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Leading the Movement

Building a community of leaders who are supported and empowered to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity.

About Leading the Movement

Leading the Movement is a National Lottery-funded programme that aims to:

  • Understand and explore solutions to the challenges faced by leaders working in the sport and physical activity sector, through freely accessible information, direct engagement and a targeted offer.
  • Provide opportunities for leaders to connect and collaborate, share ideas and communicate experiences.
  • Drive the change needed through targeted support to under-represented leaders, and leaders working with under-served communities.

Explore the dedicated Leading the Movement website

Why is it needed?

People’s opportunities to participate, volunteer or become leaders in sport and physical activity can be negatively impacted because of where they live, their finances and background.

This isn’t good enough.

Our strategy, Uniting the Movement, looks to change this to ensure everyone can equally access the benefits of being physically active. 

Tackling inequalities takes time and is hard work. We need to do things differently, changing how we nurture culture, create policies and procure and build partnerships.

Real change needs strong leadership and sector leaders have told us they need extra support with this, so we’ve created Leading the Movement.

Our investment in this programme until March 2029 will help realise the power of our sector’s leaders and networks, because being a leader isn’t only defined by job titles or seniority.

Leaders are passionate about making a difference so more people can live active lives; they want to create change and open opportunities.

You’re part of Leading the Movement if you work to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity, or you support the people that do.