Wandsworth Moves Together 2024-2029
Wandsworth Moves Together is an ambitious strategy to help people in our borough become more physically active.
Wandsworth already has plenty of spaces to be proud of, from our beautiful parks and popular community spaces to our diverse sports facilities, play areas and swimming pools. Over the years, we’ve invested millions into our activity infrastructure, including £1.4m in to improve sports pitches and over £4m for Tooting Lido, the largest freshwater lido in England! All of this adds up to Wandsworth being one of the most active boroughs in London - and the whole country! And now we want everyone in Wandsworth to enjoy what’s on offer. Which is why we’ve created this strategy.
Most people know that getting active is good for you – from improving your health and mental wellbeing to lowering the risk of long-term health conditions. It can even help you feel more connected to your community. However, we know that there are still lots of people in our borough who aren’t getting active when they could be. This could be for many reasons, maybe the cost of the activities are a barrier or the activities are not at the right time.
Our plans
You can find out more about our plans and what these mean for you and your community.
To help Wandsworth become an even more active borough, we know that we need to encourage people to move, improve access to opportunities and tackle inequality. We’re doing this with our local partners and your communities – and you can get involved too!
How you can help
Help someone you know get more active
If you know someone who could benefit from being more active, why not talk to them, and find out what's stopping them from moving? Together, you can work with them to overcome the barriers.
Tell us what you're doing
If you're already active in this space, get in touch with us through our web page so we can explore how we can work with you to achieve our shared objectives.
Be a movement advocate
Talk about getting active with your friends or colleagues. You could even share this strategy and set up a discussion about how your community or organisation could get more involved.
Collaborate with other communities
Talk to other communities and organisations about the challenges that they're facing and the solutions they have developed and see what you can learn together to encourage more movement.
Keep moving!
If you're already active, that's amazing. Keep it up - and consider speaking to others, encouraging them to be more active by sharing why it matters to you.
Volunteer
Work with one of our amazing voluntary organisations or charities, particularly those working with older people, people with disabilities and children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Find out more about volunteering.
Tell us what you think
If you have thoughts, comments or questions, get in touch with us, and your feedback can help us learn how we implement our strategy.
Contact us
Contact us to collaborate or with your questions and ideas at: leisurecontracts@wandsworth.gov.uk