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Positive Experiences Collective Conference 2025: Stories from Cohort 1 of the Patchwork Programme

Updated: Jul 17

One of the most powerful moments at the Positive Experiences Collective Conference was hearing from Cohort 1 of the Patchwork Programme, a group of cross-sector teams who have spent the past nine months exploring how to kick-start bringing physical literacy into real-world practice.


Working across the UK, these teams focused on key areas, including Education, Community Sport, Families and Early Years, and Systems and Place. Each team co-designed and prototyped new ideas and approaches to create more inclusive and meaningful experiences of movement for children and young people.


What they shared at the conference wasn’t a polished finish line—it was an honest and open reflection on their journeys so far. Sharing their challenges, learning, and the change they’re beginning to see take root.


If you missed the team's sessions, you can catch up via the video below:



Education

Nurturing a Culture of Positive Experiences in Plymouth & Devon

  • Active Devon

  • Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust

  • Plymouth City Council Youth Service

Project Springboard

  • Create Development (real PE)

  • Cabot Learning Federation

  • University of Derby / International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA)

Move with Youth

  • Active Humber

  • Withernsea High School

  • East Riding Sport England Place Partner

Patchwork Programme - Education 2025


Community Sport

Cricket for All

  • Chance to Shine

  • Lords Taverners

The Only Way is Eastwood

  • EFL in the Community

  • Rotherham United Community Trust

  • Eastwood Village Primary School

Physical Literacy Adventure

  • Junior Adventures Group

Patchwork Programme - Community Sport 2025


System and Place

Move, Play & Creating Active Schools

  • University of Bradford

  • Yorkshire Sport Foundation

  • Bradford Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust

Happy Healthy

  • Sportsmith Limited

  • Lands Improvement

  • Bedford Borough Council

Together an Active Future

  • Active Lancashire

  • Together an Active Future (TaAF)

  • Blessed Trinity Catholic College, Burnley

Patchwork Programme - System and Place 2025


Family and Early Years

Beyond Movement

  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

  • Greater Manchester Moving

  • StartWell, Bolton Council

Active Families

  • Active Norfolk

  • Alive West Norfolk

  • Norfolk County Council Children’s Services

Let’s PLEY

  • University of Derby / IPLA

  • National Early Years Active Start Partnership

  • HENRY

Patchwork Programme - Family and Early Years 2025

We’re so proud of what these teams have started—and even more excited about where they’re headed. The Patchwork Programme is about more than projects; it’s about creating a movement of changemakers who are reimagining how we support physical literacy in every setting.


Keep following the journey—and stay tuned for updates on Cohort 2.



 
 
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