The first part of developing a Whole Systems Approach involves stakeholders collectively forming an understanding of the issue, context and wider system. This discovery phase is an important way for everyone involved to build a shared understanding of the complexity of the systems, and their own roles in addressing the issue.

Two stakeholder workshops have taken place as part of Phase 1 of this project. Workshop 1 on 18th March focused on understandings and causes of obesity, and Workshop 2 on 16th June focused on building a picture of current local work.