Leadership

Distributed and Collective Leadership

- Policy makers, workforce, volunteers and local people act, and make decisions, both independently and together, to tackle physical activity inequalities._

- When decision making, resources and initiatives are less centralised, people in all roles can contribute towards enabling active lives.

- Everyone’s contribution is equally valued. Established leaders can use their power to legitimise physical activity (alone or as a recognised aspect of wellbeing/thriving/prevention), challenge prevailing views and structures which create inequalities, and prioritise whole system and place-based ways of working.

- Individuals across multiple layers of society, including people who are inactive, can shape decisions about what works to enable physical activity. This can lead to better strategies and outcomes.

An online learning seminar for this condition took place in March 2024 and a recording of this session can be seen below.

The Essence document, slide pack from the learning seminar and example slides from Basildon are available to download.