Sport and physical activity
Move Together Programme
Move Together is an Oxfordshire wide programme that provides support to inactive adults who face barriers to being active. This includes individuals living with long-term physical or mental health conditions, disabilities, and those who are pregnant or post-natal.
Move Together encourages participants to move more and build activity into their everyday lives. The programme offers access to a range of different activities specific to the individual’s needs. You can fill in a self-referral form on the Move Together Organisation website.
To find out more about what Move Together can offer you, please click on the relevant link below:
Pregnancy / Post-Natal Flyer - pdf - 2.00 Mb
YouMove Programme
YouMove provides free or low cost activities for families across the county. If your child or children are in receipt of benefits related free school meals, YouMove has a fantastic range of activities to enjoy together, including during weekends and school holidays. In addition, YouMove helps children in need of support; this includes refugee children, young carers and children in or on the edge of care.
By signing up to YouMove, your family can enjoy a fantastic range of activities, as well as during weekends and school holidays. Activities on offer include swimming, badminton, activity packs, gym passes, children's holiday activities and so much more.
Better Points
BetterPoints Oxfordshire is a jointly commissioned initiative by Public Health and the Active Travel team at Oxfordshire County Council. It rewards you for walking, running, cycling and taking the bus and train.
Getting started is simple: just download the free BetterPoints app and sign up. From there, you can start earning BetterPoints every time you travel actively and sustainably.
Your points can be redeemed for rewards at a wide range of national retailers such as Starbucks and Argos, as well as local Oxfordshire businesses. Prefer to give back? You can also donate your points to charities like Yellow Submarine and Homeless Oxfordshire.
BetterPoints Oxfordshire also supports healthy living with tailored incentives for Healthy Weight Management and Smoking Cessation, helping residents across the county live healthier lives.
So why not give it a go? Get active, earn rewards, support your community and help the environment along the way.
Go Active Oxfordshire
Go Active Oxfordshire has a wide range of physical activity ideas and resources to help you get moving.
Activities in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds
There are lots of footpaths, bridleways and cycle paths that people can enjoy in the district. For more information and free downloadable walks and cycle rides visit the Oxfordshire Cotswolds website.
NHS Livewell
The NHS has lots of information and guides to gentle and low impact exercise.
GLL Sport Foundation
Between December and February each year, the GLL Sport Foundation encourage talented athletes across the UK to apply for a range of support awards which include financial help, access to sport facilities, physiotherapy, lifestyle mentoring and mental health aid. Now in its 16th year of operation, the GLL Sport Foundation has so far contributed over £14m and distributed 26,000 awards to support young talented athletes on their sporting journey. See https://www.gllsportfoundation.org/ for information and to apply click on the ‘How to apply’ tab’.
Playing Pitch Strategy
West Oxfordshire District Council commissioned Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd to undertake an assessment and develop a strategy for all formal outdoor playing pitch facilities across the authority to assist in strategically planning for the future. This resulted in the 2022 Playing Pitch Final Strategy and Action Plan for West Oxfordshire District Council:
This strategy was developed in accordance with Sport England guidance and under the direction of a Steering Group led by the district council and including Sport England and the National Governing Bodies of Sport (OFA, FF, RFU, ECB, EH, RFL and the LTA). The 2022 Playing Pitch Strategy Action Plan was reviewed in June 2024 by a Steering Group, comprised of West Oxfordshire District Council Leisure Officers, National Governing Bodies of Sport and Planning and updated documents can be found here: