Two people walking outdoors promoting a Shared Learning Event on link roles in person-centred social care at St. Thomas Centre, Ardwick on March 31.

Next week: Join us on Tuesday in Manchester for a conversation on the role of link workers and context in person-centred social care.

Speakers: Zoe Hammett, Charlotte Leonhardsen, Reg Patel and Beth Sutcliffe.

Book: https://ow.ly/cWI750YzRyK

#SocialCare #PhysicalActivity #Health #Wellbeing

Greater Manchester Moving are excited to offer two new funds to help sports clubs become even more welcoming, inclusive, safe and supportive.

Check out the link below for more info, or read the details in the graphics

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This week we joined a Legacies of Enslavement event. The discussion highlighted how the diaspora connects shared histories and ongoing inequalities, showing how history shapes communities and the places we live — and why this matters for healthy lives in #GreaterManchester

Using social prescribing to improve women’s wellbeing in Stockport - Greater Manchester Moving After seeing how social prescribing programme has been making an impact, Niamh Carroll explores the recipe for success behind this work.

Social prescribing is improving women's health in #Stockport.

Read the case study to explore how connecting women to local, community-based activity can boost wellbeing, confidence, and a sense of connection: https://ow.ly/aiep50YyE69

#SocialPrescribing #SocialPrescribingDay #WomensHealth

A collage of photos showing a group of people attending a conference, listening to speakers and engaging in discussions in a large room.

This afternoon, after inspiring sessions and discussions on storytelling, Stroke pathways, and cross-sector work, we explored making movement fun and convenient and how policy can reduce local barriers.

Today has been a fantastic chance to connect and share learning in Greater Manchester!

Warren speaks to a conference audience, next to a slide that says 'A thriving city region where everyone can live a good life.'

Great to hear from Warren Heppolette at the Active Partnerships event today, discussing activating national policy at a place level.

Looking at #GreaterManchester, he shared the city region's ambition for everyone to live a good life and benefit from economic growth and public service reform.

A collage of photos showing people engaging in interactive workshop activities in a conference room setting.

Today, with other Active Partnerships, we've been exploring how people’s relationship with movement develops across their lives, and the role that #ActiveEnvironments can play.

If we want to shift the dial on inactivity, the places people live, work and spend time in really matter.

Young cricketer in purple shirt and helmet preparing to bat indoors with smiling opposition player nearby.

“Our bodies are made to move, yet movement has been designed out of daily life.”

We contributed to this Neighbourhood Health blog on embedding #PhysicalActivity into #Neighbourhoods to improve #Health, communities, and everyday spaces.

👉 Read: https://ow.ly/OMem50YwPtK

#UrbanDesign

Crowd of diverse people engaged in a lively discussion and waving, at the GM Moving conference event in Greater Manchester. Banner reads' We're hiring!'.

We’re #Hiring a Strategic Director!
Can you help us lead the way for inclusive and active #Communities in #GreaterManchester?

37 hrs/week, £61,430 - £70,007 p.a.
Apply: https://ow.ly/BejO50YwMfv

#Health #Strategy #Jobs #Leadership #SocialImpact #Community

"PUO is about identifying community leaders in priority areas who already understand their barriers and have trust within their own communities."

Read more: www.sportengland.org/blogs/closer-problem-nea...

Two young adults walk and talk in a park with autumn leaves and green grass around them.

The GM Walking Festival returns this May! There’s still time to submit a walk or wheel celebrating connected communities. Get involved before 3 April.

Add your walk to the festival today: https://gmwalking.co.uk/festival/

In week it's National Social Prescribing Day

We want to highlight one of the resources, that is available for partners support children and young people (CYP) across Greater Manchester

• 45-minute CYP SP Course: https://ow.ly/JEXU50YwcAv

#YouthSocialPrescribing #ChildrenAndYoungPeople

Cricket player in protective gear preparing to bat indoors with a catcher positioned behind her.

Proud to see #GreaterManchester in new LGA case study, highlighting our whole #System approach to increasing physical activity.

By embedding movement in places and spaces, we can improve #Health, strengthen communities and support a thriving city region.

Read: https://ow.ly/OlxP50YvirZ

Creating a Lifetime of Movement for Women and Girls YouTube video by GM Moving

Yesterday was #InternationalWomensDay, a reminder that movement can be truly transformational for women and girls.

Women already value #PhysicalActivity, but barriers change across life. It’s about creating supportive environments and opportunities for everyone.

#GreaterManchester

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The third NHS Physical Activity podcast and blog are live! Explore them on the NHS Physical Activity webpages. Huge thanks to all contributors.
Released ahead of Let’s Dance on 8 March.

For more information click here: https://ow.ly/jJQk50YpIxF

Join our online event on women and girls in sport across Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region.
Hear from Lynne Kavanagh, Alex Vass and John Haines. The session will be recorded.
Register via Eventbrite hope to see you there! 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♀️👩‍🦼

https://ow.ly/WX8850YpzZJ

Two women performing single-leg squats outdoors.

