Final Terms of Reference Active Durham Leadership Group 1. Background 1.1 Following extensive consultation over a period of 2 years on the benefit of Physical Activity and Sport to both individuals and communities, whilst contributing to local outcomes, a Framework to increase physical activity in County Durham (2016-2021) has been created. Vision: To encourage people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, to Start, Stay and Succeed in their endeavours to be more physically active and in doing so, contribute to the County s wider strategic outcomes. 1.2 To deliver the Framework s ambitions Active Durham, a partnership of all the organisations involved in the delivery and coordination of opportunities, was established with a Leadership Group to drive the actions on behalf of the Active Durham partnership. 1.3 The organisations that make up the partnership are united in the belief that increasing physical activity in all its forms be it walking, running, organised team sport, dancing, keep fit classes, gardening, etc. plays an essential part in enabling everyone in County Durham to lead more fulfilling, happier and healthier lives. 2. Aims of the Active Durham Leadership Group The Active Durham leadership group will: support the delivery of the vision in the Active Durham Framework acting on behalf of the Active Durham partnership to achieve the vision utilise the strengths and expertise of appropriate partner organisations, irrespective of size or nature, and work collaboratively between organisations within the leadership group and in the wider partnership develop a wide collaborative network which will collectively lead, lobby and guide the work of the sector and contribute to improve the coordination of sport and physical activity across the county, increasing its impact on key local agendas communicate and engage with sector partners to ensure wide dissemination of progress, knowledge and learning work together on identified and agreed specific initiatives to achieve the changes required
focus on the outcomes needed and agreeing the actions required across the partnership to achieve them develop and implement a robust performance management system that requires the collection of quantitative and qualitative data on the benefits of taking part, participation levels and good practice. 3. Membership 3.1 The leadership group consists of representatives from a range of key partner organisations who are able to represent the interests of, and connect with, the wider partnership members. It is led by a voluntary lay chair who brings a community and independent perspective. 3.2 The leadership group is flexible and will include additional representation at the discretion of the chair as the work develops. The core members are from: Area Action Partnerships County Durham Cultural Partnership Clinical Commissioning Groups Community Clubs County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust County Durham Sport DCC Culture and Sport Services DCC Environment and Transport DCC Public Health DCC Social Care Durham Community Action Durham University Further Education Housing Organisations Mental Health Organisations
Natural environment/outdoor activity Organisations Private sector Schools Sport England 4. Reporting arrangements 4.1 The Active Durham partnership will be aligned to Durham County Council s Altogether Healthier priority theme. However the composition of the leadership group and partnership reflects the much wider contribution that increasing physical activity makes across all the Altogether Better priority themes. 4.2 The leadership group will: establish task and finish working groups as appropriate to take forward the detailed work identified in the Framework with clear remits and outcomes hold an Annual Meeting and produce an annual report which will be presented to the Health and Wellbeing Board, covering progress against the Framework and celebrating success regularly update all the Altogether Better partnership boards, recognising that improving physical activity is a cross cutting issue. 4.3 Each member of the leadership group is also responsible for effective and timely two way communication and reporting/briefing to and from their organisations and any wider networks. 5. Meeting arrangements 5.1 Appropriate arrangements will be agreed and put in place for administration support for arranging meetings, producing papers, reports and agendas and taking minutes. 5.2 The Leadership Group will meet 6 times per year with ad-hoc meetings at the discretion of the chair.
6. Performance Management 6.1 The operation and progress of the leadership group and wider partnership will be reviewed annually. The review will include measuring performance against the 6 enablers; progress towards the outcome measures included in the Framework; and feedback from stakeholders and partnership members. 6.2 The terms of reference will also be reviewed as part of the annual review process. 7. How we ll work together 7.1 All members of the leadership group will act in accordance with the Nolan principles of public life (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the- 7-principles-of-public-life). 7.2 The Active Durham website (in development) will be the hub for information and support to the leadership group and partnership. 7.3 The focus of the leadership group is on supporting the Active Durham partnership to achieve the aims of the Framework to increase physical activity in County Durham. 7.4 Working collaboratively between organisations within the leadership group and in the wider partnership towards this common goal is essential to ensure that we achieve the best possible outcomes for the county. 7.5 Plans and decisions made in individual organisations will be made within this context and shared within the partnership where appropriate. 7.6 Members of the leadership group have agreed the following principles for working together: Principles for working together Adhere to agreed decision making processes and structures Be open and transparent Commitment to genuine collaboration and co-production Commitment to mutual learning Respect partner organisations imperatives and competing demands
Joint work programming and action planning High challenge and high support.