Exeter residents are being invited to share their views on how easy it is to stay active in the city through the annual Local Active Lives Survey.
The survey seeks residents’ views on their levels of physical activity and aims to understand how easy or difficult it is to be active in Exeter.
A small team of community fieldworkers working for the city council are out and about asking people to complete the survey.
If a fieldworker knocks on a door and invites someone to take part in a survey, they can feel confident that they are authorised to conduct the research and will be able to verify their identity.
It is an important piece of consultation and that there are no right or wrong answers. It helps to build a picture of communities across the city and what barriers prevent people being active.
Cllr Duncan Wood, Lead Councillor for Healthy Living, said the research is important for several reasons.
He said: “We know that some people find it difficult to be active, and that sadly this can affect their health outcomes, and how happy they feel too.
“This important piece of work really helps us to understand some of those barriers, and how we as a city might overcome them, which should help everybody to lead a healthy and active life.”
Survey responses are completely anonymous. There is an opportunity to win one of 20 £20 InExeter vouchers, which asks for contact details if a respondent wants to take part, but contact details are not linked to survey responses.
Participants are welcome to skip any questions that they don’t want to answer.
The survey can be completed online at Local Active Lives: 2026 survey | Engage Exeter.

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