Compass – the representative body for providers of children’s activity and sport in schools and communities – has become the latest high-profile physical activity organisation to form an alliance with ukactive.

Compass and ukactive have announced a six month collaboration that will see the organisations review Compass’ strategy, with a view to integrating the organisation and its members within ukactive.

Formed in 2011, Compass represents providers delivering curriculum and non-curriculum school sport and activity in over 7,000 schools and communities. The organisation is committed to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to lead an active and healthy lifestyle.

Following the recent resignation of CEO, Martin Gallagher, the Compass board, led by Fit For Sport CEO Dean Horridge,will continue to govern the organisation, and has announced its ambition to work with ukactive.

Over the next six months ukactive will review Compass’ mission, vision, programmes and key member benefits. ukactive will oversee the operation of the organisation and will immediately offer all Compass members weekly monitoring reports and an events programme for the remainder of 2014.

Additionally, ukactive will work with the Compass board members in a bid to build numerous new member benefits, such as a benchmarking service, awards programme, quality assurance programme and research service.

In early 2015, ukactive and Compass will outline their joint plan which could potentially culminate in Compass integrating with ukactive.

“Children’s activity is at a crucial juncture as levels of inactivity continue to rise and despite the progress achieved over the last three years,” said Horridge.

“We must now put in place a clear strategy to unlock the potential of the thousands of holiday camps, after school clubs and Saturday morning providers in parks up and down the country to work to a joint goal of ensuring every child has the opportunity to lead an active and healthy lifestyle.”