Presentation Slides - Why Sports 2026 Conference. Sports, Health and Well-being. A Nation's Progress.
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12th March 2026. The View, The Royal College of Surgeons, London.
Reducing Physical Inactivity – Why it matters.
The evidence on why physical activity matters.
Dr Jeanelle de-Gruchy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
From Vision to Reality: Inside the Place Expansion Journey at Sport England.
The journey so far.
Lisa Dodd-Mayne, Executive Director, Partnerships & Place, Sport England
Scaling Prevention.
How Group Exercise Can Deliver Health Outcomes at Population Level.
Shelley Meyern, Chief Operating Officer, EMD UK.
Pauline Cockburn, Keep Fit Association.
Why Does Devolution Matter to our Place, People and Communities?
Hayley Lever, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Manchester Moving.
Physical Activity in Primary Care.
Explore the progress made by the RCGP and partner organisations in supporting physical activity in primary care.
Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, Physical Activity Champion. Royal College of General Practitioners.
Moving the World Towards an Active Future - how the global sporting goods industry is taking collective action.
Why physical inactivity is a significant concern to our industry and why we want to play a greater role.
Caroline Brooks, Head of Physical Activity, World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry.
Caroline Fisher, Global Brand Communications Director, ASICS
Chris Allen, UK’s Director of Sustainability and Head of Circular Economy, Decathlon. Dr Bettina Benzing, Senior Manager, Government and Community, Adidas
Planning and Designing for Impact and Outcomes -Health, Physical Activity and Wellbeing Hubs.
The development of the Hub concept.
Rachel Fowler, Managing Director. Strategic Leisure Limited.
Evidence Based Re-Engineering of Sport and Physical Activity Funding.
WHY: Constraints on public spending are severe. It is more important than ever to focus investment where it makes the most difference whilst supporting the sector as a whole:
Will Watt, Managing Director, State of Life.
Pete Maguire, Managing Director, Sporting Assets.
Changing the Lives of Young People From Low-Affluence Backgrounds Through Sport.
What have we learned and what is the challenge ahead of us?
Mark Lawrie OBE, Chief Executive, StreetGames
Moves Different - Programme Overview.
Fighting for Futures: How Boxing is Tackling Youth Violence Through Community Engagement and Prevention.
Avoen Perryman, Head of Operations, England Boxing.
Why Sports Presentation.
Caleb Jackson, Head of Change for Youth Sector. Youth Endowment Fund.
Building Healthy Town Centres.
High streets and town centres play a vital role in boosting health through active travel and easy access to sport.
Simon Dixon, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Royal Society of Public Health.
Dr Fe Perez, Senior Researcher, Royal Society of Public Health.
Planning for Health and Well-being.
Why social value is now central to successful high street regeneration.
Luke Bonnici, Associate Director, Economics, Lichfields
Moving Together: A cross-sector project to create person-centred, empowering, and proportionate journeys between health and physical activity sectors.
Developing frictionless pathways that build in support, not unintentional barriers, to empower people to move more, in ways that work for them.
Annie Holden, Active Partnerships National Organisation, Strategic Health Lead.
Dr Natasha Jones, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK, President and Director, Moving Medicine.
More Than A Bike.
How free bike schemes are transforming lives and communities.
Julian Sanchez, National Cycle Lead. The Active Wellbeing Society.
Reflections from a 21 Year Old.
How parkrun built a global movement.
Elizabeth Duggan, CEO, parkrun global
100 Years of Protecting Our Parks.
Ensuring Every Community has Access to Parks, Playgrounds, Playing Fields and Green Spaces.
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