A year of belonging celebrated at AGM
Activity Alliance held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 15 October 2026. Adam Paker led the meeting after his first full year as Chair of the Board.
In 2025-26, Activity Alliance continued to work with disabled people, partners, policymakers and supporters to remove barriers and create more opportunities for disabled people to be active in ways that work for them.
Our strategy, We All Belong, continued to guide our work. Over the year, we strengthened our movement for change, expanded our influence, grew our learning offer and supported inclusive practice across communities, schools, workplaces, events and policy spaces.
This week we came together for our Annual General Meeting to celebrate the work that has taken place and look ahead at the challenges that remain.
Writing in this year's impact report, Adam Blaze, Activity Alliance CEO, said:
"I am deeply proud of the Activity Alliance team and the impact we have created this year. We are driving meaningful change, through evidence, partnerships, and a relentless commitment to ensuring disabled people feel they belong in sports and activities in ways that genuinely work for them.
"Our strategy, We All Belong, continues to inspire and challenge us. It pushes us to look ahead, to imagine what true inclusion could be, and to take bold steps toward shaping that future."
Adam Paker, Activity Alliance chair, also paid tribute to the charity's work over the past year in his message:
“This past year has been a testament to what determination and collaboration can deliver. From community-led projects that open doors in neighbourhoods like Get Out Get Active, to strategic responses that reshape policy and public attitudes, our work has created meaningful, measurable change. We have forged powerful partnerships across local and national landscapes, whether that is with councils, governing bodies, funders or networks.
"With that same energy, we will keep pushing until sports and activities are genuinely a place where everyone feels they belong."
During the meeting, members voted to re-elect trustee Isabelle Michelson for her second term, while thanks were given to Lucy Smith who concluded her time on the Board.
A look back at our impact
On International Day of Disabled People, we launched our free supporter scheme as part of the We All Belong campaign. The scheme brings together individuals and organisations who share our commitment to making sport and activity inclusive for every disabled person.
More than 100 people signed up on the first day, with the supporter community growing to more than 450 by the end of March 2026. Our Belonging in Action campaign also saw more than 50 organisations and individuals create or share content celebrating inclusive practice.
This year, our research highlighted inequalities and helped identify where change is needed.
The report Play, Move, Belong found that only 26% of young disabled people said they could take part in sport and activity at school all the time, compared with 38% of young non-disabled people. We also used five years of Annual Disability and Activity Survey data to show that, across all regions, only 51% of disabled people agree they have the opportunity to be active.
One year on from publishing our manifesto, we continued to push for change across health, education, transport, employment, outdoor access and social security. A key message from our work this year was the social value of closing the activity gap. If disabled people’s activity levels matched those of non-disabled people, the additional value to society could be around £10.9 billion.
Our programmes and partnerships teams continue to help organisations across the country. Across local communities, national networks, education, health, leisure and sport, we worked with others to build confidence, share learning and create more inclusive opportunities.
Through Include to Improve, delivered with Sport for Confidence and funded by Sport England, we supported organisations to strengthen their commitment to inclusion. The programme launched a Strategic Partner Network and Lived Experience Network, ensuring disabled people’s views helped shape resources, support and delivery.
Get Out Get Active continued to bring disabled and non-disabled people together through fun, inclusive activity. Across nine years, the programme has reached 62,000 people, with more than 38,500 participants taking part in 3,700 activities and interventions, supported by more than 4,700 volunteers.
Our Learning Hub celebrated its first birthday and continued to grow as a training platform for inclusive sport and activity.
Over the year:
- 1,550+ learners enrolled on a course
- 2,100+ courses were sold
- 850+ learners completed a course
- Five new courses and workshops were launched
We also launched a new CIMSPA-accredited Inclusive Activity Programme workshop for school staff, supporting more children with SEND to be included in PE and school sport.
We updated our Access for All guide too, providing practical and often low-cost ways for activity providers to make activities and venues more accessible. The guidance now covers community venues, sports clubs, green spaces and blue spaces.
Our events create inclusive environments where young disabled athletes can compete, connect and thrive. This year, 207 para-athletes took part in our British Junior Para Swimming Championships and National Junior Para Athletics Championships.
The need for change remains urgent. Disabled people continue to face barriers to being active, from inaccessible places and limited opportunities to attitudes, funding and representation.
Read Activity Alliance’s Annual Report
Our yearly Impact Report and Annual Trustees’ Report 205-26 is available for you to read in several formats.
Click here to view our digital Impact Report with accessible format summaries available. Or you can download our Annual Trustees’ Report 2025-26 PDF document here.
Please contact us if you need more support to access our information. Email info@activityalliance.org.uk or call 0808 175 6991.
