Sport Ireland’s Active Cities project, is funded by the dormant accounts fund & invests in sport and physical activity initiatives in Ireland’s five largest cities – Dublin, Limerick , Waterford, Cork and Galway, with the aim of creating, maintaining and increasing the numbers of citizens, regardless of age and ability, participating in sport and physical activity in their city.
Guided by the four guiding principles of the Global Action Plan for Physical Activity (GAPPA) developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2018, Active Cities will strive to create social norms about the benefits of sport and physical activity, create opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to be active, work in partnership to increase physical activity & decrease inactivity, and create/maintain environments where sport & physical activity can happen, working toward healthier lifestyles of their citizens.
The vision of Active Cities is to engage, maintain and increase the numbers of citizens, regardless of age and ability, participating in sport and physical activity in their city.
The mission of Active Cities is to create the opportunity for citizens to lead healthier lifestyles in the context of sport and physical activity.
Each Active City will be unique in how they carry out actions under the four guiding pillars but partnership working, and multi-city collaboration is encouraged.
Eight Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) with responsibility for Ireland’s 5 cities have been selected by Sport Ireland to deliver the Active Cities project in Ireland. The four Dublin LSP’s are working under Active Cities Dublin brand.
Angela Monaghan is our Active Cities Officer for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and you can contact her for any queries regarding Active Cities events:
Phone: 0874668219
Email: amonaghan@dlrcoco.ie
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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership is one of eight Local Sports Partnerships, selected by Sport Ireland to coordinate & deliver the Active Cities project in Ireland:
For more info on Sport Ireland’s Active Cities project, please visit their website by clicking the button below.
