Project Overview
We are working across Lambeth to change this, with targeted action in six neighbourhoods:
- Vauxhall to Elephant (Lambeth Walk)
- Stockwell
- Loughborough Junction & East Brixton
- Clapham
- Tulse Hill
- Norwood
In each area, we are collaborating with a wide range of partners, including Lambeth Council, the NHS, community organisations, housing associations, and local trusts—working together to create sustainable, community-driven change.
Our work focuses on those most impacted by inactivity:
- Older adults (aging well)
- Children and young people from low-income backgrounds
- Women and girls facing barriers to participation
We are building a long-term, community-led model for change through four phases:
Building Strong Foundations
Establishing governance, shared vision, and evaluation frameworks, and agreeing how we communicate with residents.
Listening & Learning
Engaging residents at scale, developing local leadership, and strengthening relationships across the system.
Testing & Adapting
Co-designing solutions with communities, addressing systemic barriers, and embedding reflective practice.
Scaling Impact
Focusing on long-term partnerships, refining target audiences, and embedding a place-based approach owned by the community.
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Contact
If you’d like to find out more about the Network, please reach out to London Sport via [email protected]
Fraser Allan
Senior Development Manager – Lambeth
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WHAT’S NEW
Six local area partnerships co-design potential solutions
Six local area partnerships are working with residents to co-design and test potential and practical solutions that support people to be more active. The work is focused on changing local conditions and responding to the needs of different communities, including children and young people, older adults, and women and girls.
Testing is expected to begin this June, helping partners learn what works locally and where activity can have the greatest impact.
WHAT’S NEW
Lambeth Can Move undertakes two-day leadership training
During April, more than 40 local leaders from the voluntary and community sector, local authority and other leaders in Lambeth came together in Brixton for a two-day training programme focused on understanding the relationships between different sectors to address inactivity.
The sessions gave participants time to reflect on their role in Lambeth and explore how a holistic approach can help tackle inactivity in Lambeth. The training also highlighted opportunities to strengthen collaboration and accelerate local action across the borough.
WHAT’S NEW
Learning from residents on their doorstep
Lambeth Can Move has been working with Lambeth Council’s research team, and six local area leads to speak directly with residents on local estates.
Through door-to-door engagement, the partnership is building a clearer understanding of the barriers people face in accessing physical activity and identifying practical solutions shaped by local voices. More than 300 residents have taken part so far, helping to inform how Lambeth Can Move supports communities to be more active.
