament or making a campground in the woods. Frifond was established in 2000 with purpose to encourage children and young people's voluntary activity and participation locally, both through voluntary organizations and independent groups and associations. The schemes aims to improve the framework conditions for voluntary organizations and member-based activities at local level throughout the country. A group of at least three people who wish to do a voluntary project locally in their own home municipality in Norway is required in order to apply for the funding. A minimum of 1/3 of the group needs to be younger than 26 years old.

National grant scheme for inclusion of children and youth

The grant scheme provide support for local measures aimed at providing children and young people in low-income families access to leisure and holiday activities, and alternative arenas for empowerment. The objective of the grant scheme is to combat and lessen the problems of poverty among children and young people by creating conditions that allow more young people to participate in leisure and holiday activities, regardless of their parents’ income and social situation. With the help of these funds, local authorities and voluntary organisations are able to offer a variety of activities, including outdoor and sports activities, that cost little or nothing to participate in. The grant scheme is managed by the Directorate for Children and Youth and Family (Bufdir), on behalf of the Ministry of Children and Families  

Grants for social inclusion in sports

The overall objective of the grant scheme is to facilitate the inclusion of new groups into organised sports, by overcoming economic and cultural barriers that may preclude participation. The target groups are children (ages 6–12) and adolescents (ages 13–19) with an immigrant background, with a particular emphasis on girls, as well children and young people from financially disadvantaged families.

The Gambling Scheme Act

The Gambling Scheme Act regulates the distribution of the fundings for the grant schemes, which aim to implement the government’s sport policy, delivered from the surplus of the state-owned national lottery, Norsk Tipping AS. Fist, 6.4 % of the surplus is set aside for health and repatriation purposes. The remainder of the surplus is distributed as follows – 64 % to sports purposes, 18 % to cultural purposes and 18 % to voluntary and humanitarian organisations. The 64 % to sports purposes are divided into various grant schemes by the government. In 2019, there were 6 grant schemes for sports;

1. Sports facilities;
2. National arenas / Special facilities;
3. Research and Development;
4. Special activities;
5. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF);
6. Local sports clubs and associations.

Of the 6 schemes, the schemes for sport facilities and NIF receive the largest amounts.

Grasrotandelen 

The Grass Root Share (Grasrotandelen) is a funding scheme that was launched on March 1, 2009. Every customer at Norsk Tipping AS may choose a sports club or another voluntary organisation to receive 7 % of that customer's stake. This scheme provided funding in the area of 700 million kroner to voluntary organisations in 2019, of which around one half went to sports clubs.

The Physical Culture Development Fund

Surcharges on numbers games and lottery tickets are allocated to four special-purpose funds, including the Physical Culture Development Fund (75% of proceeds). The funds are deployed by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism to subsidise sports projects implemented by local governments, and to make investments in projects of special significance for Polish sport. From 1994 more than 12 billion zlotys were contributed to the Fund. Using funds from surcharges, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism was able to implement a programme for the development of sports infrastructure.

The Program Klub

The Program Klub, is an iniciative thanks to which small and medium sports clubs receive funding for the purchase of equipment and organization of camps or trainer's salary, which has been important support for its beneficiaries since 2016. The importance of the project is demonstrated by the high interest of the environment; in 2016–2019 over 13,000 grant agreements with entities from all over the country. The initiative is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund.

Sportowa Polska

The goal of the Sportowa Polska (programme for the development of local sports infrastructure) is to support the implementation of investment tasks related to sports facilities throughout the country. Co-financing may cover public facilities that enable mass sports. Due to the general nature of the programme, the types of investment tasks for which funding can be applied for under this programme have been divided into three groups.
The first group consists of investment tasks aimed at improving the condition of school's sports infrastructure, intended for the needs of physical education classes, at the same time serving local communities to spend their free time actively, as well as - if possible - enabling sport competition.
The second group of tasks are tasks aimed at improving the training conditions for athletes, including preventing the loss of value in use of sports facilities in insufficient technical and functional condition, primarily serving Olympic sports, as well as facilities enabling the widespread dissemination of sport.
The third group of tasks are tasks related to the construction of a new (non-school) sports infrastructure, giving the possibility of spending free time actively, which is an important element of preventive healthcare and enabling sport competition. All investment tasks must be public. In addition, in the case of outdoor facilities, applicants should make every effort to ensure that access to them, in particular for children and young people, is free.

Sport Wszystkich Dzieci

The Sport Wszystkich Dzieci (Sport for all children) programme is a model which was created to manage universal sport projects as the basis for all system activities addressed to children and adolescents. The programme is financed by the Physical Culture Development Fund (FRKF) and is addressed to schoolchildren at various educational levels, and in particular to primary school students located throughout the country, as well as to clubs and sport organizations. The assumption of the programme is the universal participation of children and youth in basic areas of physical culture. The main objectives of the programme are:

1. Promoting physical activity among children and adolescents.
2. Equal opportunities for children and young people in access to systematized services physical activity.
3. Promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle.
4. Changing the model of social behavior towards physical activity.

The Sports Activities Fund for Students

The Sports Activities Fund for Students was established on the basis of the Budget Act of October 26, 1982 on upbringing in sobriety and counteracting alcoholism. The Fund's revenues are fees constituting 10% of the tax base on goods and services, services consisting in advertising of alcoholic beverages. 

Sports for All National Programme

The Sports for All National Programme developed by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth is a financial initiative since 2016 that aims to support organizations’ projects that promote the generalization of community-based sports practice. 

The Sports Facilities Rehabilitation Programme

The Sports Facilities Rehabilitation Programme is a financial initiative led by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth since 2017, which gives support to the requalification of community sports facilities. 

Computer application Localiza Salud

The Localiza Salud is a simple computer application that makes resources and activities that contribute to health and well-being visible in the municipalities adhering to the Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy in the SNS (EPSP). All municipalities are invited to participate and develop their resource map to improve the lifestyles of their population.

Healthy Companies Project

In 2013, the Healthy Companies project was launched, inspired by the work carried out by the European Network for the Promotion of Health at Work (ENWHP) and in response to the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (INSST)'s interest in recognizing the work of companies in the scope of improving the health and well-being of its workers, as well as promoting the culture of health, and the exchange of business experiences. Any company or organization, regardless of its size, ownership or sector, can express its commitment to apply for adherence to the Luxembourg Declaration and, if it wishes and meets the quality criteria developed by the ENWHP, request its recognition as good practice. in health promotion at work.

Cycle to Work

To promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce environmental pollution, the 1999 Finance Act introduced an annual tax exemption (Cycle to Work), which allows employers to loan cycles and cyclists' safety equipment to employees as a tax-free benefit. The exemption was one of a series of measures introduced under the Government's Green Transport Plan. Updated guidance published in June 2019.

