Yorkshire Sport Foundation South Yorkshire Active Start Impact Report 2024/2025

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is the Active Partnership for South and West Yorkshire, working with partners to help more people be active. This report covers its Active Start programme for children aged 2 to 5 in South Yorkshire, which trained 98 early years staff across 127 settings in 2024/2025. Key figures from the report: Around 1,388 children and 821 families were impacted, with a further 129 staff upskilled by those trained. At Tinsley Meadows Academy in Sheffield, children from homes without garden access became significantly more active and improved their gross and fine motor skills. 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.