The unfairness of being inactive
Being physically active brings benefits that extend beyond health, helping people build relationships, feel part of their community and live well. Yet opportunities for daily movement are not distributed equally, leaving too many people excluded from these benefits.
This Leap partner event will explore the social, organisational and environmental conditions that shape people’s experiences of being physically active. Through practical examples, interactive breakout sessions and shared discussion, we will consider the different levers partners can influence, from leadership and policy to new community roles and the improvement of parks and community spaces.
Why attend?
The event is an opportunity to learn from work already happening across Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and across the country, make new connections with partners who can help you achieve your ambitions and identify practical actions that can help create fairer opportunities for people to lead an active lifestyle.
As always, there’ll be time to network with a range of partners before and after the main session, including over lunch.
Agenda
| Time | Who | |
|---|---|---|
| 10.30 | Arrival | |
| 10.45 | Welcome & introductions | Mark Ormerod Leap |
| 10:55 | Icebreaker | Mark Ormerod Leap |
| 11:10 | The unfairness of being inactive Why being active is so unfair? Inequalities in Active Lifestyles explained. Overview of the conditions for change as an introduction to breakout sessions. | Chris Gregory Leap |
| 11:25 | Breakout Sessions 1: Join one of four breakout sessions Bucks Youth Voice Report – Barriers & Enablers Linda will share the key highlights and learning from the youth voice work across 11 primary/secondary schools in Bucks. If you want to know what our young people want/need us to change for them to be more active this is the workshop for you. Play Zones Investment – Active Environments Learning from play zone investments across hundreds of parks across England. Including the resources and roles established to activating and supporting residents in the most inactive areas to use them. Community Health and Wellbeing Workers How a community health resource in two most deprived areas of Bucks is supporting residents to lead healthier lifestyles including increases in their daily movement. Bucks Cycling and Walking Infrastructure plan How changing, embedding or creating new strategies and plans can create changes that improve infrastructure which empowers residents to move more. | Linda Plowright-Pepper Open University Gavin James Active Partnership Network Fiona Dite Fed Bucks TBC Bucks Council Transport Team |
| 11:50 | Movement Break (10 mins) | |
| 12:00 | Breakout Session 2 Join a different one of four sessions - Same Breakout sessions as above. | |
| 12:25 | Discussion and sharing following breakout sessions. What resonated with you? What do you want to know more about? What was missing, what can we share at a future event? | TBC – Shay/Chris/Rhi |
| 12.45 | Leading the Movement What can we all do to reduce the unfairness in activity levels, we are all leaders, leverage your influence and help create change. | Ciaran Crean Sport England |
| 13:00 | Roundup and Close Local events or Networking taking place in Bucks and MK. Partner Event 2027 Dates | Mark Ormerod Leap |
| 13:10 | Lunch and Networking |
