Active 60

We are creating simpler and better local systems to get every young Londoner more active.

We are:

• Working with a small number of London boroughs to produce and implement a framework that is effective to support the needs of the children and young people in that borough.
• Support specifically identified pan-London and local CYP networks and partnerships where they align with London Sport CYP objectives and the areas that we are prioritising.  

We are creating places where young Londoners can be active and have fun without fear for their safety or fear of being judged.

Our work focuses on:

• Opening School Facilities: Broadening community access to school sports facilities outside of school hours.
• Levelling the Playing Field: This project uses the power of sport and physical activity to engage and improve health and life outcomes for participants who are more likely to enter, or are already involved with, the criminal justice system.
• Developing inclusive safe spaces to meet specific challenges.

Giving more young Londoners likely to be less active the opportunity to do more.

We are giving more young Londoners the opportunity to be more active, irrespective of their background, gender, race or disability.

We are making this possible by broadening the range of activities available both in schools and in the local community.

This will include:

• Highlight active school projects, sharing impact and learning from effective practice so that more schools can get involved.
• Work with national governing bodies to identify appropriate schools for their products.
• Champion the importance of fully-inclusive, free and simple initiatives which improves the physical and mental health and wellbeing of children such as The Daily Mile.
• Working with Sports Tech Hub to identify and test new activities.
• Working with youth organisations to provide sport and physical activity opportunities for their young people.
• Providing funding to organisations who work with young Londoners of all ages in parts of London where inequalities are greatest, providing more local activities for children and young people who are less likely to be active.

We are training more volunteer leaders and coaches to support SPA across London.

We do this by:

• Empowering young people across London by helping recruit, train, and deploy volunteer leaders and coaches aged 16-25 to help deliver School Games competitions.
• Providing training opportunities through partner organisations such as London Youth Games to support physical activity and sport within their borough or across London. From traditional national governing body training to media training to Youth Personality training that enables leaders and coaches to support young people who are less likely to be active, all with the intended outcome of getting more young people more active.