The Access Fund 

The Access Fund provides revenue funding to councils to deliver behaviour change initiatives which can improve access to jobs, skills, training and education. 

Highways Maintenance Block 

This funding is shared between local highway authorities in England. Currently this funding is distributed using a formula that takes into account the length of different types of road, the number of street lights and the number of bridges. From 2018-19, this formula will also take into account the length of footways and cycleways, and 9% of the funding will be dependent on this. 

Actívate, Aconseja Salud Programme

The Take action, Advise Health (Actívate, Aconseja Salud) programme aims to promote physical activity through primary health care. It has been developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports as part of the Plan A+D. The programme is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and is run as an online course for health professionals. The online course intents to equip the primary health care professionals with essential knowledge of providing physical activity and exercise advice on sedentary and obese people or people living with other risk factors.

The Moving Healthcare Professional Programme 

The programme aims to embed sport and physical activity promotion within the NHS, so it becomes the norm. The partnership seeks to addresses the systemic and cultural barriers that are preventing this from happening through a range of peer-led training, resources and interventions, including improving the integration between the sport and health sectors to allow for a better patient/ customer journey. A central feature is the development of Moving Medicine, led by the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, a clinician facing resource to help health care professionals integrate physical activity into routine care.

Regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications

The Regulations determine the qualification requirements for teachers providing physical education in schools. Qualifications include being a graduate from an accredited education programme. 

Regulations for the certification of sports specialists

The Regulations prescribe the procedures for the certification of sports specialists and the requirements specified for a sports specialist in order to acquire the right to work in the field of sports.

De Gezonde Kinderopvang

The Healthy Childcare Programme (De Gezonde Kinderopvang) is an initiative of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and The Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment. Through the Healthy Childcare approach, employees or managers in childcare work structurally on the healthy lifestyle of children and expertise of employees. The approach gives them insight into the concrete steps that are needed to make a healthy lifestyle a real part of daily practice in childcare. The health themes have been elaborated with concrete activities, examples and practical documents, for children 0–4 years and 4–12 years. Through a Healthy Start training, childcare workers learn how to offer a healthy, active and safe environment and to set a healthy example themselves.

De Gezonde School

The Healthy School (De Gezonde School) approach reinforces health promotion in primary and secondary education and secondary vocational education (MBO). It offers guidance to health promotion and education professionals in the planned and integral embedding of health promotion in education. Professionals find support for their health activities at schools through concrete tools for planned health promotion which are offered to them by the programme. Schools can obtain the healthy school label (vignet) on one or more themes, among which is sports and physical activity. In order to obtain such a vignette they have to incorporate several activities within a theme. The programme provides tools that may be used by schools.

The Sectoral Qualifications Framework in Sport (SRKS)

The sectoral qualifications framework in sport (SRKS) is an industry interpretation of the Polish Qualifications Framework (PRK), i.e. tools that at 8 levels organize all qualifications (diplomas, certificates, certificates) existing in Poland, acquired in different ways and in different places, while enabling their reference to qualifications functioning throughout Europe. SRKS covers the qualifications of sporting personnel, i.e trainers, instructors, animators and other qualifications, confirming the preparation for sports activities or the training process in sport. It describes 6 levels - from 2 to 7 inclusive, considered the most representative for qualifications in sport.
 

Decree-Law no. 407/99 

This diploma establishes the legal regime for sports training, in the context of training inserted in the job market, as well as the professional certification regime within the scope of the National Professional Certification System. The regime established in this law applies to sports agents who, whether paid or not, develop their activity in the field of sport and fit into the human resources of sport or human resource related to sport. Following this regime scope there are two certified sport and physical exercise professions that are recognized and regulated: sports coach in different specific sports (but following a common training and certification pathway) (Law 105/2019) and exercise professional (to act in gyms and health clubs) (Law 39/2012). 

Teacher training course

As a result of the Collaboration Agreement between the National Sports Council (CSD) and the Institute for Women and for Equal Opportunities, this training course has been created for teachers and trainers in order to increase their training in gender and equality issues. The objectives that are intended to be achieved with the course are:

• Analyse the terminology related to coeducation.
• Know the current situation of the practice of physical activity in girls and boys and analyse the internal and external factors that can influence.
• Identify within the school environment the elements that we can improve to achieve equal opportunities in Physical Education classes.
• Know and develop strategies for work in Physical Education classes aimed at equal opportunities between the sexes.
• Set didactic objectives that promote coeducation.
• Design motor situations that promote equal opportunities for girls and boys.
• Learn to use a methodology that favours communication and the interest of all students.
• Apply evaluation systems that take into account the individual characteristics of girls and boys.

PAFIC Guide for the promotion of physical activity in girls

The PAFIC guide for the promotion of physical activity in girls includes teaching material on coeducational strategies in the field of physical activity and sport for trainers, co-published by the Women's Institute of the Ministry of Equality and the Higher Sports Council.

Regional Policy Guidelines 

According to the Regional Policy Guidelines for 2013-2019, the range of public services is intended to be used as a basis for the spatial planning and support of various types of public investment, thus enabling municipalities to implement an integrated approach to development planning. The guidelines are based on internationally recognized principles and norms (primarily aimed at the development of sports policy, fair sport, and access to sport for all).

Health promotion guidelines for local governments 

The Ministry of Health has formulated guidelines for local governments concerning the promotion of health of the population. The guidelines include recommendations for promotion of physical activity, such as the development of an environment and infrastructure that support active transport (pedestrian and cycling paths), the development of a health promoting working environment and the organisation of active leisure activities in the local government.

 The Working Environment Act 

In Section 3 – 4 of the Working Environment Act it is stated that in connection with the systematic health, environment and safety work, the employer shall, assess measures to promote physical activity among the employees. The Act also states that passageways, sanitary facilities, work equipment, etc. shall to the extent possible and reasonable be designed and arranged so that employees with disabilities can work at the undertaking.

Normative Order n. 23-A / 96

The Normative Order establishes rules on the execution of projects relating to transport coordination facilities, as well as other infrastructures designed to ensure better intermodal articulation and to improve road and pedestrian circulation. Rules include;
a) Construction of overpasses or underpasses for pedestrians and for the suppression of road-rail level crossings;
b) Construction of overpasses or underpasses to railway tracks intended exclusively for pedestrians, for the complete suppression of existing pedestrian level crossings at a minimum distance of 500 m;
c) Automation of level crossings;
d) Construction and major repair of access roads to the railway stations up to 10 km from them;
e) Construction and major repair of municipal roads on which road replacement services for public rail service closed for operation are established;
f) Construction of diversions and respective shelters for passengers of public transport, located outside urban areas.

