Greater Manchester Moving

The number of Active Practices in #GreaterManchester has more than doubled in the past two years: www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/rcgp-re...

Nationally, there are 500🎉

Here's how Langworthy Medical Practice in #Salford have been learning more about strength training as part of their accreditation👇

A group of girls play rugby on a sports pitch. The background is a branded purple GM Moving graphic, featuring the > symbol.

Looking to build opportunities for #Schools, and to provide opportunities for communities to get active? Join our #OpeningSchoolFacilities network, open to all schools & partners.

Meet the network at 10am on 22 Sept, in #GreaterManchester.

For info, email: openingschoolfacilities@gmmoving.co.uk

A group workshop with one person presenting at the front, while others listen while seated.

Last month we provided 363 free training places in #GreaterManchester to help build skills and confidence for safe, welcoming physical activity.

We all have a part to play. Explore our range of training, and sign-up:
www.gmmoving.co.uk/get-involved...

#SafeSportDay #ActiveLivesForAll #Safeguarding

Are you a sports club organiser? #Buddle run workshops and webinars to help your clubs and organisations. Here's a snippet of what's coming up in August!

Book here: buddle.co/learning-opp...

A collage of 14 photos, showing people doing various sports. In the middle is the Greater Manchester Moving logo.

Calling all grassroots sports clubs and groups in Greater Manchester!

We're planning a Sports Club Conference this autumn. It will be a chance to connect, collaborate and learn together.

Can you help us shape the day by completing this short survey? buff.ly/R8nb11E

Two young men walk side by side near an outdoor swimming pool on a chilly day, both wearing backpacks and warm jackets. There is a purple GM Moving arrow behind them.

We have proudly shared examples of our partners’ work with the Department of Health and Social Care to support the new Men’s Health Strategy.

Find out more: buff.ly/sY3tqYQ

#MensHealth #Health #ActiveLivesForAll #GreaterManchester

New resources are now live to help gyms and leisure centres create safer, more welcoming spaces for women and girls to be active.

Free, practical and ready to use.

Learn more: www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins...

#ThisGirlCan #Inclusion #WomenAndGirls

Follow The Inspirational Women on Instagram to see their journey and get inspired:
buff.ly/FYcZVaM

#FriendshipDay #LoveParks #Walking #InclusiveCommunities #GreaterManchester @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social

Walking, wheeling, cycling A key GM Moving priority is to enable the greatest number of people possible to walk, wheel and cycle routinely, for pleasure, for travel, for themselves and for the environment.

Thanks to a small grant from the GM Walking and Wheeling Fund, these walks help women stay active, manage stress, and create lasting bonds.

Learn more 👉 buff.ly/XYHsUfT

A group of women walk through a wintery park in warm clothes. Underneath reads the subtitle, "Real bonds have been formed through this walk exercise."

Meet the Empowerment Walks from The Inspirational Women. This group of women from diverse backgrounds have been coming together every week to move, support, and build friendships in local parks.

Watch their story 🎥 buff.ly/bo2EY8A

It’s International Friendship Day and Love Parks Week 🌿
We’re celebrating how parks bring people together to walk, connect, and thrive across Greater Manchester.

A group of women exercising outdoors while standing next to prams. They are raising knees and fists in a fitness routine.

Place matters more than ever.
Prevention is at the heart of lasting change.

@joesarling.bsky.social explores what this means for Greater Manchester, and for all of us working across partnerships.

Read more: buff.ly/LMGjVXS

What approaches are you seeing in your area?

Thanks for sharing, Pete. Really glad to hear the video resonated with you!

#PlaceMatters #GreaterManchester #CommunityAction #SystemsChange #Sustainability

YouTube video by Greater Manchester Combined Authority Decarbonising the National Cycling Centre, Manchester

Tell us: how is your organisation is reducing its carbon impact? 🍃

Here's a local example we love: The National Cycling Centre showing what climate action looks like, with solar carports, heat pumps and smart energy systems. 🚴‍♀️

Watch: youtu.be/xusb8leZd_o?...

#ClimateAction #GreaterManchester

YouTube video by GM Moving GM Moving: Working with complex systems

Excellent <4-minute video on working with complex societal systems using a place-based aproach.

HT @joesarling.bsky.social and @gmmoving.co.uk

youtu.be/fDaRZUkxteY?...

Our Welfare Leads are helping make clubs safer & more inclusive. They're ready to work with more clubs who care about creating welcoming spaces for all.

If that's you, please email: sportswelfare@gmmoving.co.uk

See the network's impact so far: activepartnerships.org/news/interim...

