• Tell me more!

    Join Lou Walker from Leeds Girls Can, who shares insights from a project involving a group of teenage South Asian girls from Leeds. Using a co-produced approach, the team designed an intervention to engage more girls like them in being active. The learning was supported by Sally Hall from the Public Health Children and Families team, Leeds City Council.

  • Is it for me?

    The learning is suitable for anyone interested in creating environments that support people to be more active, and anyone interested in taking a co-production approach to working with young people. It may be of specific interest to teachers, youth workers, and staff aiming to work, or already working, in the physical activity sector.

  • You will cover:

    *An in-depth guide to working in co-production with a cohort of young people to develop a project, training product or policy response. *An outline of the lived experiences and structural barriers to physical activity identified by a cohort of South Asian girls – and the solutions they identified. *Some really important take away tips, on how to ensure under-represented young people feel seen and heard throughout the co-production process.

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Learning Outline

  1. 1

    • Before you begin!

    • Limitless - the story & learning
  2. 2

    • Article | Muslim hiking & adventure group

    • Video | Broughton Road Community Centre & their work with community clubs.

Meet your learning host

Lou Walker

Lou has worked within sport development for over 20years. Starting off in 1999 as a community sport volunteer, she has experienced the barriers that can be faced at all levels of grassroot sport and physical activity. Lou went on to become a community sports coach delivering sports interventions to families and young people within school setting. Then a community sports officer leading on the “Leeds Let’s Get Active” initiative for the WNW of the city. Fast forward to now and Lou is a Development Officer, working in a variety of communities with various sports clubs, community groups and individuals to support them to move more through sport and physical activity. Lou has a passion for supporting the most underrepresented groups in Leeds and reducing health inequalities using sport and physical activity as the tool. More recently Lou has managed the Leeds – This Girl Can initiative and is currently leading on the LGBT+ Inclusive Sports agenda.