Active Wellbeing Fund
The Active Wellbeing Fund is now live for the 2026-2027 period.
The aim of the Active Wellbeing Fund is to support institutions to deliver projects to improve the wellbeing of the students and staff within their institution, through specific delivery to tackle inequalities which may exist. Projects will have a focus on strengthening the connections between physical activity and wellbeing so students and staff can feel the benefits of an active life. The projects will be designed to engage targeted audiences via a place-based approach, with a focus on specific outcomes. The project plan will need to be supported by a needs analysis and impact approach for clear outcomes associated with the delivery.
This funding pot is only open to English institutions due to the funding being received from Sport England. The funding will be broken down over a 15-month period, starting from January 2026.
For more information, please see the guidance document and to apply, please complete the application form and submit it to Sean Harris. The deadline for submissions is 1pm on Monday 17 November.
You can find details of each project for both the 2024-25 and 2025-26 funds below:
Active Wellbeing Projects 2024-25.pdf
Active Wellbeing Projects 2025-26.pdf
Active Wellbeing Webinar Series
We are now in the process of planning for the 2025-26 webinar series. If your institution has specific topics of interest or a case study you'd like to share, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch with Sean Harris.
Upcoming webinars and previous recordings can be found here.
Active Wellbeing Network Day
As part of our delivery, we hosted the Active Wellbeing Network Day on Thursday 3 April 2025, at the University of Warwick. The event gathered BUCS members to encourage valuable connections and discussions on Active Wellbeing in Higher Education.
Engaging and insightful workshops were presented by Sport England, the Insight Team at BUCS, Student Minds, Loughborough University, University of Nottingham, Canterbury Christ Church University, Nottingham Trent University, and the University of Warwick.
You can view the slides from the day here.
Supporting Information
Additional supporting information can be found below:
1. Active Wellbeing Fund Guidance
2. Sport England Uniting the Movement Strategy
3. Sport England Active Lives Survey
4. British Active Students Survey
