Case studies

Merton is on a mission to become London’s first Borough of Sport. We believe in the power of sport to connect, inspire and transform our borough.

The Birmingham Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, known as ‘Bring it on Brum!’, is designed to address the ‘holiday experience gap’ for children and young people from low-income households.

Life Hacks is an award-winning Young Persons Social Prescription service led by Active Luton, the council’s health and wellbeing partnership.

The £5 million Ministry of Justice programme (2022) used sport to enhance positive outcomes for vulnerable young people in the context of youth crime.

Empowering women of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and abilities to be active in ways right for them through our local campaign, LLR Girls Can (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Girls Can).

The Future Female Leaders Programme supports and empowers women above the age of 18 from ethnically diverse communities in and around London to overcome social, educational and economic barriers to diversify and create more coaches and leaders in the sport, health and physical activity sector.

A free 10-week Active Menopause Programme in North West Leicestershire, to support women who are going through perimenopause or menopause and to help them become more physically active.

Three greenspaces across inner city areas of Bradford were co-designed with local adolescent girls, to enhance the safety and appeal of these spaces. The girls valued their involvement and felt empowered by the process. This way of working influenced other community consultations and will be embedded in local design guides.

Sporting Equals has been funded to deliver a four-year project with The Sweaty Betty Foundation to deliver a city-based model that supports ethnically diverse women and girls engaging in sport and movement, and research to help the sector better understand the barriers that ethnically diverse women and girls face when accessing sporting opportunities.

Manchester City Council’s healthy weight strategy follows a life course approach to support Manchester residents to live healthier lifestyles and is comprised of four strands, one of which is physical activity.