Decree-Law No. 123/97 

The Decree-Law makes it mandatory to adopt a set of basic technical standards for the elimination of architectural barriers in public buildings, collective equipment and public roads to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Technical standards are approved to allow accessibility for people with disabilities and conditioned mobility, namely through the removal of urban barriers and architectural features in public buildings including sports venues and leisure spaces such as playgrounds and beaches.

Physical activity in the workplace

The NICE guidelines cover how to encourage employees to be physically active by developing an organisation-wide plan or policy including measures to maximise the opportunity for all employees to participate. The aim is to increase the working population’s physical activity levels. The guidelines also include implementation and contents of the plan, and support for employers from organisations such as public health and industry bodies, unions.

The Local Growth Fund

The Local Growth Fund is a £12 billion programme running from 2015-16 to 2020-21, which brings together funding from the Department for Transport, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Department of Communities and Local Government to enable Local Enterprise Partnerships to realise their strategic economic growth plans. Around £7.7 billion has been allocated to date, with £4 billion supporting transport projects, including around £600 million for cycling and walking.

Plan- og bygningsloven

The main intention of the Norwegian Planning and Building Act (PBA) (Plan- og bygningsloven) is the sustainable development in the best interest of the citizens, the society and future generations, and health policy is a planning topic and consideration in achieving sustainable development. The planning is decentralised and the municipalities play the main role in executing the national policies locally. The local planning and the local conditions are decisive in planning for physical health.
The PBA applies regulations on:

1. areas around watercources that are of importance for nature and physical recreation.
2. outdoor space ensuring a safe place of residence in the open air for the residents and enable play.
3. recreation, exit and parking of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, etc.

Physical activity and the environment 

The NICE guidelines cover how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity. The aim is to increase the general population’s physical activity levels.

Hacia Rutas Saludables

The Towards Healthy Routes (Hacia Rutas Saludables) is a practical information guide to support local entities in the design, revitalisation and evaluation of the Healthy Route Plan(s) which aims to provide the municipality with one or more safe and accessible routes that promote the regular practice of physical activity for health, starting, whenever possible, from those used by citizens habitually. The plan integrates equity, inter-sectorality, participation and coherence in a transversal manner.

Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 2/08)

The Local Transport Note (LTN) provides guidance on improving safety for cyclists and pedestrians through the design of cycle infrastructure.

Asset management guidance for footways and cycle routes

In May 2018, the UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) published a number of documents to support asset management associated with footways and cycle routes. The documents provide guidance and good practises on the design and maintenance of footways and cycle paths.

The Bicycle Parking at Stations Project

The Bicycle Parking at Stations initiative started almost 20 years ago as part of a government initiative called "ruimte voor de fiets" (in English: bicycle space). The initiative is now part of the national cycling agenda "tour de fource". Aim of the the project is to increase the number of bicycle parking places at stations, to contribute to shortening door-to-door travel time and to increase travel convenience.
The extra funds from the Rutte III coalition agreement are used to innovate and increase the storage options at public transport hubs. Consideration is also being given to the more efficient use of storage capacity. 

The national bicycle routes

The national bicycle network consists of ten routes and will make it possible to cycle from city to city on low-traffic roads along Norway. The State Highway Authority signs the bicycle routes in collaboration with county municipalities. The national bicycle routes are signposted on both roads and bicycle paths, but it can vary from area to area how much of the bicycle route is signposted. The signs are reddish brown with green numbers from 1–10.  In many places people can combine cycling on the national cycling routes with regional and local cycling routes or combine bike ride with other means of transport such as train, ferry or bus. Some of the national cycling routes are also part of the European bike network EuroVelo (eurovelo.com).

Programa Vías Verdes

Since 1993, the Greenways programme (Programa Vías Verdes) has converted more than 2,800 km of disused railway infrastructure into cycling and hiking itineraries, suitable for people of all abilities.

The manual for streets

The manual is a set of guidelines on streets design which (among the rest) encourage physical activity like walking and cycling. It recommends walkable neighbourhoods which have a range of facilities within 10 minutes (up to about 800 m). The manual includes street furniture, such as play equipment, street lighting and planting. 

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016

The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions included many new measures for cycling, developed through the Traffic Signs Policy Review and through work with local traffic authorities. These include low-level mini cycle signals, a new pedestrian and cyclist crossing (the parallel crossing), new options for signing cycle routes, and new designs of advanced stop lines. 

The National Cycle Network

The National Cycle Network is a UK-wide network of more than 16,000 miles of signed paths and routes for walking, cycling, wheeling, connecting cities, towns, and countryside and exploring outdoors. The Network has two priorities, to make the Network safer and more accessible for everyone. It's used for every kind of journey, from the school run and work commute to weekend walks and long-distance bike rides.

Public Transport Tariff Reduction Support Programme (PART) (Order No. 1234-A / 2019)

The Tariff Reduction Support Programme (PART) aims to combat the negative externalities associated with mobility, namely congestion, the emission of gases greenhouse effect, air pollution, noise, energy consumption and social exclusion. PART aims to attract passengers to public transport, supporting the Transport Authorities with an annual budget, which allows them to operate a judicious adjustment of tariffs and offers, within the scope of the powers attributed to them by Law No. 52/2015, of June 9.

The Public Health Act

With the administrative reform, the county authorities were given a statutory responsibility for public health work within the tasks assigned to the county municipality (the Public Health Act). The county shall contribute to the achievement of national public health policy. The task of the county council, as a regional development actor, is to be a driving force for municipal planning public health work, as well as assuming a leadership role in public health partnerships in collaboration with the state, municipal, voluntary and private sector. The Public Health Act has been revised with a view to obtaining a common law for the responsibility of municipalities, county authorities and the state in public health work. Facilitating active transport will also be an important contribution to public health work. 

Friluftsloven

The Open Air Law (Friluftsloven) came into effect in 1957 and since then it has been amended several times over the years. The main purpose of the Law is to protect the natural basis of outdoor life and to safeguard the public's right to travel and residence in nature, so that the opportunity to practice outdoor life as a health-promoting, well-being and environmentally friendly leisure activity is preserved and promoted. The law also regulates the right, and defines more precisely where and how traffic and residence can occur.

The Road Code (Law 72/2013)

The latest revision of the Road Code (2013) included significant changes to ensure greater safety for cyclists and equating cyclists to motor vehicles.

