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Leading the Movement is designed to meet the needs of sector leaders.
Our ambition is to have an offer that supports everyone that’s working to tackle inequalities.
There are several different aspects to our offer, some are for everyone, and others are deliberately targeted at officers and Board members, working within specific organisations and partnerships. Our offer will continue to evolve.
Our vision
Our vision is to create a diverse, thriving, community of leaders who are supported, empowered, skilled and united in the movement to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity.
Our mission
We’re on a mission to support sector leaders so they can confidently and successfully drive the change needed to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity and achieve the ambitions of Uniting the Movement.
Our aims
Our aims are to:
- Identify and understand the challenges faced by sector leaders working to tackle inequalities.
- Explore solutions to these challenges though engagement, training, coaching, mentoring and content development.
- Better connect leaders and encourage collaboration to enable the exchange of information, ideas and learning.
- Provide targeted support to diverse leaders, and leaders working with under-served communities, to ensure they feel more confident and better equipped to tackle inequalities.
- Provide and signpost to universally accessible information, guidance and opportunities that inspire, support, enable and empower leaders to tackle inequalities and drive long-term, systemic change.
For leaders, by leaders
What do we mean by a leader?
Being a leader isn’t determined by job titles or seniority, it’s about wanting to make a difference, creating change and opening up opportunities for more people to live active lives. If you work to tackle these inequalities, or you support the people that do, then you're part of ‘Leading the Movement’.
Leading the Movement
Sport England
Leading the Movement is funded by The National Lottery and created by Sport England. It has, and will continue to be, founded on research, consultation and insight from leaders in the sector.
Our strategy, Uniting the Movement, sets out our ambitions to ensure the benefits of being physically active are equally accessible to everyone.
We know tackling these deep-rooted inequalities is hard work - it takes time and often requires a deliberate change in the way we all do things including the culture we promote, the partnerships we form and the policies and practices we develop.
We all have a role to play in tackling the inequalities within sport and physical activity. Real change can’t be achieved alone; it takes strong leadership.
Our offer
We’re confident our investment into this programme will help amplify the power of the amazing leaders and networks in our sector. There’s lots of ways you can get involved.
Open to all
Our offer that's available to everyone includes:
- Freely accessible information, guidance, articles, case studies, toolkits and other resources - available on our website.
- Newsletters providing regular updates and sharing news from across the sector.
Our targeted offer
Our targeted offer is for specific leaders and includes:
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Coaching and mentoring
For leaders working to tackle inequalities within Sport England system partners organisations.
Our coaching and mentoring offers provide safe, supportive and confidential environments to reflect on, explore and navigate leadership challenges and opportunities linked to tackling inequalities. They’re designed to help individuals, groups and teams maximise their potential.
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Place-based leadership courses
For leaders working in areas included in our Place Expansion programme.
Our place-based leadership courses bring together partners and communities in a place to develop shared skills and relationships. They support them to work together and use system approaches to collectively tackle local inequalities in sport and physical activity.
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National leadership courses
For leaders with a strategic responsibility for sport and physical activity within Sport England system partner organisations, councils, Active Partnerships, national governing bodies of sport, national charities and sport or leisure trusts.
Our national leadership courses support leaders and builds their confidence on how to develop systems leadership skills and approaches to interacting better with service areas beyond sport and physical activity.
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Our leadership community
For leaders with a strategic responsibility for sport and physical activity within Sport England system partner organisations, councils, Active Partnerships, national governing bodies of sport, national charities and sport or leisure trusts.
Joining our leadership community gives leaders access to online events, discussions and networking opportunities framed around topical issues and challenges faced by leaders who are working to tackling inequalities.
Co-Design Group
Our Co-Design Group is made up of a diverse range of passionate leaders with different skills and experiences.
They help shape the programme’s ongoing development and offer continuous check and challenge to make sure it meets the needs of sector leaders.
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