Listen to Cohort 1 Snippets

Discover our Snippet Podcast series sharing best-practice stories from Patchwork Programme Cohort 1 on creating positive movement experiences for children and young people across England.

These episodes bring physical literacy to life, featuring real stories of change, emotion, and impact across the system, demonstrating how positive experiences can foster a lifelong love of movement.

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Here's the line up:

Team Happy Healthy: Designing Brave Spaces

What if children designed our neighbourhoods? Discover how listening to young voices is reshaping parks, streets, and communities — all through physical literacy and the simple wish to feel brave.

Beyond Movement: Shifting Minds, Inspiring Action

Changing how we talk about movement can change whole systems. See how Greater Manchester is using language, emotion, and child voice to transform early years activity.

Move, Play & Creating Active Schools

What if curiosity replaced judgment in PE? Hear how listening to pupils is helping teachers rethink movement, reshape school culture, and unlock every child’s potential.

Let’s PLEY: Building Blocks for an Active Start

Movement is our first language. Explore how physical literacy in the early years can boost confidence, learning, and family wellbeing — starting with play.

Project Springboard: Positive Starts in Early Years

Small shifts, big change. Learn how physical literacy in primary schools is closing gaps in disadvantage, boosting teacher confidence, and transforming PE from the ground up.

The Only Way is Eastwood: Belonging, Movement & Change

Can movement build belonging? This episode shows how one school is using physical literacy to transform confidence, inclusion, and community connection.

Active Families: Parents as First Teachers

When parents lead with play, everything changes. Discover how small, joyful moments at home are creating healthier, more confident families.

Plymouth & Devon: Nurturing a Culture of Positive Experiences

What if PE were valued like maths or English? Explore how whole-system change is embedding physical literacy across schools and youth work.

Together an Active Future: Small Changes, Big Impacts

From classrooms to madrasas, see how physical literacy is empowering children, families, and educators — proving that tiny shifts can spark big community impact.

Cricket for All: Beyond the Basics of Physical Literacy

What does your best sporting memory feel like? Discover how cricket is being reimagined to focus on joy, belonging, and confidence — not just skills.

Move with Youth: Listening, Confidence & Change

When teachers truly listen, everything changes. Hear how young voices are reshaping PE,

restoring confidence, and reconnecting movement with joy.

Junior Adventures: Just Moving

Movement as play, not instruction. This episode reveals how physical literacy is being embedded across 200 schools to unlock natural joy, inclusion, and belonging.