Hi, I’m Dan.
For the past 17 years, I’ve worked across primary PE, physical activity and community engagement, both within schools and through the wider education and private sectors.
Over that time, I’ve seen first-hand the difference schools can make when physical activity becomes more than something that happens in PE lessons.
It can bring people together.
It can give pupils a voice.
It can create opportunities for children who might not always see themselves as leaders.
And it can connect schools with the communities around them.
That belief is at the heart of Schools’ Active Community Coach.
My role is to work alongside schools, organisations and communities to turn good ideas into meaningful opportunities for people to be active, involved and connected.
My approach
I don’t believe there is a one size fits all solution for schools.
Every school has its own community, challenges, strengths and ambitions. My role is to listen, understand what you’re trying to achieve and then work alongside you to find a practical way forward.
Sometimes that means helping a school strengthen its approach to PE and physical activity.
Sometimes it means creating new opportunities for pupils to lead and contribute through the Active Citizen Framework.
And sometimes it means connecting a school with a charity, business or community organisation that has something valuable to offer.
Whatever the starting point, the aim is the same: to create opportunities that help people become more active, more connected and more involved in their community.
Schools' Active Community Coach 