08:00 - 09:00 - Registration, refreshments, and networking
Refreshments served
09:00 - 10:30 Morning Plenary Session I - (Lecture Theatre)
National and Local Government Strategies
09:00 - Welcome to the Why Sports Conference
Dr William Bird, Conference Chair & CEO, Intelligent Health
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Welcome to the Conference
09:10 - Driving Participation and Addressing Inactivity (Lecture Theatre)
Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Youth. Department for Culture, Media and Sport (confirmed)
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A strategy for a healthier and happier Great Bitain
09:30 - An Active Wellbeing Service - A Movement for Change (Lecture Theatre)
Julie Russell, Chair CLOA, Active Wellbeing Leadership Network (confirmed)
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Why we need to think differently.
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The Active Wellbeing Leadership Network
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Cornerstones for Change.
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The ‘What’ and ‘How’ in the ‘place-based’ system work.
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Looking to the future.
09:50 - Place-Based Working (Lecture Theatre)
Adam Rigarlsford, Director of Place Relationships, Sport England (confirmed)
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The Place Partnership Programme
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Sport England's £250m investment
10:10 - Headline Sponsor Presentation - The Power of Group Exercise - The nation's best kept secret (Lecture Theatre)
Shelley Meyern, Chief Operating Officer, EMD UK, The National Governing Body for Group Exercise (confirmed)
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Understanding the social value of group exercise, especially concerning the health sector.
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How to Reach Up, in collaboration with This Girl Can, assists group exercise instructors in engaging, catering to, and serving less active women of all demographics.
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The opportunity to engage with EMD UK on a new project entitled ‘Movement is Wellbeing’ - a programme promoting sustainability, inclusivity, connectivity, diversity, accessibility and vitality through group exercise.
10:30 -11:00 - Coffee, Refreshments, and Networking (Marble Hall and Gallery)
Served for all attendees
11:00 - 12:30 Morning Plenary Session 2 - (Lecture Theatre)
​Dr William Bird, Conference Chair & CEO of Intelligent Health
Healthy and Active Communities
11:00 - Community Health (Lecture Theatre)
Dr William Bird, CEO of Intelligent Health (confirmed)
Jason Fergus, Director Active Essex & Sport England Board Member (confirmed)
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The challenges for the NHS system to prioritise prevention and physical activity
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How physical activity being hard-wired into the health system in Essex and other areas
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Place-based working and how it is working well in Essex. Making communities and places more active
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A collaboration between physical activity, criminal justice, adult social care and transport
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Health and activity must be at the heart of any healthy community
11:20 - A Neuro-inclusive Approach for Education, Activity, and Care. (Lecture Theatre)
Emma Mander, CEO, Great Minds Together (confirmed)
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What is Neurodiversity and how is it linked to health inequalities?
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The power of learning through activity and why this is important.
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Engaging areas of high deprivation to ensure active communities thrive.
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A unique system partnership for Neuro-inclusive activity.
11:40 - Helping Primary Care Connect with the Physical Activity Sector (Lecture Theatre)
Dr Minil Patel, London GP, Presenting on the RCGP's Active Practice Charter (confirmed)
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RCGPs latest evolution of the active practice charter (APC).
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Support primary care to implement change and integrate physical activity into practice.
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Grow the movement for physical activity in primary care.
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Create connectivity between the sport and physical activity sector and primary care, dieticians, health coaches, care coordinators and GPs with an extended role in lifestyle medicine.
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Deliver quality improvement, national strategy and transformational change.
12:00 - Workforce - Releasing the Power of Our Profession (Lecture Theatre)
Tara Dillon, CEO CIMSPA (confirmed)
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​Exploring the integral role that our sector workforce has in the physical and mental health and well-being of the population, social cohesion, the engagement of everyone in communities and the country's economic prosperity.
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Discussing how the development of professional status for sport and physical activity professionals can be a game-changer in greater recognition of the benefits the sector and workforce deliver to communities and the country.
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Looking ahead to how developments in workforce planning, management and development will underpin the future of professional development and recognition for professionals across the sector.
12:30 - It All Starts With Play! (Lecture Theatre)
Eugene Minogue, Executive Director, Play England (confirmed)
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Play is vital for all children. It is the main way children enjoy their daily lives, make friends, and learn about the world around them.
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Play is essential for happy, healthy, capable, and resilient children.
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Children today experience many barriers to play.
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Plans to deliver transformational change and secure a legacy for our future generations.
12:50 - Masterclass Presentation - Are Current Playground Designs Harming the Health and Well-Being of Our Communities? (Lecture Theatre)
Michael Hoenigmann, Managing Director, Jupiter Play and Leisure (confirmed)
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Examining the legislation and policy that is blocking innovation and improvements to our playgrounds.
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Highlight the problems with tenders that are limiting good design.
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Explore what playground design should look like and ask the question: How can we make really good design the industry standard?
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How can technology enhance play experiences for communities?
12:30 - Millions More Moving (Council Room)
Michelle Roberts, Physical Activity and Health Programme Lead, Richmond Group of Charities (confirmed)
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Tackling inactivity by supporting people with long-term conditions to move more
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Ensure leadership and accountability
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Embed movement in healthcare
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Encourage movement as part of everyday life
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Insights from the Bridging the Gap Report - We Are Undefeatable
12:50 - Masterclass Presentation - Piecing Together the Insight Jigsaw – Deepening understanding of place. (Council Room)
Ben Jones, Partnerships Director, ActiveXchange (confirmed)
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Unlocking the gates – what do we mean by ‘data’ and ‘insight’?
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Painting the picture – what might insight look like in a place-based approach?
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The centre of the Venn – the role of data/insight in building connections.
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Strategic and operational applications of insight to reduce inactivity.
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The future role of technology in data/insight development.