The Integrated Transport Block 

The Department for Transport provides £258 million a year to all local bodies outside London distributed by formula for small-scale capital works focussed on road safety, tackling congestion, reducing harm to the environment and improving accessibility. Research by the Department has shown that around 11% is typically allocated to cycling, and around 4% to walking (public realm and right of way improvements). 

The Fill that Hole App

The App sends local authorities up-to-the-minute information about potholes which the council may not otherwise know about, allowing them to identify trouble spots needing action fast. It was originally developed for cyclists, who can receive life-changing injuries from accidents caused by potholes, but it is now used by all types of road user, from delivery drivers to motorists concerned about potential damage to their vehicle.

The Pothole Action Fund

One of the main capital funding pots for routine maintenance is the Pothole Action Fund. It was announced in Budget 2015 with the aim of fixing over 5 million potholes by 2020/21. The funding is calculated according to the size of the local road network in each area. The funding also aims to help improving cyclists’ safety.

The School Sports Infrastructure Development Programme

The aim of the The School Sports Infrastructure Development Programme is to improve the condition of school's sports infrastructure, intended for the needs of physical education classes, serving local communities to spend their free time actively, as well as - if possible - enabling sport competition.

The Regional Sports Infrastructure Development Programme

The goal of The Regional Sports Infrastructure Development Programme is to develop and improve the state of basic sports infrastructure in individual regions by supporting the implementation of investment tasks for sports facilities throughout the country. The programme includes, in particular, publicly accessible facilities that enable mass sports.

The Football Field Roofing Programme – Pilot Edition 

The goal of the Football Field Roofing Programme – Pilot Edition is to create conditions for year-round football training. Implementation of the programme will contribute to the elimination of problems with access to football infrastructure in the autumn winter season. The programme is part of a broader government concept regarding football development in Poland. Within it, a basis will be created for all other activities - infrastructure. This programme is a response to the identified deficit of facilities of this type and the first nationwide undertaking initiating and supporting investments in roofing of full-size football fields. The basis of the programme is the assumption, based on previous ministry experience in implementing programmes dedicated to a specific type of sports infrastructure, that incentives in the form of subsidies from the Physical Culture Development Fund effectively encourage investors to develop a sports base and translate into an increase in the number of given facilities.

BeActive – Latvia 

The European Week of Sport is an initiative of the European Commission to promote sport and physical activity across Europe. This initiative has been adapted from the Latvian government and is taking place on the 23rd of September. The overarching campaign theme is #BeActive, and encourages everyone to be active during the Week but also to stay active all year long. Focus themes are education, environment, workplace, outdoors, sport clubs and fitness centres. A wide range of initiatives and activities are organised around these settings at different levels. 

The Move Nation Campaign

The Move Nation campaign is an activity of the European Social Fund project "Complex health promotion and disease prevention measures". The campaign helps municipalities to involve and organize variety of physical activity events to prevent health problems for various risk groups and improve overall health.

The Healthy Workplaces for All Ages Campaign

The 2016–17 Healthy Workplaces campaign is designed to help national authorities, companies, organisations, managers, workers and their representatives and other stakeholders to work together to deal with the challenges related to an ageing workforce. The campaign has four key objectives:

1. promoting sustainable work and healthy ageing from the start of the working life.
2. preventing health problems throughout the working life.
3. providing ways for employers and workers to manage occupational safety and health in the context of an ageing workforce.
4. encouraging the exchange of information and good practice.

The 2020 Active at Work Campaign

The social campaign Active at Work is devoted to promoting physical activity for working people. The campaign will run from May to December 2020. The campaign is organized as part of the V stage of the National Program of improving safety and working conditions (2020-2022), financed by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. Program coordinator: Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute. The campaign has been promoted also by the Ministry of Sport.

BeActive – Portugal

The European Sport Week is an initiative of the European Commission aimed at promoting sport and physical activity across Europe and will continue to generate new activities and build on existing positive experiences. The main theme of the campaign is #BeActive, which should encourage everyone to be active during the Week (which is celebrated every year between September 23rd and 30th) but also to remain active throughout the year. This European initiative, coordinated in Portugal by the IPDJ, involved more than one million Portuguese, who participated in 1200 activities, developed in the 82 municipalities that collaborated in the initiative last 2019. One of the focuses of the European Sport Week was the school aspect, celebrated the first in Portugal in 2018. 455 groupings of schools participated in the European Day of Sports at School, part of the initiative's programme, involving around 350,000 students. 

Healthy Lifestyles website

The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality launched on November 4, 2015 the website Healthy lifestyles aimed at the entire population. This web page appears as part of the actions of the Strategy for Health Promotion and Prevention in the National Health System and its purpose is to provide useful and quality information, adjusted to the different needs of citizens; In it people can find recommendations, interactive tools, videos and other useful materials and resources to make their lifestyles healthier. The website includes a section on physical activity and sedentarism with recommendations and information on the health benefits associated with being physically active.

España Se Mueve

Spain Moves (España Se Mueve) is a movement for health, which aims to promote healthy lifestyles in Spanish society, through the promotion of sport and physical activity to maintain an active and dynamic life from childhood. It is led by the Higher Sports Council, through the Young Sports Foundation. Spain Moves aims to become a solid project, reaching the largest number of citizens with clear, positive and assumable messages. Communication is a very important part of the initiative, with actions in the press, radio, internet, social networks and television. This campaign will use various basic supports to spread its messages:

• Social networks. It has profiles on various networks (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube).
• Television program (2nd phase). It aims to educate viewers about the importance of practicing physical activity and sports to improve their health. Its purpose is to convey to viewers the importance of exercising to improve their health. To do this, it uses the testimonies of anonymous people, experts and institutions. Recognizable faces for the audience also participate to capture the attention and interest of viewers.

Activilandia

The Activilandia is an informative initiative of the NAOS Strategy of AECOSAN (Spanish Agency for Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition) mainly aimed at children from 6 to 12 years old. Activilandia is a Virtual Theme Park specifically dedicated to promoting healthy eating, varied physical activity, active leisure and other healthy habits, with main objectives to raise awareness and inform about how to acquire certain healthy habits in order to prevent childhood overweight and obesity and help children and families with children to modify some habits (or guidelines), and adopt healthier lifestyles. The virtual platform combines recreational and educational content in audiovisual formats: digital games, videos, music, downloads, 2D and 3D animations, contests, and is presented in multiplatform digital support accessible through the internet, information and tips for a varied and balanced diet, games and activities with the family, at school, in the park with friends, sports, dancing, etc.

