Everybody Active Videos
See how BC communities are getting Everybody Active!
Nanaimo
Throughout 2009, the City of Nanaimo worked together with Nanaimo Family Life to provide outreach support for people living on limited incomes and street entrenched individuals to participate in recreation.
Nanaimo is breaking down the assumption that recreation and physical activity is not important to people living in low socio-economic situations. Through this project, the City of Nanaimo found that recreation is valued but often out of reach.
Watch the “Nanaimo Gets Everybody Active” video
Penticton
In Spring 2008, the City of Penticton’s Recreation Department was awarded an Everybody Active seed grant. The purpose of their grant project was to seek out community members living in low income situations and create a dialogue about recreation needs and barriers.
From these engagement activities, several survey participants emerged as natural leaders. In conjunction with community partners, like the Penticton Indian Band and Canadian Mental Health Association, the City of Penticton was awarded a large health promotion grant to implement the walking program highlighted in this video.
Watch the “Penticton Gets Everybody Active” video
Powell River
In Spring 2008, the Powell River Model Community Project was awarded an Everybody Active seed grant. The purpose of their grant project was to connect with new and existing community partners to discuss improving access to recreation and physical activity.
This video focuses on the experience of poverty through the lens of physical and mental disability. It shows how changes in social and income status can affect one’s life, and why access to recreation and physical activity are so important to health and wellness.
Watch the “Powell River Gets Everybody Active” video
Salmon Arm
Salmon Arm Recreation was awarded a grant to test initiatives aimed at improving access to recreation and physical activity for people on low income. They piloted a program based on Woman Alive! Femme Active!™, developed by the Ottawa Health Department and the City of Ottawa, which focuses on engaging women from low income situations.
Salmon Arm Recreation learned that access to recreation means more than providing free programs; it also means creating an environment that is responsive to the diverse barriers faced by women on low income. As a result of these learnings, the City of Salmon Arm has adopted an access to recreation policy.
Watch the “Salmon Arm Gets Everybody Active: Through Programs” video
Watch the “Salmon Arm Gets Everybody Active: Through Policy” video
Stay tuned for more Everybody Active videos.
