South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Welcome to the South Lanarkshire Leisure and Cultures' Sport and Physical Development Services Programme.

We have a team of:

• Active Schools Coordinators
• Sports Development Officers
• Health Programme Officers
• Sports Coaches
• Playworkers
• Volunteers

We have strong partnerships with sportscotland, national governing bodies, University of West of Scotland, South Lanarkshire College, New College Lanarkshire, Clubs, NHS and local community groups to improve the opportunities for people to participate in Sport and Physical activity within South Lanarkshire and offer leadership pathways and employability skills.

Health Programme

In partnership with NHS Lanarkshire, SLLC develop and deliver a variety of Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing programmes and interventions for the residents of South Lanarkshire. These include the long term condition programme ‘Active Health’, ‘The Physical Activity Prescription’ (PAPs) referral pathway and our adult weight management intervention ‘Weight To Go’. These programme have seen 5536 new participants enrolled into these programmes in 2019/20.

In addition to those highlighted in the infographic above, SLLC also deliver Child Healthy weight and disability provision across SL.

Physical Activity Prescriptions

In partnership with NHS Lanarkshire, SLLC’s  ‘Physical Activity Prescription’ (PAP) is a partnership referral pathway which enables GP’s, Practices nurses, physiotherapists and wider allied health professionals to refer patients via PAP who would benefit both physical and psychological from being more physically active. In 2019/20 SLLC received approx 3,500 referrals and seen 35,000 usages across the service from patients referred. Mental Health has been the number one reason for referral for 19/20, with residents from SIMD 1&2 equating to 53% of those referred. SLLC/NHSL’s will continue to develop this pathway further to achieve its ambition of improving health outcomes and reduce health inequalities for the residents of South Lanarkshire.