How can Live 5-2-1-0 help communities to work together?
- Promoting a shared, consistent message across a community engages stakeholders in every sector – everybody has a role in creating healthier community environments.
- Live 5-2-1-0 provides clear goals for kids and families to live healthy every day, AND provides a framework of action for local community leaders to make changes to their programs, policies, and environments so that it is easier for kids to achieve these goals.
- Live 5-2-1-0 doesn’t replace other local efforts and programs — it provides a common, over-arching message that helps to tie them together across the community. Kids see a consistent message everywhere they go, and community partners become part of a collaborative local effort.
A hub to link BC communities
Multiple communities across BC are sharing & supporting Live 5-2-1-0. This means that ideas, resources, tools, and strategies are being shared between communities through the Live 5-2-1-0 Knowledge Translation Platform —nobody has to start from scratch or reinvent the wheel!
We don’t duplicate programs that already exist—we help to promote these programs and resources to support kids following the Live 5-2-1-0 guidelines. Local partners can take advantage of these existing resources and, when a gap is identified, work with Live 5-2-1-0 to collaborate on developing new ones.
Every community has different barriers, strengths and opportunities—so all of our resources and processes can be adapted to your unique community context. Also, when a community comes up with a new idea that fills a need, we can support that idea… and then share it with other communities across the province too!
The Live 5-2-1-0 website provides examples of how communities have shared Live 5-2-1-0, and how they’ve changed policies and programs and implemented unique new ideas to support kids in leading healthier lives.
What have communities done so far?
- Community services, daycares and other local programs have coordinated to share the Live 5-2-1-0 message, and support it by making sure their policies limit screen time and sugary drinks, and offer healthy snacks and time for active play within their programs and facilities
- Local newspapers, radio stations, and other media partners have donated ad space to help to spread the Live 5-2-1-0 message across communities
- Family doctors & other health professionals are sharing the message in clinics, ‘prescribing’ Live 5-2-1-0 using prescription pads, and assessing kids’ daily lifestyle habits and helping families to set goals and make changes during appointments
- Parks & Recreation departments have supported other local partners to install Live 5-2-1-0 Playboxes in city parks, so all families can easily access free games & sports equipment to help them play actively outside
...and there are many more examples!
