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Project Initiation Document Project Name: Lets GO outside Date: December 2008 Release: Draft/Final Author: Dean Hill Owner: Dudley healthy Towns Partnership Client: Dudley Community Partnership Document Number: 1 Note: This document is only valid on the day it was printed Revision History Date of next revision: Revision Date Previous Revision Date Summary of Changes Changes Marked Approvals This document requires the following approvals. A signed copy should be placed in the project files. Name Signature Title Date of Issue Version Duncan Lowndes All Construction issues must be agreed/signed off by Dudley Property Consultancy Distribution This document has been distributed to: Name Title Date of Issue Version Chief Executives of the PCT and Dudley MBC, Councillors and heads of Service. 1  Background (explaining the context of the project and how the current position has been arrived at any assumptions made) A reduction in obesity was identified as a major target for Dudley through the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) which led to the development of the wide ranging obesity strategy. Our vision is to improve childrens health and well-being by supporting their families to enjoy their local parks and open spaces and by creating safe and accessible priority travel routes so that children, families and adults feel confident and supported to use and enjoy their local public park to walk, to play and to have fun together in the community near to where they live. This approach was arrived at by applying national evidence base data relating to prevention of weight gain focussing on increasing physical activity (PA) with supportive dietary interventions. National data relating to work on reducing the obesogenic environment to support behaviour change, scenarios outlined within the Foresight report and Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives, and the existing approach to primary prevention of over