About
Funded by the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, Active Start helps early years practitioners in Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham give children aged 2 to 5 more chances to be active every day. The programme trains local tutors and champions who go on to train others, runs district workshops and weekend sessions for childminders, and provides practical resources such as activity cards, parent cards, leaflets for babies and toddlers, and practitioner booklets.
Key Metrics
Key Metric 1
98 early years staff were trained across 127 settings, including 12 local tutors and 20 local champions trained through a train-the-trainer model, plus 11 childminders.
Key Outcomes
- Practitioners' confidence in planning and delivering physical activity across the EYFS curriculum rose by 48% from pre- to post-training, and knowledge of the physical activity guidelines rose by 43%.
Geography
Yorkshire and the Humber
