Active Kids! An exhibition, will be officially unveiled at this weekend’s University of Southampton’s Science and Engineering Day. Here our Early LifeLab lead Hannah Davey talks about the inspiration for the project

The Active Kids! exhibition celebrates the many varied ways in which children can achieve their recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity, regardless of their background, environment or social status. It has been created with and for children and their parents and communities, so that we can learn from and respond to their ideas and experiences.

We were so lucky to work with Caroline from Caroline Jenkins Photography, who is passionate about activity in children. Caroline has captured a series of vibrant and inspiring photographs of young children engaged in activity and active play and we are thrilled with the results.

The project is a collaboration with Winchester Science Centre and ukactive KIDS, so will tour their events after its unveiling at the Southampton Science and Engineering Festival on Saturday, 16 March. We are looking forward to meeting with children and their parents at the exhibitions, and exploring what physical activity means to them; how they feel about it, and what might stop them doing it.

Our research will allow children and parents to shape the future direction of Early LifeLab, ensuring that our resources for schools match the experiences of the children who will be using them.