Recommendation 47

‘Movement for Health’ reflects the full breadth of what is needed: more movement in all its forms, and better health in its widest sense. “Movement” captures not only structured physical exercise and sport, but the everyday activity, walking to school, playing in the street, active travel, informal play, that makes the biggest difference to long‑term participation. “Health” goes beyond medical outcomes. It speaks to children’s readiness to learn, to stronger communities built through shared activity, to safer and more welcoming neighbourhoods, and to the quality of the spaces where people move. It encompasses well‑maintained leisure centres, new accessible local facilities, protected playing fields, and innovative uses of parks and streets that encourage people of all ages to be active. (Conclusion, Paragraph 148)