First-Steps-Guide - Making Physical Activity Part of Everyday Life in Southall

Sep 18, 2026

First Steps presents the Let’s Go Southall programme, a Sport England Local Delivery Pilot focused on making physical activity part of everyday life in Southall. It outlines priorities to raise activity levels among inactive residents—especially lower income groups, ethnic minorities, women, disabled people, and older adults—while addressing chronic health conditions, isolation, loneliness, and mental wellbeing. The approach relies on local partner collaboration, whole system change, and ongoing evaluation to reduce strain on local services and the NHS and strengthen community resilience.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages17

Reading Time43 min

AccessFree to download

Executive Summary

What is Let’s Go Southall?

The Sport England ‘Local Delivery Pilot’ Programme

The National Health picture

What does it mean for Southall?

Our Vision

Our Values

Our Bid

About Southall

Southall – the people, the places

Why Southall?

Baseline Survey Results

Who is our target audience?

Context within Ealing

How / methodology / implementation / values

Programme delivery – Who is involved?

Whole systems change

Governance

Insight and research

Co-design, co-develop and capacity build

Test and Iterate

Evaluation

Our Journey

Timeline

Challenges we have faced so far

Looking forward and next steps

Get involved and find out more

Our supporters

First Steps Making physical activity part of everyday life in Southall In brief In Southall, we will: • Increase physical activity levels for inactive individuals who do less than 30 minutes exercise per week to more than 150 minutes per week • Focus on the most inactive groups • Lower income • Ethnic minorities • Women • Disabled people • Older people We will do this by: • Working with local partners and delivery groups to co-produce solutions • Establishing key relationships with a variety of sectors to encourage whole system change • Constantly evaluating progress and iterating our methodology to overcome barriers • Reduction in chronic health conditions • Reduction in isolation and loneliness • Improved mental health and wellbeing • Reduced burden to local services and the NHS • Improved community wellbeing and resilience • A better place to live The benefits are: At a glance 69,857 people live in Southall 43% do less than 30 minutes of physical activity per week Lady Margaret Dormers Wells Southall Southall Broadway Norwood Green Southall Green One in six Over 80 languages spoken live with a disability Let’s Go Southall – First Steps 3 Welcome Contents “We are really pleased that we are able to launch and share this important report which outlines the Let’s Go Southall programme. As a member of the executive board, I am pleased to support the programme in order to deliver whole systems change to enable more people in Southall to become and stay active for many years to come. The programme is innovative and will involve collaboration with many partners to bring out behaviour change for those involved. We are one of the 12 Sport England Local Delivery Pilots and we are looking forward to working with existing and new partners to achieve a more active Southall.” Judith Finlay – Executive Director of Children, Adults and Public Health We are delighted to launch this First Steps Report, which introduces the Let’s Go Southall Programme as one of the 12 Sport England Local Delivery Pilots. This innovative programme aims to deliver whole system change through collaboration with a wide range of partners and community members to increase physical activity levels in Southall. The outcomes of the Let’s Go Southall pilot programme contribute to one of our core council priorities of the borough to ensure that our residents are able to live happy, physically active and independent lives, making sure that Ealing is a healthy and great place to live. As a programme bringing together public, private and voluntary sector organisations, I look forward to seeing the positive outcomesand the impact we can make when we work together. Councillor Bassam Mahfouz Ealing Cabinet member for Finance and Leisure This innovative programme to ‘do things differently’ is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We are excited to be working alongside both local and national partners to ensure that we can deliver a positive impact with the community in Southall. We are looking forward to working with you and sharing the learnings of our challengesand successes as we tackle health inequalities in Southall. This First Steps Report walks you through our journey so far and sets the scene for the rest of the programme to come. The Let’s Go Southall Team Executive Summary 6 What is Let’s Go Southall? 8 The Sport England ‘Local Delivery Pilot’ Programme 9 The National Health picture 9 What does it mean for Southall? 10 Our Vision 10 Our Values 10 Our Bid 11 About Southall 12 Southall – the people, the places 13 Why Southall? 15 Baseline Survey Results 16 Who is our target audience? 18 Context within Ealing 19 How / methodology / implementation / values 22 Programme delivery – Who is involved? 23 Whole systems change 23 Governance 24 Insight and research 25 Co-design, co-develop and capacity build 25 Test and Iterate 25 Evaluat

FAQs

What is the main goal of the Let’s Go Southall programme?

To increase physical activity levels in Southall by making it easier for people to stay active as part of daily life, especially for those currently inactive.

Who is the programme designed to focus on?

Inactive individuals who do less than 30 minutes of exercise per week, with particular focus on lower income groups, ethnic minorities, women, disabled people, and older people.

How will the programme achieve whole system change?

By working with local partners and delivery groups to co-produce solutions, building key relationships across sectors, and continually evaluating progress to overcome barriers.

Sep 18, 2026

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