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Active Dover ...a district on the move

What is Active Dover?

Active Dover is a group of partners working together with the interest to develop and promote sport and active recreation across the Dover District.

They have three core aims;

1. To increase the number of people taking part in sport and active recreation by 1% year on year (measured by Ipsos MORI),
2. To widen access to opportunities for sport and active recreation, and
3. To bring together and align partners’ existing priorities and targets within one joined up local action plan.

Who are the partners of Active Dover?

The partners are from the public, private and voluntary sectors, whose primary interest is in: health, education, community cohesion, or economic regeneration as well as sport and active recreation.

You can either view a comprehensive list of the Active Dover partners (including telephone and email contacts),

or simply browse the website links below:

• Kent County Council - Kent Sports Development Unit
• Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT
• Dover District Council - Leisure Services
• Vista Leisure
• Sandwich Sport & Leisure Centre
• Fowlmead Country Park
• Dover District Council - Community Development
• Dover District Council - Regeneration & Corporate Projects
• Dover Pride – Regeneration Partnership
• Dover District Community Safety Unit
• KCC Community Wardens
• PACE Development Ltd
• Dover School Sport Partnership
• Castle Community Sports College
• Dover Extended Services (DES)
• Kent Youth Service
• Age Concern
• Community Action South East Kent
• Dover Town Council
• Deal Town Council
• Sandwich Town Council
• Cllr Julie Rook – DDC Portfolio Holder for Community, Citizenship, Youth, and Sport
• Cllr Kit Smith – DDC Portfolio Holder for Skills, Training and External Relations

What are the key actions?

1. To compile a new database of sports/physical activity clubs/facilities, promote Clubmark Accreditation and support volunteers of all ages to undertake NGB recognised coaching certificates
2. To support and implement outreach programmes in village and church halls in conjunction with Town & Parish Councils,
3. To support participation at Dover Sea Sports Centre for the whole community and make recommendations on facilities and staff training to enable greater use for people with disabilities,
4. To deliver sport, competition and leadership opportunities in line with the Dover District School Sport Partnership and in conjunction with the partnership calendar,
5. To work with schools to encourage the extended use and seek long term access agreements to maximise availability of facilities to the community,
6. To identify where the stock of facilities may be improved under the Building Schools for the Future Programme,
7. To engage in a joint marketing campaign that will increase the awareness of sport and active recreation opportunities,
8. To seek opportunities to link into the gestation and legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,
9. To review the organisation of current community sporting events in the Dover District and consider new to and maximise club and community participation,
10. To carry out a review of the dissemination of grant aid, and consider developing Sports Award Evenings to raise profile in the community,
11. To consider the use of sport and active recreation as a tool for crime reduction initiatives and increased social cohesion,
12. To incorporate National Indicator 8: Increase adult participation in sport and active recreation, into all work programmes, and in line with KCC development

Contact Leisure Services

To ask a question about ‘Active Dover’, please contact:

Sarah Philpott - Sports Development Officer, Dover District Council,

Telephone: 01304 872446

E-mail: sarahphilpott@dover.gov.uk