According to Active Lives data, 22% of residents across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are doing less than 30 minutes of physical activity a week. The National Health Services advises 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity for adults. The internet is overwhelmed with information and websites that can be tricky to find and to trust. During the We Can Be Active consultation, people told us they wanted a single place to look for physical activities.
Now, by opening your data, it is easier than ever to reach new customers and give them the information they need to take an action.
The activity finder is populated by Open Data. This is data that anyone can access, use and share. In the physical activity sector, activity providers open their systems to share details of their sessions, such as date, times, available facilities or the difficulty level of a class. This system is known as Open Active. No personal information is shared, and booking is still completed via your website or normal route. It is free additional marketing for your business.
We ask providers to share information like this in one place to help people find the right activities for them and help get communities active.
Open Active provides a standardised format to publish and use data. When you use an Open Active enabled booking or management system, you can choose to publish some or all of your facility’s classes. Depending on which system provider you use, will affect the fee for opening your data.
Put Simply, it’s low effort and high reward! Some Open Active users have reported a 10-25% increase in attendance.
The data you already collect and store on your own database is shared via Open Active at the click of a button.
The activity finder is free for the public to use. Energise Me host an array of campaigns throughout the year to promote this tool to new audiences. And the more places your sessions can be found, the more people you will reach.
In addition to being listed on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight activity finder your sessions could also be listed on National Governing Bodies’ club finders or activity finders for national campaigns like This Girl Can, and Change for Life. Even more free exposure!
Why not read some case studies on how Open Data has improved participation numbers.
Interested? Here’s how you can join the movement and get your classes on the activity finder.
Compatible systems include:
(If you cannot see your system in the above list, you can still upload your session via Open Sessions.)
| System | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Gladstone | It is now possible to publish data directly from Gladstone. To get your activities into the Activity finder please ask your account manager to turn on OWS (OpenActive Web Services). There may be a small installation fee. |
| Bookwhen | Please follow Bookwhen’s instructions here: http://support.bookwhen.com/en/articles/1283090-sharing-your-activity-data-with-openactive Doing this will mean that your activities can be listed in all types of apps and websites, such as www.getactive.io – all without you having to duplicate effort or uploading information to each new website or campaign. Don’t forget, it’s only activity data that’s being shared – no personal or sensitive data about your customers will be shared! |
| Legend | Please send a request to your Legend account manager asking to activate the open data functionality for your organisation. Doing this will mean that your activities can be listed in all types of apps and websites – all without you having to duplicate effort or uploading information to each new website or campaign. Don’t forget, it’s only activity data that’s being shared – no personal or sensitive data about your customers will be shared! |
| Playwaze | Please follow the instructions from Playwaze to open your data: https://help.playwaze.com/en/knowledge/sharing-your-activity-data-with-openactive |
| Spawtz, Sport Suite, Table Tennis 365, Upshot, Fit Tune, Reach from Played, Bookteg from Playfinder | Your booking system is either already able to publish open data, or is developing the functionality to do so – all you need to do now is instruct your booking system that you’re ready to open your activity data and we can automatically feed those activities into the Activity Finder. Please send the following to your booking system contact (or submit a support ticket to them):“I want to open my data as part of the OpenActive initiative. I would like this to happen asap so my activities can be available to everyone seeking support to lead an active lifestyle” |
| Team Up | Please follow the instructions from Teamup here: https://support.goteamup.com/en/articles/4066504-openactive-with-teamup |
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