Whole system approaches to tackling inactivity- learning from good practice

8 Investments – ISPAH

A call to action for everyone, everywhere, including professionals, academics, civil society and decision makers, to embed physical activity in national and subnational policies.

This report supports local places to create a whole system approach that incorporates physical activity and shows some great examples showing how you can put this into practice.

Sheffield – whole system approach

Sheffield have developed a pioneering ‘whole systems’ approach to increasing physical activity in Sheffield called ‘Move More’.  It was one of first such approaches and was groundbreaking move away from siloed, single-organisation approaches, toward a cohesive, place-based approach that recognises the complexity of the issue.  Sheffield’s work on whole systems approaches to increasing physical activity has informed significant policy developments and has yielded internationally recognised academic outputs.  In 2022, we have presented our work at international conferences and have hosted visitors from Germany and Japan who came to learn about our approach.

We strive to learn ‘what works’ and are committed to evaluating our approach and sharing our findings.

For more information see the Move More website and the Move More timeline.

 If you have some good practice on whole systems approaches to tackle inactivity that you’d like to share please get in touch with Ian Brooke at IBROOKE@oxford.gov.uk.