Vantaa's physical activity program
Vantaa's physical activity program increases Vantaa residents’ mobility in their everyday lives. The aim is that everybody gets enough physical activity each day, regardless of whether the person in question is a schoolchild, a working adult, or a senior citizen.
The goal of Vantaa's physical activity program “Vantaa on the Move” is to promote Vantaa residents’ physical activity, to remove potential hinders to physical activity, and to involve all the city's departments in working systematically and on a long-time basis to promote physical activity.
Why the physical activity program?
Even though participation in leisure-time hobbies has grown, the rest of the day entails a lot of immobility at early childhood education, school, work, institutions, vehicles, and home. Even children in early childhood education stay immobile for 60 percent of the time they spend there. The corresponding figure for adults amounts to 80 percent.
Scarcity of physical activity and sports cause significant and ever-increasing challenges. Passivity and scarce physical activity increase many national diseases, problems related to ageing, economic costs, as well as reduce working life productivity and competitive edge.
Sports and physical activity are thus in great demand!
The city can make an impact on Vantaa residents’ physical activity in many different ways. Physical activity can and must be accounted for, among other things, in the city’s services and decision-making.
Focuses of the physical activity program
The physical activity program consists of three focuses:
- Everybody has access to activity and meaningful hobbies.
- An active lifestyle and its promotion are the task of everybody.
- Environments and communities encourage and entice people to be active.
The above focuses account for the kind of issues the city can affect by its activities and services. The focuses include goals and measures to promote the physical activity of different age groups. An executor and separately named and recognized partners have been named for each of these goals.
The focuses and the goals and measures related to them are listed below.
Download Vantaa's Physical Activity Program
Explore Vantaa’s Sport Policy Guidelines
In addition to the physical activity program, the promotion of physical activity in Vantaa is guided by the sport policy guidelines. These guidelines direct the goals and actions of the sports service area in the coming years to promote the physical activity and well-being of Vantaa residents.