Decision details

There are major health gains to be made by supporting and encouraging the population to become active and the positive impact this can have on other areas of life/society. Currently, there are approximately 1 in 3 Doncaster residents classed as inactive (performing
Therefore, DMBC have committed to the ‘Get Doncaster Moving Programme’. As the name suggests, the programme is designed to ‘get Doncaster moving’ and focuses on a number of key themes – one of which is ‘Cycling’ – to facilitate and inspire Doncaster residents to increase their levels of physical activity and benefit all associated factors.
The Tour de Yorkshire 2019 and UCI World Championships 2019 both form part of the Cycling theme of GDM and it is proposed that a Seed Fund (of £3000 per event) will be implemented. This will support the events by ‘creating a festival atmosphere within local communities’ and help engage those groups that may previously not have been involved. The Seed Fund will provide up to £200 of funding to facilitate activities along the routes of the Tour de Yorkshire 2019 and UCI World Championships 2019.

To reallocate £6000 of underspend from the ‘Healthy Weight Solutions Programme’ to be used as a Seed Fund for the Tour de Yorkshire 19 (£3000) and UCI World Championships (£3000), as part of the wider ‘Get Doncaster Moving Programme’.

Option 1 - Not to convert £6000 of underspend from the ‘Healthy Weight Solutions Programme’ to a Seed Fund. This option will prevent DMBC from providing funding to a variety of groups, to facilitate a number of activities around key Doncaster cycling events. This will mean DMBC are unable to maximise engagement with communities and promote key events to their fullest capacity. Ultimately this will negatively impact the GDM programme aim of getting more Doncaster residents active and therefore reducing the positive impact on health and all other associated factors.