Rachel Beacher

I am passionate about giving everyone the chance to be active — regardless of age, ability, experience, financial means or family situation. I was previously communications manager for the Global Active City programme and various children's sports providers. 

I'd like to end the trend of parents driving their kids to sports classes and not having the chance to join in! Research shows that children with active parents are far more likely to be active now and in the future. And, of course, it is not our children who are most at risk of non-communicable diseases by not being active enough...