The Active Partnerships network has unveiled its Environmental Sustainability Commitment which all 43 Active Partnerships located across England, as well as the Active Partnerships National Organisation (APNO), have signed up to.
The commitment is to embed environmental sustainability into the work that Active Partnerships do to help everyone lead active lives and enjoy the benefits of sport, physical activity, and movement. The network recognises that the people who face the greatest inequality are most impacted by climate change and biodiversity loss, and as always, tackling these inequalities is at the top of the network’s agenda.
Collectively, the Active Partnerships network is committing to unlocking the sector, strengthening the network, and enabling each Partnership to help combat climate change. It will focus on five key elements:
- Embedding Environmental Sustainability
- Joining the movement against climate change
- Designing and promoting more Active Environments
- Advocating for improved access to quality blue and green spaces
- Addressing Inequality
The network’s Climate Crew Chair, David Gent, also CEO of Active Humber, explained why the commitment is so significant: “Despite the information that continues to be shared on climate change daily, as a society, we often choose to ignore it and not commit to do anything about it. As a network, we are now clearly demonstrating our commitment to doing what we can to tackle this huge issue. This is not a new strategy, as we have Sport England’s Every Move Strategy, to guide the sector, but this is a commitment for us all to act now, and it brings to life what we intend to do and where we think we can have the biggest impact.”
Further details on the commitment can be found here and a video to explain the commitment can be found here.
Active Humber is committing in all it does to apply the principles of the commitment to its work.