Does your organisation work with carers in Greater Manchester?

Carers Active Together 2026 encourages carers to be active on 15/4. If you’re running a session, add it here so it can be promoted nationally: https://ow.ly/yeWU50Yp7VL

#Carers #ActiveLivesForAll #Wellbeing #GreaterManchester

Pavement parking consultation outcome: GM Moving response - Greater Manchester Moving In a recent consultation that received over 15,000 responses, The Department for Transport has announced new measures to improve pavement accessibility across England, and the outcome of the consultation has now been published. In response to this consultation outcome, Hayley Lever, CEO of GM Moving, said: “Our ability to move freely and easily around our communities helps us […]

In a recent consultation that received over 15k responses, the Department for Transport has announced new measures to improve pavement accessibility across England.

The outcome of the consultation has now been published, and our CEO Hayley Lever has responded: https://ow.ly/Bixx50Yor2n

2 weeks, 10 boroughs, 200+ pop-ups, 1 city-region wide celebration. #GMLiveWell Spring Festival from 9 to 23 March 2026.

Expect pop-ups, trails, Spring sings, community gyms, youth film premieres, human libraries, photography exhibitions + more.
Stay tuned for the full lineup 👀 buff.ly/rZr4qjT

A full page leaflet showing the range of activities at the #GMLiveWell Spring Festival on 9 to 23 March 2026.

Celebrating what #GMLiveWell looks like in practice — spaces of hope, everyday support, community power and stronger connections across Greater Manchester – and the people, places and partnerships making this happen.

Home Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - working together to improve the lives of people in Greater Manchester

The #GMLiveWell Spring Festival is nearly here! From 9–23 March, 200+ community led events will bring great everyday support in our neighbourhoods to life. Visit buff.ly/rZr4qjT

Woman smiles while using a hula hoop, in a green park

ONS data shows healthy life expectancy is falling. This matters for our communities across #GreaterManchester, but change is possible.

Through place-based investment, we (and other @activepartnerships.bsky.social) are working with partners to remove barriers and make movement part of everyday life.

Panel discussion on stage of GM Moving Conference 2025 with eight speakers addressing a large seated audience at the Lowry.

We’re hosting the next GM Moving #Conference in 2027.

👉Between now and then, we’d like to support your events too.

We can:
• share your event with our wide networks and audiences
• contribute content + speakers
• join panels/webinars
• offer guidance

Get in touch: info@gmmoving.co.uk

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Free training: Move beyond listening to young people and towards real collaboration.

Join Youth Focus North West for Lundy Model training, funded by GM Moving.

📅 Monday 2 March 2026
📍 Bolton Lads & Girls' Club

Book: book.plinth.org.uk/e/dA6oET4BGH...

#YouthVoice #CoProduction #GreaterManchester

Across our network of Active Partnerships, 63 Sport Welfare Officers collaborate to make sure national welfare initiatives are informed by what is happening on the ground.

🎥 Learn more about how this strengthens #Welfare across #Sport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OccGA6KITcc

#Safeguarding

Three dancers, including one in a wheelchair, joyfully dancing against a bright pink background with the text 'DANCEATHON #21DAYSOFDANCE'.

This March, join the 21-day Danceathon celebrating movement, inclusion, and joy.

Led by a variety of Down’s syndrome and inclusive dance partners, it celebrates the health benefits of moving every day and creating space for everyone to take part.

Sign up: https://subscribepage.io/danceathon

Creating an inclusive culture | Buddle Buddle's learning resources regarding how to create an inclusive culture in your grassroots sport and physical activity organisation.

#Inclusion is built through everyday actions, not just policies.

When #Buddle were looking for inclusive culture in action, we connected them to Manchester Roller Derby.

The result is a brilliant short video that brings inclusive practice to life.

📽️Watch: https://ow.ly/EqQQ50YcSyO

Sport England

Three smiling colleagues stand on a footpath next to a canal.

This Team Day was a fantastic example of how creating space for #Innovation can begin to drive wider system change.

We'll share more updates in the future, but for now, see our #Environmental policy: buff.ly/URA6r7M

Colleagues present their sustainability ideas to the group, holding up a sheet that reads ' Healthy Active Places'.

Across the day, the GM Moving team designed over twelve ways that we can act, influence, enable our system to be more environmentally #Sustainable.

Our favourite suggestions will now be internally assessed for impact, before we start to make changes later this year.

A group of colleagues in a workshop sit around tables in a converted mill building.

Yesterday, GM Moving gathered for an #Environmental Sustainability team day.

The health of the planet is key to the #Health and #Wellbeing of the people living on it, and we all play a role - professionally and personally - in stopping climate change.