Movimiento Actívate

At the end of 2015, the NAOS Strategy, launched the online campaign Get Active Movement (Movimiento Actívate) aimed at teenagers from 13 to 17 years old, to raise awareness and inform about the importance of acquiring healthy habits such as eating a healthy, varied and balanced diet and practicing physical activity on a regular basis, thus reducing sedentary behaviours in daily activities and leisure, all to prevent obesity. The website of the campaign, based on the motto "Eat Healthy and Move" of the NAOS Strategy, contains attractive and informative audiovisual materials that inform and raise awareness through music, tips, videos, recipes, links to various sources of offers of active leisure and an online contest.

Plan Cuídate +

In 2012, the initiative Take Care of yourself + (Plan Cuídate +) to disseminate information was continued, incorporating new content on food fats and the importance of reducing their intake, especially saturated fat. It was also included in the Plan Take Care +, along with information on salt and fats, tips and references to promote the adoption among the population of healthy lifestyle habits such as regular practice of physical activity or physical exercise.

The Catalan Physical Activity, Sports and Health Plan (PAFES)

The Catalan Physical Activity, Sports and Health Plan (PAFES) is a policy intervention developed by the Department of Health and the General Secretary of Sport in Catalonia. The aim of PAFES is to use a motivational clinical guideline and local resources like healthy routes in order to increase adults’ levels of physical activity. The implementation strategy comprised of both central and local activities. For example, the Health and Sports Departments incorporated an alliance to promote physical activity through PAFES. This alliance promoted collaborative development of the guidelines for physical activity at the local Primary Health Care (PHC) level, a collaboration of municipalities to identify and create assets for physical activity, and of a training strategy. Furthermore, a dissemination strategy was developed, which targeted the population using online content and newsletters. Finally, World Physical Activity Day (WPAD) has also been promoted by PAFES as a way of increasing awareness of physical activity. PAFES was implemented in 2012 and by 2013, PAFES was ingrained within the health system of Catalonia.

Evaluations

Weitzer J et al. (2020). Evaluation of the Catalan Physical Activity, Sports and Health Plan: a nested case-control study. European Journal Of Public Health. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa090.

Gonzalez-Viana A et al. (2018). Promoting physical activity through primary health care: the case of Catalonia. BMC Public Health, 18(1).

The We Are Undefeatable Campaign

The We Are Undefeatable is a movement supporting people with a range of long term health conditions, developed by 15 leading health and social care charities and benefited from expertise and insight from Sport England, along with National Lottery funding. Our purpose is to support and encourage finding ways to be active that work with each person’s conditions, not against them. The campaign hopes to inspire, reassure and support people to be active by showing the real-life experiences of people living with a variety of conditions – both visible and invisible – on their own journeys to being active. The campaign includes a website and support packs which were distributed by Public Health England, to every GP surgery and community pharmacy in England as part of a wider programme to support healthcare professionals to promote physical activity to their patients.

LEVANTE-SE 

The LEVANTE-SE (stand-up) campaign highlights the importance of interrupting the time we spend sitting during the day, whether at work, at home watching TV or in a waiting room. The campaign informs people about the association between long sitting hours without interruptions and the increased risk of chronic diseases (e.g. cancer, cardiovascular diseases) or even death from all causes, even for the active ones. It uses the message "STAND UP, even if you consider yourself physically active".

Siga o Assobio

The national mass media campaign Follow the Whistle (Siga o Assobio) is the first public national campaign for physical activity promotion, developed by the National Physical Activity Promotion Programme – Directorate-General of Health, on behalf of the Portuguese Ministry of Health. The campaign aims to raise the profile of physical activity and is based on social marketing principles and behavior change theory, namely the COM-B model [perceived capability for physical activity (C), perceived opportunity for practice/ ease of integration of PA in daily living (O), motivation for PA practice (M) and behavior (B)] and was developed through formative research]. It was launched during June 2019 (TV, Radio, Online and Cinema, regional newspapers, outdoors) and a reactivation is planned for 2020. Formal impact evaluation of the campaign indicates that all the targeted COM-B indicators changed in the expected direction.

YouTube Channel for Women and Sports

The Women and Sports Programmes of the Ministry of Culture and Sport (High Council for Sport) in collaboration with the Federations produce various videos promoting the sport practiced by women and upload them to the YouTube channel M and D. These videos are aiming to promote sports practiced by women by giving visibility to their protagonists.

12 themes 12 months Campaign

The campaign Earn in health: 12 topics, 12 months, is a material that has been developed in order to help companies to sensitize their workers to the importance of good health habits at work and at home. In addition, it encourages dialogue and participation, improves information about chosen health topics, and helps achieve the behavioral and attitude changes necessary to improve health and performance. It is a basically visual campaign, and was born from the need to continuously sensitize each and every one of the members of the company to create a true culture of prevention and health. One of the 12 topics is physical activity.

Change4Life

Change4Life is an ongoing social marketing campgaign established in 2009 to tackle obesity and overweight through the promotion of healthy food choices and physical activity. Change4Life promotes healthy weight through a programme of 8 behavioural changes including at least 60 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per day (60 Active Minutes) and reduction of time spent in sedentary activity (UP and About).

This Girl Can 

This Girl Can celebrates active women who are doing their thing no matter how they do it, how they look or even how sweaty they get. Launched in 2015, the campaign has successfully persuaded nearly three million women to get more active. Women come in all shapes and sizes with all abilities and from all backgrounds. The message of the campaign is : "Some of us are expert sportswomen, some of are a bit rubbish. It doesn’t matter. We’re just happy that you’re getting active. And if you’re still not sure that you can, we’re here to help you to figure out the way of getting active that’s right for you". The campaign is now in its 5th year but is still going with new creative and a greater sense of urgency, this phase – Me Again – marks the progress that has been done in closing the gender gap while agitating for quicker and further change.

The Stay In, Work Out Campaign

The Stay in, Work Out Campaign by Sport England and funded by The National Lottery, is giving people advice and tools to help them being active during the coronavirus outbreak. Due to the pandemic, people are spending a lot more time at home, which is why staying as physically active as possible is more important than ever. The campaign provides tips, advice and guidance on how to keep or get active in and around your home. It also provides exclusive offers and workouts from content providers such as Les Mills on Demand, Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) and FiiT. There's also the latest advice around getting outside, with tools to help you make the most out of the fresh air during your daily walk, run or cycle. For social media promotion the campaign is encouraging people to use the #StayInWorkOut to share how they are getting active during this time. 

Vida Ativa

All opportunities to promote the concept of active life in its multiple dimensions are explored, in a set of campaigns to be organized during this biennium, using different communication and promotional means, in order to reach the majority of the population. Components of this project are necessarily part of all the others.

