A Partnership Approach
Active Cumbria has been identified locally as the most appropriate organisation to coordinate Sport England’s place-based work, with dedicated staff time in place to ensure progress continues across Cumbria.
Partnership working is central to all Sport England place-based approaches, bringing together local authorities, health services, community and voluntary groups, and policy-makers to co-create solutions that reflect local needs. By fostering collaboration, we can align priorities, share resources, and create sustainable change that makes physical activity a normal part of everyday life for everyone.
Place-based work has been highlighted as instrumental in the ability to create the conditions for change at a local level and help people be physically active. This learning has been taken from the 12 local delivery pilots funded over the past 6-7 years which has highlighted that it is ‘how’ the work is done that unlocks progress.
Watch the video to hear how Greater Manchester and Birmingham and Solihull approached this work.