Engagement and partnerships
We have a team of Strategic Partnership Advisors to support local and national work. They support key partners, including Active Partnerships and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) as well as wider stakeholders. Our work enables these partners to be more effective in supporting disabled people to be active.
The team has four main areas of work:
Organisational improvement: We created the Leading Inclusion Workshop to help partners to become more effective when working with disabled people or organisations in sport and physical activity.
Improving routes to market: We support the disability and sports sectors to increase their connections with disabled people, charities, local groups and third sector support agencies etc. By creating resources that identify key contact points, we provide the expertise to reach more disabled people.
Creating and supporting networks by facilitating joint approaches: We organise and chair national briefing sessions as well as regional forums. We also attend and support a range of networks organised by key stakeholders.
Providing strategic support: We work with the sports sector and sectors outside of sport and offer resources, workshops and awareness of opportunities.
Our Partnership team is:
- Ray Ashley – Director of Partnerships and Programmes
- Catherine Slater – Head of Partnerships
- Andrew Whitaker – Strategic Lead - Partnerships, and Advisor (North region including North East and North West)
- Paul Downes – Strategic Partnership Advisor (Yorkshire and Humber)
- Dawn Hughes – Strategic Partnership Advisor (East Midlands)
- Alice Evans – Strategic Partnership Advisor (West Midlands)
- Ashley Harris - Strategic Partnership Advisor (South West)
- Chloe Brown – Strategic Partnership Advisor (East and South East)
- Cara Ffoulkes – Strategic Partnership Advisor (London)
See the Activity Alliance Strategic Partnership Advisors Map for more information.
All our Advisors' contact details are in our team pages.
Engagement resources
Our extensive range of engagement resources help organisations embed inclusive practice and support more disabled people to be active. Check out our videos, factsheets, and recorded presentations here.
Find your local Active Partnership
Activity Alliance works closely with many local organisations, including 43 Active Partnerships. Click here to find and contact your local organisation for information about opportunities to be active.
