Forum of Health

Many values of developing improved physical skills during sport sessions are well acknowledged. Better skills of movement will most likely lead to better educational results, as well as to personal development.

Teamwork, attitude and social skills will be trained and are important values to master. If the activities are filled with joy, one is most likely to keep up this good habit for years. This is a good investment to each single person's health. In the longer term, it is an important contribution to the city's health budget.

Kristiansand wants to offer a good platform for developing and promote this aspect of life. A session of physical activity will soon be implemented as a part of each school day on a national level. One high school is ahead and has tried this out for a year with very good results. To support the increased activity which is coming, the outdoor space around schools is modernised to implement different arenas for physical activity. Also, the city builds new and larger sport venues close by to accommodate this trend. Higher education in sports through gymnasium and at Agder University College is available here. The combination of good club training and sport studies just proved us right by our gold medal winner in javelin - Olympics in Athens, Andreas Torkildsen.

To support work by over 100 voluntary sport clubs, the municipality has established a "Forum of Health" which consists of politicians and administrative staff. The main task and focus of this forum is to enlighten people on one's every day need to exercise to keep in good health. Various activity projects for the city inhabitants are the result of the work of this forum.

Besides, "The Pirates' Basketball Club has different social programs where the athletes are taking social responsibility by training youngsters in basketball after school. Likewise, twice a week local motor sport club offer youngsters to learn how to drive a motorbike and how to maintain it. Both activities are popular and show good results with the kids. The municipality supports both these projects. "Move your body, stretch your mind" will be an important guideline to further improvement of activities and arenas in our city.