New priorities – to help us deliver change
Our cabinet has recently agreed this delivery plan for 2025/26. The new delivery plan is due to be considered by our Council in the coming weeks. In the meantime you can see what is planned to be in the delivery plan on these pages.
The Council will provide opportunities for exercise, wellbeing, and social connection that are easy to access. The new Farnborough Leisure Centre will be a key part of this effort, designed to bring people together in an affordable and inclusive space for fitness, swimming and recreation. The Council will honour the heritage of Aldershot Lido and offer free access to tennis.
The Council will also expand its popular programme of community and cultural events, creating opportunities for residents to connect, celebrate, and feel a sense of belonging. In partnership with local organisations, it is actively working to address health challenges, increasing and promoting more opportunities for physical activity, and improving access to mental health support, so that everyone in Rush-moor can thrive.
Central to our desire to make sure everyone has access to opportunities to exercise, swim and keep fit is the new Farnborough Leisure Centre. The Council knows it needs to be affordable and is working hard to bring this forward as soon as it can.
Priorities for this theme
- Ensure all residents have access to opportunities for physical exercise including a new leisure centre in Farnborough
- Enable a programme of community and cultural activities that engages everyone
- Address health inequalities through partnerships with providers and other local authorities
- Work with partners to improve access to, and awareness of, mental health support
Action plan for these priorities
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Outcomes and key measures of success |
Make sure all residents have access to opportunities for physical exercise including a new leisure centre in Farnborough by:
- Bringing a new leisure centre to Farnborough. Work to deliver this will continue throughout 2025/26
- Carrying out a health and physical activity survey to inform the leisure centre design and access to physical activity locally
- Working with schools, health services, and community groups to promote exercise for all ages with healthy eating, fitness, and sports day programmes
- Improving mobility, especially for older residents, through the Council’s active travel project and healthy walks
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- Farnborough Leisure Centre built and used regularly
- Increased access to physical activity opportunities
- Increased attendance at local fitness programmes
- Increased participation in sports and physical activities
- Improved healthy weights of our population
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Enable a programme of community and cultural activities that engages everyone including:
- Strengthening Rushmoor Together and the Supporting Communities Strategy, to deliver improved outcomes for our communities and promote community involvement, especially in disadvantaged areas
- Expanding Rushmoor Youth Voice to empower young people to discuss key issues like health, education and climate change
- Running the Aldershot Youth Café and Farnborough Youth Club as safe spaces for young people, and the Rushmoor Voices community engagement group to improve social cohesion in Rushmoor
- Supporting the priorities of the Armed Forces Champion to deliver activities for the Armed Forces Community
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- Increase participation in youth programmes, community events and consultations
- Implementation of climate projects led by young people
- Use of qualitative information given back by partners
- Rushmoor Youth Voice to be held in different venues to improve engagement
- Fewer incidents of community conflict and improved community cohesion
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Address health inequalities through partnerships with providers and other local authorities including:
- Collaborating with health providers to improve care for vulnerable families
- Developing the ’Live Longer Better Project’ to increase activity and social support among older residents, including the Nepali community, and supporting the Steady & Strong Programme to improve fitness
- Working with targeted schools to support healthy eating and increase physical activity provision
- Delivering an Active Rushmoor campaign, partnering with local sports groups to offer open days and increased opportunities for all residents in the summer of 2025
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- Improved healthy weights of our population
- Increased participation in health programmes, particularly from deprived areas
- More residents from targeted groups attending health and fitness programmes
- Increased promotion of existing sporting offers and provision
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Work with partners to improve access to, and awareness of, mental health support by:
- Working with NHS Community and Wellbeing Officers to improve mental health services in deprived areas
- Supporting Men's Health Day as an annual event to raise awareness of mental health, and will deliver Rushmoor Together and the Supporting Communities Strategy, with a focus on health, economic wellbeing and community belonging
- Partnering with local organisations to raise awareness of mental health support
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- Mental health of residents improved
- Mental health support measured by service use, referrals, and resident feedback
- More community events, campaigns, and workshops raising awareness of mental health issues
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Our delivery plan
This page is part of our delivery plan, where we have five priority themes for 2025/26.
Please see our delivery plan for 2025/26 page for more information.