12:30 - Unlocking the Power of Physical Activity for Mental Health: Nurturing safe and effective practices for sustainable delivery. (Manufacturing Room)
Hayley Jarvis, Mind Physical Activity Team (confirmed)
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​10 years since the launch of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation,
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Exploring the transformative impact of physical activity on mental health.
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Reflecting on the significant progress achieved over the past decade.
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Success stories and lessons learned.
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Ensuring safe and effective practices that foster resilience and sustainability within the delivery workforce and wider sector.
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The next steps for embedding physical activity within health systems.
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Leveraging physical activity as part of the solution to our current mental health crisis.
12:50 - Masterclass Presentation - How Dance Fitness Engages the Inactive and Improves Mental Health without Medication. (Manufacturing Room)
Claire Burlison, Founder and Director, Clubbercise (confirmed)
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'I was inactive for a decade' Claire's journey into regular activity
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Survey results that demonstrate the incredible power of combining dance music and exercise
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Individual participant success stories - including people who were able to come off mental health medication
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch and networking
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2-course buffet lunch
14:30 - Young People At The Forefront: Healthier, safer, more successful communities through sport. (Lecture Theatre)
Mark Lawrie OBE, Chief Executive, Street Games (confirmed)
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Share the priorities captured from and by young people from low-income backgrounds around sports and the things that motivate them to participate.
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Share findings from a recent report commissioned by StreetGames with the Association of Young People’s Health on the landscape for young people from low-income backgrounds and the need for a preventative approach moving forward.
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Explore the role that sport has to play across the five missions of government, emerging strategies like the Youth Strategy and bringing joy into the lives of young people beset by daily challenges.
14:50 - Masterclass Presentation - Supporting Communities and Physical Activity through Collaborations: Innovative partnerships that deliver impact through sports groups. (Lecture Theatre)
Joanna Di-Paola, Head of Partnerships, Sported (confirmed)
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What Sported’s insight tells us about the jeopardy in play in the network of grassroots sports clubs
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How Sported is combining practical support with external partnerships to channel the right resources to the right places to create social impacts
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Explore how the Barclays Community Football Fund has grown from focusing participation to being a targeted driver of change.
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Where government at all levels can lend its support
14:30 - Nature Towns and Cities - Improving Health Through Urban Green and Blue Spaces (Council Room)
Dave Bell, Principal Advisor: Health and the Environment, Natural England (confirmed)
Liz Ellis, Policy Project Manager, National Lottery Heritage Fund (confirmed)
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£15m investment to help put nature at the heart of our towns and cities.
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Fresh thinking about the ways green and blue spaces help to meet local priorities
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Local green and blue spaces are critical assets for maintaining and supporting health and wellbeing in local communities.
14:50 - A Brew, a Loo and Lots to Do: Transforming Outcomes Through Multi-Activity Hubs in Parks (Council Room)
Jeff Hunter, Chief Executive, Courtside Hubs CIC
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Why: parks have untapped potential for local communities
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What: well-designed hubs connect built and natural environments
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How: people, place and programme combine to sustain activity and address inactivity
14:30 - junior parkrun, Why It's Not Just for Young People. The impact of junior parkrun on the community. (Manufacturing Room)
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James Thomas, UK Health and Well-being Manager, parkrun (confirmed)
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Dan McVeigh, Volunteer and Engagement Manager, parkrun (confirmed)
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Showcase the positive impact on young people to be active outdoors for free every Sunday
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How volunteering can bring the community together
14:50 - Masterclass Presentation - How Sport In Mind Got More Volunteers More Engaged- Without the Extra Admin (Manufacturing Room)
Ashley Staines, CEO, Volunteero
Shaun Matthews, Volunteer Manager, Sport In Mind
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Effortless Onboarding: How streamlining and automating the volunteer process saved time and boosted engagement.
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Empowering Volunteers: The secret to getting volunteers to take ownership of shifts and events.
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Real Time Impact: Collecting feedback after every session to continuously improve the volunteer experience and gather impact data.
15:20 - Comfort Break
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Light refreshments
15:30 - 16:30 Afternoon Plenary Session - (Lecture Theatre)
Data, Technology and Innovation
15:30 - Powering the Future of Health with Physical Activity Data. (Lecture Theatre)
Andrew Newman, Principal Data Specialist, The Open Data Institute (confirmed)
Tim Corby, Engagement Consultant, The Open Data Institute (confirmed)
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To deliver the transformation of the UK’s health and physical activity infrastructure we need to transform the underlying data infrastructure.
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To realise the potential of physical activity in healthcare systems we must enable institutions to use data in innovative ways and ensure they are AI-ready.
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To support these new innovative use cases we must accelerate our work to make physical activity data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable and we must encourage organisations to develop their data practices.
15:50 - Digital Futures, a Leisure, Fitness and Sport Digital Transformation Model. (Lecture Theatre)
David Gerrish, Strategic Lead Digital, ukactive (confirmed)
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Why create a DX model for leisure, fitness and sport?
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Methodology and approach.
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What have we learnt?
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What next for the Digital Futures programme?
16:10 - Case Study Presentation - From planning & strategy to sharing impact: Active Through Football: (Lecture Theatre)
Lin Wilson, Consultant, UPSHOT Systems CIC (confirmed)
Maddy Ford, Programme Manager, – Active Through Football, Football Foundation (confirmed)
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Active Through Football: The Football Foundation’s place-based, data-driven community programme in partnership with Upshot Systems CIC.
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Planning your data collection and enabling the workforce through a continuous community of learning.
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Choosing a system - Buy or Build? What to consider and learnings on how best to implement.
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From evidence to impact - Active Through Football visualising the data and sharing impact stories.
16:30 - Conference Closed
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Thank you for supporting the Get Active for a Healthier Britain Conference