London Sport
Our new strategy launched in September 2024, sets out how we will continue to work to tackle London’s inactivity crisis, breaking the link between inactivity and inequality to help all Londoner’s live longer, healthier and happier lives through being active. Watch this video to see our impact over the past decade.
Who we are
As a charity, we focus our effort on helping children and adults in the most deprived communities who face the greatest challenges of inequality.
As a strategic leader, advocate and convenor for London’s grassroots sport and physical activity sector, we collaborate with London’s local authorities and other organisations to ensure more equitable and inclusive access to sport and physical activity. Our work aims to break the link between inactivity and inequality to improve the health and wellbeing of those from the most deprived communities. Supported by Sport England, and working closely with the Mayor of London, we are also an ‘Active Partnership’, the largest of 43 across England who are transforming lives through sport and physical activity.
Why we're needed
In some parts of London, people live 12 years longer in good health than others.
London is facing a physical inactivity crisis, with those in the poorest communities facing the greatest challenges of inequality and barriers to leading an active life, exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis.
How we do it
In order to tackle inequalities and improve health and wellbeing we:
- Influence policies and systems.
- Galvanise governments, corporate, elite sport and others to get behind a collective mission.
- Empower local authorities, grassroots sports clubs and other delivery organisations to create.
In our new 3-year strategy, we will be ambitious in our approach, fostering inclusivity, and inspiring change by influencing and working with like-minded organisations to break the link between inactivity and inequality, ensuring more equitable access to sport and physical activity for the most deprived communities.