Changing Lives Through Movement - Inspiration For Action

Through joining together with other people and organisations to continue to develop a collective purpose of getting people active, you become a crucial part of the effort to tackle inequalities that promote physical inactivity. In doing so, we can positively impact the health and wellbeing of the Black Country.

The conference will provide the chance to build knowledge, connect, share experiences and gain inspiration from the work of people making a real difference in communities and explore ways to integrate approaches to tackle physical inactivity.

As a range of local approaches to address inactivity continues to gather momentum, now is an opportunity to do things differently, using locally focused initiatives to enable people of all backgrounds to access the benefits of being active and to reduce inequalities.

The conference content will be broad-ranging, from showcasing approaches for engaging communities, building understanding of what is needed to harness all the assets within communities, and creating opportunities for more people to be physically active. It will also focus on the principles of leadership and the role of activity in transport, planning, education and wider policy/ planning and service delivery to create equitable, accessible opportunities for people to be active and move more.

It will include inspirational keynotes, expert panel discussion & range of workshops focusing on:

• Faith centres and their role in promoting health and wellbeing within communities
• How sport and physical activity can help build safer, stronger, more cohesive communities?
• Co-creation and collaboration - time for a change?
• How can funding better enable the development of community capacity?
• The role of housing associations in tackling physical inactivity
• A data and insight-led approach to healthy placemaking
• How transport can create active communities
• The future of leisure and active wellbeing in local places
• How to champion and advocate the role of physical activity in contributing to wider outcomes across the health system and tackling health inequalities
• Children, young people and education

Please note the full workshop schedule and opportunity to book onto specific workshops will be released prior to the event.

Host or Publisher Active Black Country