Together Active

📢 We’re hiring at Together Active!

We’re excited to be growing our team with two new opportunities to help us design out inactivity across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

✨ Insights Officer
A role for someone curious, analytical and passionate about using data, evidence and lived experience to shape better decisions and tackle inequality.
💷 £28,000 pro rata (£16,800 actual salary)

✨ Active Communities Connector
A partnership and community-focused role helping to bring organisations and people together to create more inclusive opportunities to be active.
💷 £28,000 pro rata (£16,800 actual salary)

Both roles are:
📍 Hybrid working
⏰ Part time – 19.5 hours per week
❤️ Focused on creating healthier, more inclusive communities

At Together Active, our aim is to use physical activity as a vehicle to keep people included and we’re looking for people who share that belief.

If you’re passionate about community impact, collaboration and creating meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more and apply via our website.
https://togetheractive.org/jobs/vacancies/

Yesterday, our Marketing Officer Hannah visited the Move More, Feel Better project delivered by Middleport Matters Community Trust and supported through funding from Together Active.

From movement and mindfulness to conversation and connection, the session created a welcoming and supportive space where women felt comfortable, encouraged and empowered.

Projects like this are so important because they recognise that wellbeing is about more than exercise alone. They help people build confidence, improve mental wellbeing, reduce isolation and create meaningful community connections.

We’re incredibly proud to support and fund initiatives like Move More, Feel Better that are making a real difference to people’s lives across our communities.

A huge thank you to Middleport Matters and instructor Dimi for creating such a positive and inclusive environment 💙🫶

➡️Read more about Hannah's experience with the group here:
https://togetheractive.org/news/more-than-movement-why-community-wellbeing-sessions-matter/

More Than Movement: Why Community Wellbeing Sessions Matter - Together active Together Active’s Marketing Officer, Hannah, recently visited the Move More, Feel Better project delivered by Middleport Matters to experience first-hand how the sessions are helping women improve their wellbeing through movement, connection and community support.

One in five women experience a mental health problem during pregnancy or in the first year after birth.

This !🤰, we’re proud to be leading two community walks in partnership with Sport in Mind and Postpartum Support International, creating space for connection, conversation, and support.

🗓 Wednesday 6th May 2026
⏰ 10am – 11am
📍 Newcastle-under-Lyme – The Wammy Carpark
📍 Burton – Shobnall Leisure Centre

These are gentle, inclusive walks designed for everyone.

If you’re passionate about mental health, supporting families, or building stronger communities, we’d love for you to join us.

👉 Turn up on the day or sign up via the link below.
👣 Stepping forward. Breaking stigma. For Maternal Mental Health💙

🌟 We’re hiring! 🌟

We’re looking for a Fundraising & Partnerships Lead to join our team at Together Active.

This is an exciting new role where you’ll help us build partnerships and funding opportunities from the ground up, supporting our mission to make it easier for people across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to be active.

📍 Hybrid (2 days onsite in Stafford)
⏰ 35 hours (part time considered)
💰 £33k–£40k

If you’re passionate about social justice, love building relationships, and enjoy turning big ideas into compelling stories, we want to hear from you!

🗓 Apply by 9am, Thursday 16th April
➡️ https://togetheractive.org/vacancies/fundraising-and-partnerships-lead/

Tag someone who might be interested or share to spread the word 💬

🚨 Don’t miss out – final spaces available!

After a brilliant last session where 22 professionals became ambassadors, we’re excited to be running the next ‘This Mum Moves’ Ambassador Training this Friday.

Delivered in partnership with the Active Pregnancy Foundation and the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV), this half-day online session is perfect for anyone supporting women during pregnancy or after birth. It’ll help build your confidence, knowledge and skills to have meaningful conversations about physical activity.

You’ll also get access to practical tools, ongoing support, and be part of a network continuing this work locally with opportunities to share your learning with colleagues too.

We’ve already got a great mix of people joining us from family hubs, supported accommodation, women’s refuges and health service. 💙

If you or your organisation would benefit, there’s still time to get involved!

🗓 Friday 27th March
⏰ 9:00 – 13:30
💻 Online

✨ Drop us a message or email to secure your place ✨
📧 [email protected]

Last week, we were proud to host the first Move Your Way Festival, bringing together girls from across Stoke-on-Trent for a day full of activity, movement and creativity 💖

Girls got stuck into a range of activities including cricket, netball, Zumba, cheerleading, aerial hoop and circus skills, with lots of encouragement and support along the way.

The smoothie bike was a real highlight 🚴‍♀️🍓 with girls using pedal power to make their own fresh smoothies!