The World Physical Activity Day – Portugal

The World Physical Activity Day aims to promote the practice of physical activity among the population, as well as to show the benefits of physical exercise. In Portugal on April 6, various activities take place to promote the practice of physical exercise. Group classes and walks are some of the initiatives developed by municipalities, sports associations and other entities to celebrate the date and to get people to play sports. Whether alone or accompanied, what is required on this day is to exercise. Celebrated the 1st time in Portugal in 2015.

Qual é a sua Atividade Física?

The campaign What is your physical activity? (Qual é a sua Atividade Física?) runs between June and December 2018 targeting at the adult Portuguese population of both sexes, especially between the age groups of 35 to 65 years old. Main objectives were to:

1. Reformulate and clarify the concept of physical activity.
2. Train the target group to overcome the main barriers to practice.
3. Transfer a positive perspective of physical activity to citizens, associated with the "modern" social and personal life they aspire to.

2017 Physical activity guidelines - Netherlands

At the request of the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, the Committee for Guidelines on Physical Activity has published the physical activity guidelines for adults, older people and children from 4 to 18years. According to the guidelines, adults should be physically active at moderate intensity for at least two and a half hours every week and children at least one hour every day, according to the new guidelines. Muscle- and bone-strengthening activities are also recommended for both groups. Collectively, this lowers the risk of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, depressive symptoms and, in older adults, fractures. The Health Council advises the minister of Public Health, Welfare and Sports to stimulate people to engage in more physical activity on a permanent basis.

General physical activity guidelines for children, young, adults, elderly and pregnant

In March 2014, the Norwegian Directorate of Health published the national general physical activity guidelines for children, young, adults, elderly and pregnant. The guidelines suggest that children and adolescents should do physical activity, of moderate to hard intensity, for at least 60 minutes each day. Physical activity of amounts greater than 60 minutes daily will provide additional health benefits. Vigorous-intensity activities should be incorporated, including those that strengthen muscle and bone, at least 3 times per week.
Adults and the elderly should be physically active for at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of high intensity per week, or a combination of moderate and high intensity. For additional health benefits, adults should increase their moderate-intensity physical activity to 300 minutes per week or engage in 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week or engage in an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity. Exercises that provide increased muscle strength to large muscle groups should be performed two or more days a week. Elderly people with reduced mobility, people who are unstable, are also recommended to do balance exercises and strength training three or more days a week. Pregnant women should participate in physical activity of moderate intensity for at least 150 minutes a week.
 

General sedentary behaviour guidelines for children, young people, adults and elderly

In March 2014, The Norwegian Directorate of Health published the national general guidelines on sedentary behaviour for children, young people, adults and elderly. The guidelines suggest that children, young, adults and elderly and should reduce sedentary behavior.

General sedentary behavior guidelines for pregnant women

In March 2014, The Norwegian Directorate of Health published the national guidelines on sedentary behaviour for pregnant women. In general, pregnant women are advised to take active breaks that interrupt a sedentary behavior.

WHO physical activity guidelines for all – Poland

The Polish government has adopted the WHO physical activity guidelines for all. The recommendations set out address three age groups: 5–17 years old; 18–64 years old; and 65 years old and above. 1. Children and young people aged 5–17 years old should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. 2. Adults aged 18–64 years should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity. 3. Adults aged 65 years and above should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.

National Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health

The National Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health has been prepared at the request of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland with the aim of presenting the level and characteristics of physical activity in Poland based on the results of a diagnostic survey carried out in the years 2015 – 2017. Another aim was to develop National Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health for different age groups. This report has been prepared by a team of researchers from the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.

Physical activity infographics 

The Programa Nacional para a Promoção da Atividade Física (PNPAF) translated and adapted the infographics of UK's Chief Medical Office on physical activity recommendations for babies and children (0-5 years old), children and adolescents (5-18 years old), adults and the elderly (> 18 years old) and for pregnant women. 

Physical activity and sedentary time recommendations – Spain

The national recommendations of physical activity for health, reduction of sedentary lifestyle and screen time are addressed to the entire population and to professionals in the health, sports and educational sectors, fundamentally, who in turn may reinforce the dissemination and fulfilment of the recommendations. It is important to note that the recommendations for Physical Activity propose the minimum necessary to obtain health benefits.

Recommendations for the physical activity of chronic and elderly patients during the state of alarm

In the face of the public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that has generated the decree of the state of alarm to protect everyone's health, the Spanish Agency for Health Protection (AEPSAD), the Spanish Society of Sports Medicine (FEMEDE) and the General Council of Official Medical Colleges of Spain (CGCOM) have developed a series of recommendations to combat the risks of inactivity in the chronically ill and the elderly. The purpose of these recommendations is the result of the importance that these institutions attach to the need to maintain adequate levels of activity to prevent the effects of sedentary lifestyle and to serve as a complement to treatment in chronic diseases as important as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, COPD., osteoarthritis, various heart diseases and certain types of cancer, among many others.

Physical activity guidelines – UK

The 2019 UK physical activity guidelines update the 2019 guidelines across all age groups follows a life course approach covering Children under-5s, Children and Young people (5-18 years), Adults (19-64 years), and Older Adults (65+). New guidelines have also been included for disabled adults, physical activity during pregnancy, and postpartum.
The guidelines state that:
 a) Pre-schoolers should spend at least 180 minutes (3 hours) per day in a variety of physical activity spread throughout the day; the 180 minutes should include at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity.
b) Children and young people should engage in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity for an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the week. This can include all forms of activity such as physical education, active travel, after-school activities, play and sports.  
 c) Adults should accumulate at least 150 minutes (2 1/2 hours) of moderate intensity activity (such as brisk walking or cycling); or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity (such as running); or even shorter durations of very vigorous intensity activity (such as sprinting or stair climbing); or a combination of moderate, vigorous and very vigorous intensity activity.
d) Older adults should aim to accumulate 150 minutes (2 1/2 hours) of moderate intensity aerobic activity, building up gradually from current levels. 

Sporta Likums

In accordance to the Sport Act (Sporta Likums), sports bases are created and maintained to provide the inhabitants with the opportunity to engage in sports, while sports facilities owned by the state or local governments are used for providing the services necessary for the population in sports. Sport should be included in pre-school education programmes, be accessible to all students, including those with special needs. Additionally, educational institution shall promote the organization of sports activities after the completion of the mandatory study process. Finally, the state budget shall primarily finance the sport of children and young people.  

The Education Law

The aim of the Education Law is to ensure that every resident has the right to education. Within the educational system, it states that a city local government and a municipality local government shall promote the participation of the students in sports during the school hours and that financial resources will be provided for the creation of sport programmes and sport equipment. 

