Refreshments served.

National and Local Government Strategies.

• Sports, Health and Well-being. A Nation's Progress.

• Aligning local, regional and national agendas to promote sustained physical activity. 

• Inter-departmental collaboration: Health, education, sports and green transportation.

• The evidence on why physical inactivity matters.

• The shift from treatment to prevention, and role physical activity can play.

• National, regional and local levers needed to bring about change.

• Future trends in sports and physical activity.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed.

Served for all attendees.

Investing in community health and well-being.

• Why devolution matters to people and communities of Greater Manchester.

• What has been happening so far, what difference it makes and what they are learning.

• How the learnings can be translated into other contexts.

• How it feels to work in this context- some personal learnings and lessons. Reflections on the kind of leadership that is needed to support our people and communities to thrive.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed.

• Explore the progress made by the RCGP and partner organisations in supporting physical activity in primary care.

• Patient case studies.

• Age UK: act now, age better.

• Let's dance campaign.

• APC and Sport England anti-obesity medication information and guidance.

• Future ambitions of the RCGP lifestyle and physical activity team.

• Why physical inactivity is a significant concern to our industry and why we want to play a greater role.

• What the global sporting goods industry is doing collectively to help tackle rising levels of physical inactivity.

• How our industry amplifies the global call to action with WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, and OECD.

• Connecting with brands and global organisations to expand initiatives to inactive audiences.

Gain practical insights and actionable strategies from industry leaders through focused masterclass presentations designed to enhance professional development and support implementation.

• Breathing new life into play areas across England.

• A new investment in to the most deprived areas across England.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed. 

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• Presentation topics to be confirmed

• 2-course buffet lunch.

Explore solutions and innovative approaches as sector experts set the scene with key insights, followed by private sector case studies that showcase practical application, measurable outcomes, and transferable learning.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed

• Fighting for Futures: How Boxing is Tackling Youth Violence Through Community Engagement and Prevention.

• High streets and town centres play a vital role in boosting health through active travel and easy access to sport.

• Economic regeneration often overlooks social value, limiting efforts to revitalise town centres.

• A healthy town centre is easy to reach — and worth visiting.

• The Royal Society for Public Health’s framework highlights sport and leisure as key to healthy high streets

• This session explores how to work with local partners to regenerate high streets and get communities moving.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed

• Developing frictionless pathways that build in support, not unintentional barriers, to empower people to move more, in ways that work for them. 

• Achieving the cultural shift to remove barriers associated with risk. 

• Enabling cross-sector collaborative working. 

• Presentation topics to be confirmed

• Light refreshments 

Participation in Sports and Physical Activity

• Why free bike schemes – they tackle our sector priorities of poverty, inactivity, lack of opportunities, community cohesion, health inequalities.

• Do they work? – The independent gold standard evaluation by Volterra proves outstanding value for money and return on investment.

• Lived experience – real people in our target communities – montage of 5 or 6 people from video footage.

• What do free bikes schemes add to Active Travel England and NHS 10 year plan.

• Presentation topics to be confirmed.

• Ensuring Every Community has Access to Parks, Playgrounds, Playing Fields and Green Spaces.

• The future vision for parks and open spaces.

• Thank you for supporting the Why Sports 2026 Conference