JU:MP (which stands for Join Us: Move Play) is one of 12 Local Delivery Pilots across the country aiming to test and learn more about what helps children aged (5 to 14 YO) and their families to be active, by taking a whole systems approach to physical activity.
The JU:MP programme took place in a defined area of North Bradford which has a multi-ethnic population with some of the highest levels of poverty in the UK. Over £11 million of National Lottery funding supported the delivery of the programme which ran from 2018 to 2025.
Over 1,500 children were invited to take part in the evaluation study. Physical activity levels were measured using activity monitors called accelerometers before the JU:MP programme began and then two years later.
When the two groups were compared, the JU:MP approach:
- Improved children’s total physical activity by 8.7 minutes a day
- Increased moderate-to-vigorous physical activity by 5.7 minutes on weekdays
- Reduced inactivity by over 22 minutes a day on weekends
- Improved children’s total physical activity by over 70 minutes a week. This equates to over 3.6K extra minutes of physical activity per child a year