What is the Active Futures Cohort?

The Active Futures Cohort is a fully funded fellowship and development programme for practitioners working with young people through sport, movement or outdoor learning.

Delivered by UK Youth in partnership with The Young Foundation, the programme will support a group of practitioners to develop, test, and strengthen new approaches to physical literacy — helping more young people build positive, lasting relationships with movement and physical activity.

Spanning nine months, the programme combines in-person, online and self-directed learning. Fellows will work alongside young people and peers from across England to co-design inclusive, community-rooted ideas that promote equity and wellbeing through physical activity.

This is more than a training programme — it’s a collaborative space for learning, action and innovation.