Healthy Stadia® - Harnessing the Power of Sports Clubs & Stadia To Improve Public Health by Matthew Philpott, Director, European Healthy Stadia Network CIC Annual BASIS Conference 2013, Twickenham Stadium, 12 November 2013

1. Healthy Stadia® - Harnessing the Power of Sports
Clubs & Stadia To Improve Public Health
BASIS Conference 2013, Twickenham Stadium, 12 November 2013
Matthew Philpott
Director, European Healthy Stadia Network CIC

2. Healthy Stadia® Concept
“Healthy Stadia are those which promote the health of visitors, fans,
players, employees and the surrounding community... Places where
people can go to have a positive, healthy experience playing or
watching sport”

3. What is Healthy Stadia?
A holistic approach to developing stadia as health settings:
• Community Engagement Programmes:
Active lifestyles & healthier eating in young people,
men’s health projects, smoking cessation, active aging
• Workplace Wellness: Bike to work schemes, healthier food choices
at work, workplace health checks, use of club fitness facilities
• Health in Stadia Policies and Practices:
Smoke-free stadia policies, healthier food & drink
options at stadia, promoting active travel to stadia

4. European Healthy Stadia® Network
Key Objectives & Services of Network:
• Advocacy and lobbying on the promotion of health through sport &
stadia at national & European levels (e.g. EU and UEFA)
• Sharing of good practice through guidance documents & case studies
• Benchmarking of club and stadia health policies & practices through
‘Healthy Stadia Assessment’ & the new ‘Healthy Stadia Catering Mark’
• Bespoke support for clubs, stadia operators & governing bodies of
sport on development & roll out of health policies, practices & projects

5. Joining the Network
• Network funded by World Heart Federation,
as part of social responsibility partnership with UEFA
• Membership stands at +300 members (sports stadia, governing
bodies, health agencies and academic institutions)
• Network has national partners from 15 European countries:
Italy
Ireland
Latvia
Poland
Austria
Spain
Georgia
Belgium
UK
Sweden
France
Finland
Greece
Holland
Turkey
• Membership is free of charge – register at: www.healthystadia.eu

6. Session Speakers
Many thanks to all of the speakers for this session who will cover a
number of Healthy Stadia® related themes:
• Sian Berry - Roads and Sustainable Transport Campaigner,
Campaign for Better Transport
• Dr Chet Trivedy - Clinical Academic Lecturer in Emergency
Medicine Warwick Medical School; Founder - Boundaries For Life
• Navjeet Daine, Head of Concessions, Levy Restaurants, Chelsea
FC; and, Jane Wakeling Regional Sourcing Manager, Compass
Group UK and Ireland

7. Contact & follow Healthy Stadia® at:
Email: matthew.philpott@healthystadia.eu
Web: www.healthystadia.eu
@healthystadia