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From a personal perspective, it was both exhilarating and exhausting! I have to admit that as I drove away on Thursday evening, I realised that age has sneaked up on me and robbed me of my stamina and ability to recover instantly. I felt some empathy with the yogurt I got out of the fridge when I got home that was both past its sell by and use by date.
Talking of age, consensus seem to be that our 15 year old PARQ is probably no longer quite ‘fit for purpose’ (there’s that phrase again) – especially in a post MoreActive4Life world. Over the past few months we have had many conversations with operators who have told us that ParQs no longer reflect either current government policy, or legal trends in terms of moving the primary responsibility for people’s health back to individuals, as opposed to it being the sole domain of corporates and service delivery organisations.
That is why the FIA Standards team developed the ‘Health Commitment Statement’ (or, as we all like our acronyms, the HCS). This simplified ‘wellbeing assessment’ questionnaire will help close the gap between us and the healthcare community, whilst helping consumers by removing artificial barriers to using our facilities and getting fit. In the course of developing the HCS, we have worked with the medical sector, legal teams, health and safety experts, operators ...all the specialists you can imagine have seen it and approved it. So if you want to know more about HCS and/or want to get hold of it, all you have to do is email Pete Wells on pete@fia.org.uk
For those of you who have kindly given me advice on how to ‘manage’ Dillon (my red setter who is the able co-Author of these blogs), I’m afraid the phrases “No”, “Stay”, “heel” etc seem to have little equivalents in his world, however a well timed “chase” on spotting a deer, fox, rabbit or pheasant or “sniff” when any female dog is within a mile seem to work a treat.
Any other tips most welcome.
David Stalker, FIA Chief Operating Officer
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