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Active Dorset
Active Dorset is one of 49 County Sports Partnerships in England largely funded by Sport England to co-ordinate activity and sports programmes in Dorset.
Our main task is to get more people involved in physical activity and raise activity levels by 1% per annum, over the next 12 years, to reach the national 50% target by 2020. (Defined as participating in 30 minutes of moderate exercise five times a week - when we feel we are just beginning to get out of breath and still enjoying whatever it is we are doing).
Our key areas of work support the capacity and effectiveness of community based voluntary sport across Dorset, developing stronger communication and linkages across the various partners and stakeholders with an interest and involvement in sport, and getting more people actively involved in participating in sport and physical activity.
We aim to publicise the excellent opportunities which already exist in Dorset and will be boosted by London winning the 2012 Olympic Games. We also set in motion new opportunities wherever there is a need.
We have a strong passion and love of our work and for the positive benefits sport can give to those who participate in it, at whatever level. We also believe that what we do should be enjoyable, whether we're at work, rest or play!
Our focus is on people - ultimately we are about people.
Active Dorset promotes a huge number of events, including Community Sports Festivals, Dorset Active Leisure Month, Special Olympics National Athletics Championships, Race for Life and Bay Run events and the Step into Sport Programme.
Current project we are leading on include: the Community Sport Coach Scheme, establishment of Community Sports Networks, the delivery of the Sport Unlimited programme over the nest 3 years and the legacy of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Contact
Jennie Reid
Senior Sports Development Officer
Active Dorset CSP
Tel: 01202 966735
Mobile: 07850 901382
Website: www.activedorset.org/site