The London Sport / Nuffield Health Partnership
London Sport and Nuffield Health have announced a 12-month partnership to deliver Move Together classes in London-based communities facing the greatest levels of inactivity. Fun, accessible activity classes will be held across eight London schools initially, with the aim of supporting an additional 3,000 girls to access the Move Together programme.
More than half (55%) of young Londoners (approximately 620,000) are not achieving the recommended levels of physical activity for their health and wellbeing, according to Sport England’s latest ‘Active Lives Children and Young People Survey’. Further research from Nuffield Health survey found that almost half (48%) of parents who were less active growing up said this was because they weren’t raised in a ‘sporty family’, 34% said they didn’t enjoy sport growing up and 25% weren’t encouraged to by their adult role models.
To tackle these issues, London Sport and Nuffield Health are appealing to parents in London to sign up their girls aged 11-16 to Move Together, with additional classes and locations set to be rolled out in the near future.
This partnership will be locally led and managed through close relationships with schools who are benefitting from the Department for Education’s Opening Schools Facilities Fund. Through this programme, London Sport support nearly 200 schools to open their sports facilities outside of school hours to enable more young people in the wider community to access increased opportunities to take part in physical activity.
Eight London schools will be paired with Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Centres to host the classes, with sessions at Harris Academy in Peckham and Heathcoat School in Chingford already up and running. Aligning with London Sport’s leading ‘Space for Girls’ project, the classes will be tailored to, and informed by the girls taking part, to help them find their own way to be active in spaces that they feel safe.
Vicky Fitzgerald, Health Improvement Lead at Nuffield Health said:
“We’re excited to be partnering with London Sport to not only tackle some of the barriers to exercise young girls are facing across the capital, but to also bring together the knowledge and resource across both charities to make significant change at a local level. We’ve seen the positive impact programmes like Move Together are already having on girls across the nation, and we hope to expand this positive impact by reaching communities across London with the greatest levels of inactivity.
These statistics highlight that change needs to happen, and we want to utilise this partnership to help girls to be more physically active. Through our collaborative efforts, we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of those living in London.”
For more information or to find a free Move Together class near you, visit: http://www.nuffieldhealth.com/movetogether
Nuffield Health x London Sport Awards 2024
The London Sport Awards, supported by the City of London Corporation, recognises and celebrates the efforts of volunteers, physical activity projects and sports organisations who have helped so many people in the capital, not just with their physical health but their mental and social wellbeing too.
The Community Impact Award in association with Nuffield Health shines a spotlight on grassroots physical activity and sport clubs, groups, teams and projects delivering great service and benefits to its users. The winners of this Award in 2024 were Cycle Sisters.
About Nuffield Health
Driven by our purpose to build a healthier nation, our experts have been working together for more than 65 years to make the nation fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. Nuffield Health provides health and wellbeing for every part of you. We believe that the best healthcare should help prevent illness by looking after mind and body. That’s why our connected health and wellbeing offering spans physical and mental health – from providing mental health support or hospital care and treatment to personal training, health assessments, GP services and physiotherapy.
We work together as a team to help you achieve your health and wellbeing ambitions, championing free health and wellbeing programmes in local communities by giving more people the tools they need to live a healthy life. These programmes help people understand and improve their own health, from those living with joint pain, to helping rehabilitate people experiencing the long-term effects from COVID-19. Find out more about us and our pioneering models at: https://www.nuffieldhealth.com or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
More information and contact details:
For more information about our partnership with Nuffield Health, or about any other commercial opportunities that are available with London Sport, please contact our Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Tanya Rabin.
