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YMCA Activate England  

YMCA Activate England was an Active England funded national initiative to widen access and increase participation in sport and physical activity particularly among inactive and hard-to-reach people.

The project ran from June 2004-September 2007 in 56 YMCAs, engaging over 8,000 participants across three programmes targeting distinct groups:

The Children's Interactive programme - children aged 5 - 14 years;

The Challenge programme - young people living in YMCA supported accommodation or attending youth programmes or training courses; and

The Pathway to Activity programme - exercise recommendation scheme aimed mostly at adults, building partnerships with health providers and community groups.


The project was independently evaluated by Leisure Futures and found to be:

Successful in attracting non-participants into participation in sport and physical activity;

A cost-effective health intervention; and

An exemplar of good practice in programme design and delivery.

To download the evaluation reports for each of the programmes and a summary of the overall programme, click here.