Castle Point locality
89,744 residents make up the Castle Point population, and the district has a higher proportion of older people than the national average, which is shaping local health service needs, in addition 1 in 5 people in Castle Point are living with a disability.
Castle Point is the fourth most deprived local authority in Essex and there are high levels of physical inactivity for children and young people, the highest in all of Essex.
Measuring impact in Castle Point to improve outcomes for residents
61.7% of Castle Point adult population are leading an active lifestyle.
System leaders, schools, health and the voluntary sector are collaborating through the Place Partnership programme to align with wider priorities of regeneration, health and active travel.
53.7% of Castle Point residents that are living with a disability, are inactive.
Castle Point are reimagining leisure to an Active Wellbeing Service helping more residents, particularly those with long-term health conditions or financial barriers, to access community-led opportunities.
Only 39.8% of young people have positive attitudes to physical activity.
Young people are essential to regeneration plans in Castle Point. Youth voice is driving community initiatives to ensure children have the best start in life by developing life skills and leadership qualities.
Making Movement a Priority in Castle Point
Active Essex is firmly embedded across the Castle Point system, working through a wide range of local forums and partnerships to champion physical activity and support healthier, more resilient communities. Our involvement spans the South East Essex Alliance Healthy Neighbourhoods Group, Castle Point & Rochford Health and Wellbeing Board and its subgroups (physical health, ageing well, community resilience and mental health), as well as the Canvey Island and Benfleet Integrated Neighbourhood Team Leadership Groups.
We play an active role within the Rochford & Castle Point Youth Worker Forum, the Castle Point Community Safety Partnership, and the Castle Point Place Partnership System Leads and Task & Finish Group. Active Essex also chairs the Castle Point Playing Pitch Strategy Group and the South East Essex Children’s Partnership Board, while contributing to the Positive Experiences for Children and Young People Working Group.
With a shared purpose of ‘enabling communities in Castle Point to achieve better physical and mental health outcomes, through physical activity’, the Place Partnership expansion opportunity in Castle Point has real potential to achieve positive outcomes for health, families, communities, and the local economy.
