A look back at 2025 with Activity Alliance
As we come to the end of 2025, we have taken the opportunity to look back at some of the highlights from across the year.
The year has seen the organisation build on our new strategy, We All Belong. As we work to ensure disabled people feel they belong in sports and activities our teams have been working with partners, providing leading research, training programmes, guidance and support throughout the last 12 months.
Our research and insight team released a range of major reports throughout the year. The Annual Disability and Activity Survey Secondary Analysis showed regional and demographic disparities in disabled peoples’ access to sport and activity and informed future planning. There were also reports into the role of healthcare professionals in supporting disabled people to be active, and one that explored the barriers and enablers to disabled people becoming part of the workforce.
In partnership with Sport for Confidence and supported by Sport England funding, Include to Improve was launched in March. The two-year initiative aims to increase opportunities for disabled people to participate, volunteer and work in sport and physical activity.
Get Out Get Active (GOGA) continues to bring disabled and non-disabled people together to be active. Five new locations were announced that will be supported by the programme. Funding for each new area is driven by innovation, encouraging ideas tailored to the unique needs of each community.
This year marked the expansion of the Activity Alliance Learning Hub. Now 14 months-old it has developed into a go-to place for inclusive training. Learners now have access to more than 10 CIMSPA accredited courses, ranging from the Inclusive Activity Programme and Inclusive Communications to Customer Service Training, Inclusive Research and Evaluation, and a suite of inclusive PE eLearning courses.
We once again hosted two major events. The British Junior Para Swimming Championships and National Junior Para Athletics Championships saw more than one hundred young athletes compete at each.
Our strategic partnerships team continues to work with the sport and leisure sector to instil best practice in their work. Through their delivery of workshops, as well as the support they offer organisations, they continue to make sure that our mission is passed on far and wide. Examples of this include the support offered in an event that welcomed almost 400 girls in Birmingham. We also brought together National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs) and national disability sport charities to share, learn and celebrate all things inclusion and disability sport.
Throughout 2025 we have continued to influence policymakers, featuring in several parliamentary reports. The work culminated in our CEO Adam Blaze giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.
We rounded out the year by launching a brand-new supporter scheme. Whether you’re part of a grassroots club, national body, charity, or public sector organisation, you can play your part in building a future where everyone feels they belong. Joining the movement will help us create an alliance for change.
2025 has been packed with incredible work across the sport and physical activity sector. We look forward to working through 2026 with disabled people, our members, supporters, partners and wider stakeholders to improve opportunities to be active, empowering disabled people to get involved in sports and activities in the way they choose.
