Chris Wright

Speaker biography

Chris Wright

Head of Health & Wellbeing, Youth Sport Trust

Chris joined the Youth Sport Trust in February 2003 as an Area Development Manager providing development support to Sports Colleges and School Sport Partnerships for eight years.

He led on the design, development and implementation of the £11.4m Department of Health funded Change4Life Sports Clubs programme from 2011 to 2014 and became Head of Health & Wellbeing in 2014 leading on strategic partnerships and tailored interventions dealing with physical inactivity and health inequalities.

More recently he has led physical activity, early years and play evidence reviews and taskforces and currently leads on the design and implementation of the Well School Movement across the UK.

Sessions

National Play Conference 2026

14:15–15:009 October 2026 Panel: Play everywhere: creating the conditions for play across children’s lives