Regulation on the standards and mandatory subjects of basic education

This Regulation prescribes the standards and mandatory subjects of basic education, including the subject of Sports. The aim of the subject is to improve knowledge and understanding of healthy lifestyles, the role of regular physical activity in maintaining and strengthening health, encouraging willingness to engage in diverse sports activities and improving physical fitness and preparedness. The purpose is to enable the learner to:

1. To engage in systematic physical activity according to the health of the learner, strengthening and improving health, developing physical abilities, promoting harmonious physical and mental development.
2. To acquire and improve skills of independent work and cooperation.
3. To promote interest in sport, positive and active attitude to important sporting events in your region, Latvia, Europe and the world. 

The Sportiest Class Project

The Sportiest Class is a Latvian Olympic Committee project that involves youth from 2nd to 6th grade where each class has extra sports lesson every week. The goals are to:

1. Gradually increase the number of educational institutions, classes and students involved in the project.
2. Improve the methodological programme of the project.
3. Improve the general physical fitness of the pupils involved, while giving them the motivation to engage in sport.

The Law on higher education institutions

The Law on higher education institutions states that all students have the right to sports and that institutions of higher education shall provide students with the possibility to engage in sports.

Læring i friluft

Learning in open-air (Læring i friluft) is a national school programme, where the members [(28 intermunicipal outdoor recreation boards (Friluftsråd) all over Norway)] offer courses, activities, equipment, networks, and other support to make it easier for teachers to teach subjects outside. Learning in open air can make children learn things better, can make it more interesting, makes room for more collaboration and team work which can counteract bullying, give the participants a closer relationship with nature and encourage physical activity. Connected to the school programme, a map-based web solution was developed for registration and describing learning resources. The web solution is map based and each learning resource that is registrated aims to take advantage of unique factors on that particular spot. This is called “Stedsbasert læring” / Map-based learning facilities / Registration of Unique Learning facilities. 

Friluftsliviskolen.no

The Forum for Outdoor Recreation in School (Friluftsliviskolen.no) is a website for teachers and other staff in kindergartens, schools and SFO. The site will help teachers and others who work with children and young people to include outdoor activities in teaching, both as an independent activity and as an educational tool. From 2018, Norwegian Outdoor Life received earmarked funds to operate and develop forum, and to work with competence-enhancing measures in the field of outdoor recreation in school, in collaboration with the Environment Directorate and the outdoor recreation organizations. In the start-up phase, the forum will develop its form and working method. The forum works with both primary and secondary education training.

Guidelines for Health Education

The Health Education Guidelines (RES) are the result of a partnership between the Directorate-General of Education and the Directorate-General of Health, and the SICAD – General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies. It is a flexible education tool, for health promotion which can be used and adapted according to the options and realities of each educational context, from preschool to secondary education. In addition to schools, the guidelines may also be useful to other educational entities and agents, whether formal or informal, that seeks to develop health promoting projects and healthy lifestyles among children and young people, as well as among parents, guardians and caregivers. The Guidelines identified 5 overarching themes:

• Mental Health and Violence Prevention.
• Food Education.
• Physical Activity.
• Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies.
• Affections and Sexuality Education.

For each of these themes, the RES defined subthemes and the corresponding objectives, which, in turn, are separated by education and learning level. These objectives include knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours necessary for their implementation. The objectives of the Physical Activity theme are:

1. Avoid long periods of sedentary behaviours.
2. Increase PA and sports activity.
3. Understand how PA promotes the holistic development of the child and youths.

The School Sports Programme 

The School Sports Programme intends to materialize the provisions of Decree-Law No. 139/2012, of 5 July, in its current wording, promoting the execution of activities complementary to the curricula of basic and secondary education, aiming especially at the creative and formative use of free time, thus contributing to the integral training and personal fulfilment of students

The Fundamental Law of Physical Activity and Sport (Law No. 5/2007)

The Law No. 5/2007, among the rest, guarantees the existence of physical education in the curriculum.

1. Physical education and school sport must be promoted in the curriculum and complementary curricula, at all levels and degrees of education and teaching, as essential components of the integral training of students, specifically targeting the promotion of health and physical condition, the acquisition of motor habits and behaviours and the understanding of sport as a factor of culture. 
2. School sports activities should value the participation and involvement of young people, parents and guardians and local authorities in their organization, development and evaluation.

The Law also sets obligations for entities providing physical or sporting activities, organizing sporting events or events or operating sports facilities open to the public, with a view to protecting the health and safety of the participants in them. The sport providers must meet:

1. The requirements for sports facilities and equipment.
2.  The minimum levels of training of the personnel that frame these activities or administer the sports facilities.
3. The mandatory existence of insurance for accidents or illnesses arising from sports. 

School sport activities are open and free to every student that wants to be involved and the trainings and competitions between schools are guided by each school physical education teachers who can add these activities (at a maximum of 2 school sport activities/groups) instead of teaching physical education classes. In some cases, the school sport activities are also involved in sport specific federation activities. 

Order n.º 6984-A/2015

This order defines the number of lectures dedicated to school sport activities under the supervision of a physical education teacher (a total of 21.800 lectures, 400 more than before).

Unidades Didacticas Activas (U.D.As.)

The Active Teaching Units (Unidades Didacticas Activas (U.D.As.)) is a curricular material developed for the Physical Education (PE) area that is presented in the form of Didactic Units designed to achieve a suitable intensity of work and motor commitment. The main objective of U.D.A. is to increase the percentage of Physical Activity of moderate to vigorous intensity (MVPA) during Physical Education (EF) classes to at least 50% of the duration of the class, as established in the international guidelines regarding this topic. U.D.A. It is a material aimed at the stage of Primary Education and Compulsory Secondary Education and has been designed to adjust to the curricular content of each course and stage while favoring the development and acquisition of the Key Competences established in the current educational legislation. The project consists of 10 didactic units distributed in the different stages and courses as follows:

• 2 didactic units for 1st and 2nd year of Primary Education (EP).  
• 2 didactic units for 3rd and 4th year of Primary Education (EP).
• 2 didactic units for 5th and 6th year of Primary Education (EP). 
• 2 didactic units for 1st and 2nd year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO).
• 2 didactic units for 3rd and 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO).

Each Didactic Unit consists of 8 sessions that have been designed, developed and evaluated by specialist teachers in the subject.

Gezond In

The Gezond In incentive programme involves healthcare providers in the first line when approaching vulnerable groups and when tackling health backlogs. The programme is carried out within the framework of the National Prevention Programme. The programme is funded by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and offers municipalities advice, practical tools and national and regional meetings for four years. An online platform has been established so that municipalities can access and share information and tools on how to address inequalities at the local level, with physical activity one of the topics addressed. 

