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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
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.
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
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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
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
#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.
We are #Hiring a new Chair of the Board.
Watch the video from current board member Warren Heppolette, who shares insights into the role and what to expect: buff.ly/syPXBXf
If this interests you, or someone in your network, we would love to hear from you. Apply: buff.ly/PTpO981
#Charity #Jobs
As promised, NHS Horizons have published the second podcast in their Four Ways Forward series.
Hear how physical activity supports people to prepare for and recover from illness with @zoemerchantot.bsky.social (Prehab4Cancer) and Jack Murphy (GM Active):
soundcloud.com/nhsengland/e...
Umar Ahmed wears a grey sweater and stands against a branded GM Moving background.
Understanding race and lived experience helps shape whether people feel welcome, safe and included. When we get this right, physical activity can work for everyone.
Read Umar's piece for #RaceEqualityWeek, and #GreaterManchester examples to be inspired by: https://ow.ly/WyNl50Y7GTQ
A collage of GM Moving colleagues walking their dogs for Walk Your Dog Month.
This #WalkYourDogMonth, Claire Marshall (our Strategic Lead for Active Adults) shares how daily #Dog walks can support physical and mental wellbeing while strengthening community connections: www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/making-...
#DogWalking #ActiveLivesForAll #Wellbeing #GreaterManchester
The next podcast in this series will be shared to mark #WorldCancerDay on 4 Feb whereby @zoemerchantot.bsky.social and Jack Murphy from GM Active will consider physical activity as a key asset to prepare people ahead of #Cancer and #Surgical care.
Listen to the series of four #Podcasts (and associated blogs) on this important shift towards movement and staving off illness or preventing ill #Health: buff.ly/qfzax0G
Physical activity should be a crucial component of NHS care but how can we embed this across the #NHS? Sarah Price and Sasha Karikusevic discuss this and more in new blog: buff.ly/4SYzII5
@england.nhs.uk
Mike Perls MBE smiles, wearing a dark pinstripe blazer over a black shirt against a plain white background.
As Mike Perls MBE prepares to step down after 8 years as our Chair, he has shared heartfelt reflections, thanks, and encouragement for those considering applying to be our next Chair.
🔗https://www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/grateful-and-privileged-to-lead/
#Community #Charity #Chair #Opportunity
Fantastic to see so many organisations collaborating, sharing ideas, and taking action to make sport accessible, welcoming, and safe for everyone in #GreaterManchester.
Learn more about the partners in the room, their insights and our shared impact from the day: buff.ly/U2drlqj #Buddle
Recently, we brought together sports clubs, coaches, and partners from across Greater Manchester for the GM Moving #Sports Club Conference.
📖 Watch the conference highlights: buff.ly/CVsVehY
@ukcoaching.bsky.social
Group of young women walking and chatting on a paved path near historic stone buildings in Greater Manchester in early spring.
The window to submit walks for GM Walking Festival 2026 is open, and anyone can get involved: https://gmwalking.co.uk/festival/
The theme is “Celebrating Connected Communities”, highlighting how #Walking and #Wheeling bring people together, connect us to place, and create experiences across GM.
#BeeWell data from 100k+ young people show the barriers girls face – and where we can do more.
Highlights:
• PE kit and school opportunities
• Gendered sport and stereotypes
• Opportunities for older girls
Read, share, and use these briefings to keep girls’ voices at the heart of system change.
Group of GM Moving colleagues outdoors smiling, with a banner that says 'We're hiring'.
We are seeking an exceptional leader to serve as Chair of our Board.
If you are seeking a role that is inspirational, developmental and one which can make a difference to the lives of people in Greater Manchester, then we would love to hear from you.
Info: https://ow.ly/uvvW50Y14k6
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