{"id":11113,"date":"2026-03-27T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/?p=11113"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:22:22","slug":"physical-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/physical-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical activity: understanding and addressing inequalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1365px;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Evidence-based guidance for addressing inequalities in physical activity locally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gem-c-heading govuk-!-margin-bottom-4\">\n<h3 class=\"gem-c-heading__text govuk-heading-m\">Details<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gem-c-govspeak govuk-govspeak gem-c-govspeak--direction-ltr govuk-!-margin-bottom-0\" data-module=\"govspeak\" data-govspeak-module-started=\"true\">\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>This guidance can be used by local level practitioners and commissioners to begin tackling inequalities in physical activity across and within protected characteristic groups. It presents the findings of a review, analysis and research aimed at understanding the enablers, barriers and opportunities for increasing physical activity across inequality groups.<\/p>\n<p>Three major themes are identified as considerations for action by practitioners and commissioners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enablers, barriers, and identifying opportunity<\/li>\n<li>community consultation, engagement, and partnership<\/li>\n<li>adopting a holistic approach for protected characteristics and intersectionality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The document concludes with a full set of recommendations for commissioners and practitioners to consider when designing services and interventions locally.<\/p>\n<h3>Documents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/611cd4188fa8f53dcf15655e\/PHE_Inequalities_in_physical_activity_August_update_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding and addressing inequalities in physical activity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1365px;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color5);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>Source: This content was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/physical-activity-understanding-and-addressing-inequalities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Health England<\/a>. All credit goes to the original author.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,168,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20-mins-maximising-capabilities","category-advanced-maximising-capabilities","category-maximising-capabilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11114,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11113\/revisions\/11114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdorset.org.uk\/inequalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}