Physical activity brief assessment and counseling 

In 2017, two digital tools were introduced in the Portuguese National Health Service to support physical activity assessment and brief counseling in primary health care by health professionals. The PA assessment tool was incorporated within the digital software/database “SClínico - Primary Health Care” and includes three questions: 1) how many days per week the patient performs any kind of physical activity (work, commuting or leisure-time); 2) how much time per day; and 3) how many hours per day the patient spends in sedentary behaviours. The physical activty brief counseling tool is available through the “Electronic Medical Prescription” software and consists of five inter-related guides/documents that can be delivered to patients (printed or by email), according to their current motivation and physical activity levels. Between 2018 and 2019, the number of patients assessed through the assessment tool was six times bigger and the number of patients who received brief counseling guides tripled.

European Physical Activity on Prescription Model (EUPAP) – Portugal

The overall objectives of the EUPAP are to promote good health and to prevent the non-communicable disease through implementing country-based physical activity on prescription (PAP) programmes in health services in several countries. It aims to transfer the Swedish model of prescription of physical activity in primary health care to other European countries, in a way adapted to different realities, with a view to creating a broad, versatile and integrating European model of physical activity prescription. The health service is an arena for health promotion due to its coverage and access for the whole population. The prescription of physical activity is a method that can reach and enable different population groups enhancing their physical activity for prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases. Moreover, given access to health services this includes also socially disadvantaged groups leading to reduction in health inequalities. This means that the present proposal has the potential to contribute to meeting the objects and priorities in the work programme. 

Order n.º 8932/2017

The pilot project is testing a new model for promoting physical activity in the National Health Service (SNS). The intention is to reinforce the integration of physical activity in the provision of health care, namely in terms of primary health care, to improve the training and qualification of health professionals to promote physical activity and strengthen the articulation of health care with promoters of physical activity in the community. The aims are to increase physical activity in users with chronic illness, through the establishment of an individual physical activity plan that the user can follow independently, or referral to participate in a structured and supervised physical exercise programme.

Integral lifestyle advice in primary care, community resources for the adult population

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with various scientific societies and the Spanish autonomous regions, has developed a programme to provide guidance to health professionals on how to counsel patients and deliver active healthy lifestyle advice in primary care settings. The programme is linked to the Strategy for Prevention and Health Promotion in the Spanish National Health System, and has a dedicated budget.

The RCGP Physical Activity and Lifestyle Toolkit

The RCGP Physical Activity and Lifestyle Toolkit has been designed to be used by primary care professionals in the UK to help promote physical activity to their patients and within their practice by providing a range of resources and advice, connecting the sport and health sector.

Physical activity: brief advice for adults in primary care

The NICE recommendations have been made within the context of other national and local strategies and interventions to increase or maintain physical activity levels in the population. These might include addressing barriers to activity, for example, through changes to the physical environment or other measures to support an active lifestyle. The recommendations cover:

1. Identifying adults who are inactive.
2. Delivering brief advice.
3. Following up brief advice.
4. Incorporating brief advice in commissioning.
5. Systems to support brief advice.
6. Information and training to support brief advice.

Physical activity: exercise referral schemes

The NICE guidelines make recommendations on exercise referral schemes to promote physical activity for people aged 19 and older. The guidelines cover general exercise referral schemes, not structured exercise programmes designed for managing a specific health condition or for rehabilitation following recovery from a specific condition.

Active Practice Charter

The Active Practice Charter rewards and recognises those GP practices who are promoting sport and physical activity to their patients and staff. The charter aims to support around 8,000 GP practices in the UK by raising awareness of the simple changes that can be made to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of patients and staff.

B-Fit

B-Fit is a lifestyle programme for children between 4 and 12 years old. The programme focuses on achieving and maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle among primary school children. The two-year programme focuses on exercise, nutrition and activation. B-Fit is a total tailor-made programme. The school compiles its own B-Fit menu from four themes: Learn your Fit, Exercise Fit, Eat Fit and Fit Together. Within each theme people can choose from various, recognized, interventions.

National Talent Base

The idea of ​​creating the National Talent Base was guided by the need to prepare a simple tool for measuring and assessing physical condition. Placing it on the Internet allows access for anyone interested in the physical condition of Polish society. It can be used by parents, trainers, teachers, research teams, employees of state administration and local government units, and above all children and youth. Young generations will be able to shape attitudes of caring for their own physical well-being and support the pursuit of their sports dreams thanks to the examination and assessment of physical condition. The created opportunities will allow to support young people in pursuit of sporting successes as well as harmonious and healthy psychophysical development.
 

Young Mobile

Through Young Mobile, mobile applications aimed at promoting active life and preventing situations of dependency in the young population are identified, selected and disseminated according to their merits, to be taken into account in health education and literacy initiatives for young people.

Behaviour change: general approaches

The NICE guidelines cover a set of principles that can be used to help people change their behaviour. The aim is for practitioners to use these principles to encourage people to adopt a healthier lifestyle by, for example, stopping smoking, adopting a healthy diet and being more physically active. 

Behaviour change: individual approaches

This NICE guidance makes recommendations on individual-level behaviour change interventions aimed at changing the behaviours that can damage people's health. It includes a range of approaches for people aged 16 and over, from single interventions delivered as the opportunity arises to planned, high intensity interventions that may take place over a number of sessions. The guidance aims to help tackle a range of behaviours including alcohol misuse, poor eating patterns, lack of physical activity, unsafe sexual behaviour and smoking. These behaviours are linked to health problems and chronic diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer). This means interventions that help people change have considerable potential for improving health and wellbeing.

Physical activity for children and young people

This NICE guideline covers promoting physical activity for children and young people aged under 18 at home, preschool, school and in the community. It includes raising awareness of the benefits of physical activity, listening to what children and young people want, planning and providing spaces and facilities, and helping families build physical activity into their daily lives.

Only you determine who you are (AJB)

The ''Only you determine who you are'' (AJB) has as its objective the prevention and/or reduction of the development of nuisance and / or delinquent behavior. This is achieved by strengthening protective factors and reducing risk factors with regard to nuisance and / or delinquent behavior among young people aged 12 to 18 who are following a practical school or the basic or framework-oriented learning pathway of Preparatory Middle-level Vocational Education. They receive structured leisure activities in the form of participating in a team sport at a local sports club near their school, accompanied by specifically selected and trained trainers. The AJB intervention lasts one year and is carried out according to a fixed methodology.
AJB lasts one year and aims to achieve a positive behavioral change by offering young people from the target group a structural leisure activity in the form of participation in a team sport at a local sports club, where the target group is supervised by specifically selected and trained trainers.