Active City Forum (ACF)

The Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB) is a statutory committee of Cabinet co-chaired by the Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care where political, clinical, professional and community leaders from across the care and health system come together to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and reduce health inequalities. The HWBB is responsible for delivering the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

One of the 5 priorities within the Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Strategy, ‘Active at Every Age and Ability,’ focuses on improving physical activity levels within the city. This priority is explored and expanded upon in the Creating an Active Birmingham Strategy (CABS).

The Active City Forum (ACF) is the subcommittee of the HWB with the responsibility for delivering the CABS.

The ACF is comprised of partners including council departments, other institutional stakeholders such as West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), key local sport and PA organisations and representatives from the third sector.

The forum’s aims are to:

  • reduce the percentage (%) of adults who are physically inactive (25%) to 20% by 2030,
  • increase the percentage (%) of adults walking (17.7%) for travel at least three days a week to 25% by 2030,
  • increase the percentage (%) of adults cycling (2%) for travel at least three days a week to 4% by 2030,
  • increase the percentage (%) of physically active children and young people (41.6%) to the national average (47.2%) by 2030,
  • reduce the inactivity gap (20%) between those living with disabilities and long-term health conditions and those without to 10% by 2030,
  • reduce the inactivity gap between minority ethnic communities (Asian not including Chinese – 38%, Black – 35%) and white ethnicity (29%) by 50% by 2030.

The ACF will manage and monitor the delivery of the Creating an Active Birmingham Strategy, as well as note the development and delivery of associated strategies such as the Sports strategy and Road Harm Reduction strategy

Page last updated: 1 October 2024

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