Decision

1)    To utilise £90,000 funding over three years, (with equal payments of £30,000 in 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27) from Oxfordshire County Council, (Healthy Place Shaping team), to address some of the key priority areas for action from the Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024-30. Active Communities will deliver against the priorities to:

a)    Support cycling and walking activation to increase physical activity and reduce carbon emissions

b)    Promote green prescribing and access to nature to improve mental wellbeing

2)    To delegate authority to the Head of Communities to agree and approve the terms of the funding agreement with Oxfordshire County Council.

3)    To delegate authority to accept and allocate this funding for Healthy Place Shaping to the Head of Finance & Section 151 officer in consultation with the Head of Communities.