Alongside the activities, girls also took part in a workshop focused on building confidence and self-esteem.

This day was shaped by what girls told us matters to them: feeling comfortable, supported, and able to try different ways of being active.

With the Youth Sport Trust highlighting that girls are less likely than boys to achieve 60 minutes of daily activity, Move Your Way is all about helping girls find movement they enjoy.

✨Move Your Way is part of the This Girl Can campaign, led by Sport England.✨

A big thank you to all the girls and schools who took part, and to the fantastic activity providers who brought so much energy to the day! 🤩👏

Staffordshire Cricket Staffordshire and Black Country Netball England Netball Sports Coaching Group Carnival Chaos Circus School Smoothie Bike Company

📢Have your say on new sport welfare campaign!✨

Active Partnerships, are developing a new PR campaign to raise awareness and understanding of the Sport Welfare Officer Network and the role of Sport Welfare Officers.

To help shape this campaign, we’re inviting Club Welfare Officers (CWOs) and key club representatives to take part in two short online sessions.

These sessions will help us understand the best ways to communicate with CWOs and clubs, and ensure the campaign content and resources are relevant, useful and supportive for clubs.

Your insights will help inform the campaign and ensure it reflects the needs of clubs and the important work CWOs do in creating safe, positive environments for everyone taking part in sport.

Please see details of the sessions below:

1️⃣ Wednesday March 25th, 6pm - 6.45pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/33460577025410?p=PqwOhqkHqJVylxn1c6

2️⃣ Wednesday April 1st, 6.30pm - 7.15pm

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34662572544227?p=E0MP0YSUOqaaXLiIDC

🌟 Outdoor Adventure Awaits! 🌟

Join us on Saturday 21st March at Stanley Head Outdoor Education Centre for a day full of fun, fresh air, and adventure!

Together Active and Virtual Schools are offering FREE outdoor activity sessions for children aged 4 - 12 years 🙌

Choose between either the morning session or afternoon session.
🕙 Morning: 10:00am – 12:30pm
🕜 Afternoon: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
🥪 Lunch available 12:30pm – 1:30pm

🌱 4 - 8 yrs: Shelter building, pond dipping & more
🧗 9+ yrs: Archery, climbing, abseiling & more

Spaces are limited, choose your session and sign up today!
👉 Register here to secure your place! https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=kbk7adXWv06msZVa941xPQs-ovReB6NBj5T93_fHbSpUN05MV0k3QkwyOUhMUE1WSVJKUzg0WFcyNS4u&route=shorturl

We can’t wait to see you there! 🌳✨

If you believe local voices should lead local change, we’d love you to consider becoming a Host Organisation!

🌟Become a Host Organisation🌟
We’re inviting community organisations in Burton-upon-Trent and Uttoxeter to host a Community Activator as part of our Place-Based Expansion work in East Staffordshire.

This Sport England funded approach is about systems change but it starts with listening. We want to understand what helps (and gets in the way of) local people being active, and work together to make movement easier and more meaningful.

Community Activators are key to this. They work alongside residents and groups, building trust, gathering insight, and making sure community voices shape local and regional decisions.

As a Host Organisation, you would:
✔ Be a welcoming base
✔ Line-manage the Activator (with full support)
✔ Help influence how physical activity is seen, designed and supported locally

You won’t do this alone, Together Active and the wider partnership will provide training, guidance and ongoing support.

If you’re rooted in your community and want to help shape what comes next, we’d love to hear from you.

⬇️To register your interest:
🔗 Fill in the Expression of Interest form: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=kbk7adXWv06msZVa941xPXfbbVZ9gApPlBf7T5MbXWxUNE1aUUVNSUlGUVVJUlRRU080TTdNNTExRi4u&route=shorturl
📩 Or email Amie Hewka – [email protected]
📞 07940 349373
🗓 Deadline: 2nd March 2026

Let’s build change with communities, not for them.

Last week we shared the exciting news about our Safer Spaces, Stronger Minds Conference, and there is still time to book your place.

If you work in a leisure centre, gym or physical activity setting, this FREE one-day conference is for you.

📅 Tuesday 10 March 2026
⏰ 9.00am – 4.00pm
📍 The Pavilion, Branston Golf Club

✨ Why you don’t want to miss this:
✔ FREE to attend (registration required)
✔ Expert guest speakers
✔ Practical learning around safeguarding & mental wellbeing
✔ Networking with sector partners
✔ FREE lunch, refreshments & a jam-packed goody bag 🎁

⚠️ Places are limited – book now to secure your place and please share with colleagues and networks who would benefit.

Let’s work together to create safer, more supportive spaces 💙