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Government unveils radical health plans


Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced plans for a ‘radical’ new pub- lic health service to encourage people in England to adopt healthier lifestyles. Public Health England will see more


power handed over to local authorities, with ring-fenced funding from within the overall NHS budget to be made available. Around £4bn is to be invested by the


Department of Health in delivering the service, which will also include industry, charities and other departments. In his White Paper, Lansley said the


approach would incorporate projects such as the new £135m Olympic legacy


HLF announces £45m budget increase


An additional £45m is to be made avail- able by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for new grants in 2011-12. The funding agency has confirmed that


its overall budget for the next financial year will be £250m, with a full business plan to be confirmed in spring 2011. An increase in the share of National


Lottery funding that is made available for heritage, which was approved by the House of Lords on 23 November, has helped increase the HLF budget. From the additional funds, £17m is to be allocated to four programmes: The Townscape Heritage Initiative will net an


More historic buildings are set to benefit


extra £1m; repair grants for places of wor- ship in England will be increased by £4m; and ‘Your Heritage’ will secure a further £5m. Landscape Partnerships will benefit from an extra £7m.


New London promotion agency unveiled Johnson said: “[Promote London’s]


Think London, Visit London and Study London are to be brought together in a new single promotion agency for the cap- ital launched by mayor Boris Johnson. Promote London has been established


to ensure a more co-ordinated and strate- gic approach to promoting the city over- seas and is in line to receive a minimum of £14m a year over a four-year period. Dame Judith Mayhew, chair of the New


West End Company, has been appointed interim chair of the new agency.


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creation is the fruit of detailed negotia- tions with central government, which are nearing their conclusion, and shows that another key element of my vision for London has been secured.” Tourism Alliance chair Ken Robinson


welcomed the news. He added: “It is essential to London – and, indeed, the UK as a whole – that there is a distinct and strong tourism marketing and develop- ment organisation for London.”


Read Leisure Management online leisuremanagement.co.uk/digital Hunt aims to boost private investment


Hunt calls on private sector to fund UK arts


Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has set aside £80m for match funding schemes as part of government plans to increase the number of philan- thropic donations to arts groups. Revealing a ten-point plan for the


future of funding, Hunt aims to to create “a new generation of philan- thropists” and increase the private sector’s share in supporting the arts. “Public funding of the arts will


always continue. But we must help our arts organisations develop more mixed funding models,” he said. The ten-point plan includes the


£80m pot of gold, which the govern- ment hopes will help to lever in more than £160m, which would be invested in arts via match funding.


ISSUE 1 2011 © cybertrek 2011 Andrew Lansley is proposing to transfer more health sector powers to local authorities


participation programme and the protec- tion of green spaces. Government plans also include ensuring communities are designed for ‘active ageing’.


Lansley said: “People’s health and well- being will be at the heart of everything local councils do. It’s nonsense to think that health can be tackled on its own.”


IMAGE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


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