Led by the Children’s Coaching Collaborative, Play Their Way aims to kick-start a movement of child-first coaches, organisations and people changing the game from the ground up.
We all know that children and young people aren’t getting enough exercise. But why is that?
According to Sport England’s Active Lives survey (2023-24), only 47.8% of children take part in sport and physical activity for 60 minutes or more per day. And only 48.8% of children said that when they do take part, they enjoy it. And if most kids aren’t enjoying it, we’re missing the mark – and putting millions of young people off sport and exercise for life.
We believe that building a grassroots movement of child-first coaches across the country is the key to getting more children active. Many of the 2.6 million coaches across the country will already use a child-first coaching approach and Play Their Way will further provide the support and resources they need to achieve our shared vision of increasing activity levels of children and young people, and giving more of them a positive experience of physical activity and sport.
The Play Their Way movement aims to support coaches to give children and young people a choice in their experiences of activity, create space for them to voice their wishes and enable them to take ownership of their development journey. When you embrace child-first coaching every coach has the potential to transform lives.
Mind work hard to raise the standard in mental health service, standing up to injustice, and pushing for lasting change – because everyone deserves a mental health system that truly cares.
In March 2025, the UK government announced plans to cut at least £4.8 billion from social security, making it harder to cope, stay connected, or take steps toward recovery for those with mental health problems.
1 in 5 young people have a mental health problem. And often, they can’t get support when they first need it.
Mind are making a difference. In 2023-2024 their resources were accessed over 25 million times, they answered 122,000 queries and they utilise 83p from every £1 of their spending on supporting people with mental health problems.