Nine Conditions for Tackling Inactivity
The Sport England National Evaluation and Learning Partnership (NELP) have identified nine ‘conditions’ which are necessary to tackle inequalities in physical activity, using a whole systems approach.
Foundations
Identifying the Barriers and the Enablers
Finding out what makes it hard or easy for people to be active.
Action is shaped and led by communities and supported by community-focused strategies.
Organisational Policies, Processes and Structures
Organisations are set up to work in a flexible and collaborative way.
Policies, administative systems, structures and processes effectively enable and encourage ways of working to address inequalities.
Capacity and Capability Across the Workforce and Communities
Having workers, volunteers and communities capable of joint working.
Development of capacity and capability across the workforce, volunteers and communities to enable physical activity.
Ways of Working
Collaboration
Groups and organisations working together to achieve more.
Working with different organisations can help to drive innovative physical activity policy and practice by drawing on different skill sets, and increase impact by reducing duplication and/or pooling resources.
Leadership
Everyone working together to lead, not just one person in charge.
Policymakers, workforce, volunteers and residents act together to build on strengths and remove barriers for tackling physical activity inequalities.
Community-led Action
Local people leading initiatives and working together to achieve their goals.
Action is shaped and led by communities and supported by community-focused strategies.
Settings
Cultures and Practices That Value Wellbeing
Developing a culture where everyone values wellbeing and physical activity.
Creating a culturally inclusive social environment for physical activity, which enables people to move more in ways that suit them.
Built and Natural Environments
Physical environments that make it easy for people to be active and improve their wellbeing.
Local natural and built environments are attractive, accessible and safe, encouraging movement and physical activity.
Embedded Learning
Cycles of Learning and Action
Learning about what works and adapting as we go.
Appropriate methods in place to learn from experience and over time address physical inactivity.
Source: What works in tackling inequalities in physical activity? Overview of NELP conceptual model and conditions for tackling inequalities in physical activity