#SafeSport

Sport Welfare Officer Network - Active Partnerships

Read more about the Sport Welfare Officer network and its partners:

activepartnerships.org/what-we-do/p...

The 63 Sport Welfare Officers embedded into the #ActivePartnerships network are a key part of making safeguarding an ongoing priority.

They add safeguarding capacity and expertise to the work of NGBs and Active Partnerships.

The SWO network is a collaborative project supported by key partners.

Graphic for upcoming event: Spot, Support, Signpost in Sport & Physical Activity, in partnership with Mind. On the right is a photo of a young person on a BMX. On the bottom are the logos of Greater Manchester Moving and Mind.

Want to feel more confident supporting mental health in #Sport and movement?
Join our free online session with MIND on Thursday 31 July at 7pm.

Learn to:
• Spot signs someone may be struggling
• Support with care and confidence
• Signpost to the right help

Sign up: buff.ly/V2B1CyO
#MentalHealth

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Upcoming workshop: Neurodivergence Inclusion in Sport & Physical Activity, with Access Sport

Explore what neuro-inclusion looks like, share lived experiences, and gain practical tools.

Monday 4 August, 6:30pm, Online

Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

#Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Sport

APNO and FSEM to co-lead new phase of physical activity pathway integration for people living with long-term health conditions - Active Partnerships

We're delighted to announce that @sport-england-se.bsky.social has appointed the APNO and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK to co-lead a new phase of physical activity pathway integration for people living with long-term health conditions.

Read more now ➡️ bit.ly/MovingTogeth...

Adults play football in a green park while wearing sports gear.

Today is #InternationalNonBinaryDay.

Everyone should benefit from the joy of movement. For trans and non-binary people, the barriers to being active are often especially high.

🔗 Read about LGBTQ+ inclusion in physical activity: buff.ly/NiD4tGY
🔗Explore practical inclusion tips: buff.ly/CcYM8J3

A testimony graphic from the GM Moving Conference, by Sporting Equals. There's a photo of the Lowry stage during a panel session at the conference, along side the quote, 'The GM Moving Conference 2025 was a celebration of movement, inclusion, and the people powering real change across Greater Manchester.'. Underneath is the Greater Manchester Moving logo.

So pleased to see this brilliant write up from Sporting Equals. They've captured the spirit of our conference, and the powerful conversations we had about community, #Representation and shared purpose.

www.sportingequals.org.uk/sporting-equ...

#ActiveLivesForAll #Inclusion #GreaterManchester

YouTube video by #BeeWell How are you supporting young people to #BeeWell in Greater Manchester?

"Now more than ever, we need to make sure our young people are heard." – @hayleylever.bsky.social

See how our team in #GreaterManchester are listening, co-creating campaigns, supporting youth orgs, and turning insight into action with #BeeWell.

🔗 beewellprogramme.org/how-are-you-...

Active Partnerships unite to tackle racism and racial inequality - Active Partnerships

@activepartnerships.bsky.social are committed to combating racism and racial inequality in sport and physical activity.

Together, we've unveiled four outcomes to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity across the member network.

activepartnerships.org/news/active-...

Movement must be for everyone. That means listening to Black girls and young women, creating spaces where they feel welcome, safe, and like they belong.

We’re taking action. Our Tackling Inequalities Network is helping build a more inclusive and equitable system:
www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/breakin...

“You’d rather call us hard to reach, than ask us why the space never felt made for us.”

This open letter from Women in Sport highlights barriers Black girls face in sport. Let’s listen, act, and #KeepBlackGirlsPlaying.

Learn more & join the movement: womeninsport.org/resource/dea...

A digital poster for Sale Central PCN and Trafford Talking Therapies 'takeover' of Stretford parkrun on Saturday 5 July.

As the NHS Ten-Year Plan is released, we look at how healthcare in #GreaterManchester is already shifting from sickness to prevention.

Staff in #Trafford are uniting this Saturday to celebrate movement and community wellbeing at Stretford #parkrun.

Read more: www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/healthc...

Today marks my one year anniversary at @gmmoving.co.uk 🥳

To be fully immersed in place-based whole-system working is incredible. You learn so much more (and quickly!) by participating & practising than simply writing or opining.

It's not easy but it's *the way* to effect change and improve lives 🙏🏻

Claire Tomkinson stands in front of a purple GM Moving branded background.

👏 Brilliant news from the team:

@clairetomkinson.bsky.social, our Strategic Lead for People & #Leadership, is joining the Co-Design Group for the @sport-england-se.bsky.social #LeadingTheMovement programme.

Fantastic to see lived experience driving action on inequalities — with GM at the table.