Eve Holt

Andy Burnham @mayorofgm.bsky.social writes in his essay: “The country is crying out for change. But not just any change. People don’t want more promises from on high... It’s about shifting power – real power – out of Westminster, and into the hands of people who know their communities best."

Collage of 9 photos from my day - from cycle to Manchester Piccadilly to train to Liverpool and day at Labour Party conference

Today in nine photos. Manchester to Liverpool and back again for #LPC25.

We spoke to 42 people in 19 areas getting £20m - this is how they'd spend it The government's new initiative gives £20m over 10 years to 19 areas in Greater Manchester - and voters decide how to spend it

‘What people most want are places they can connect with others.’

And basics like public toilets, benches, more spaces for young people.

This is what we hear all the time. People are longing for welcoming spaces & places for human connection, health and hope.

This is at the heart of #GMLiveWell

Ministers could give mayors control of schools and hospitals in devolution shake-up Exclusive: Steve Reed, backed by Labour Together, wants to devolve control over more local services

Ministers are drawing up plans to give mayors significant new powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution that could change how public services are run in England.

Collage of 12 photos of some highlights from my last week

A few highlights from last week:
💃🏻Rambertdance at The Lowry
🏡Speaking @NEA #warmhomes event
💥#PeoplesPowerhouse discussion
🎨 Creativehealth #LiveWell Roundtable
👩‍💼#UrbanistasNW Perimenopause event
🧐Inclusive research network
🚶🏾‍♀️#GMMoving Board meeting
🏆Awards event at British Muslim Heritage Centre

Collage of 9 photos from my week.

Some highlights this week:
💙Talking about GM’s prevention-first approach @TheKingsFund Conf
🚴‍♀️Cycling around London
🎂20th anniversary @transportwm
❤️@VCFSELeadersGM insights & action
💷Planning for GM Guaranteed Living Income & UBI pilots.
📕@sarasiobhan book launch & panel
🌱GM #CyanLines launched

For the next four weeks, we are lifting the 9.30am rule on older and disabled people’s bus passes.

We hope it will help people over the summer as well as provide valuable data on whether we have the capacity and finances to make it permanent.

Please help spread the word! 🙏🏻

Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration - Committees - UK Parliament The Transport Committee is looking at how Government can mould transport services, networks and options around the journeys that people need and want to make in their daily lives. We want to find out ...

The Transport Committee has a call for evidence on 'joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration'.

Spread the word.

YouTube video by Greater Manchester Combined Authority Voices of Greater Manchester

Our new GM Strategy is about people and enabling good lives for all.

The 1st pledge is to ‘put equality goals at the heart of our plans, embedding inclusive practices across all public services.’

This week’s Tackling Inequality Board explored how we make that a reality.

youtu.be/m3Iu3smH2Io

You can catch up on my conversation this week with Andy Jackson, Ben Glover and Saima Ashraf on what it truly means to put power in the hands of people and places, and how policy must shift to support this.

Watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT_1...

#CommunityPower #DoWith

No Place Like Home.🏡
A safe, decent, healthy home is essential for people to be able to get on in life. That’s why we’ve committed to a #HousingFirst approach in #GreaterManchester.

As @andyburnham.bsky.social says in the foreword, when you set people up to succeed - they largely do.

Collage of 9 photos from Stockroom - showing inside and outside and photo of me holding the new Greater Manchester strategy

Finally made it to Stockroom, #Stockport this week. What a wonderful, warm welcoming centre - for anybody & everybody - as it says on the door.

A perfect space for this week’s VCFSE Forum exploring inclusive local economies & support to enable good lives for all #GMLiveWell. ♥️

Looking forward to this conversation next week.

Wow that was intense but we made it through! Well done #Lionesses

Well of course!! 😉✨

Has been a pleasure to share our learnings in #GreaterManchester to help shape the new national Civil Society Covenant - reshaping how government works with communities to tackle Britain’s biggest challenges.

PM set to reshape how Government works with communities to tackle Britain’s biggest challenges The Prime Minister will launch the Civil Society Covenant – a new way of working that puts people at the heart of government.

"This is about rebalancing power and responsibility. Not the top-down approach of the state working alone. Not the transactional approach of markets left to their own devices. But a new way forward – where government and civil society work side by side to deliver real change"

Blue graphic with a bold light yellow title: "Done To Not With - Localis/We're Right Here policy webinar." Photos of the speakers Andy Jackson, Cllr. Saima Ashraf, Ben Glover and Eve Holt.

How can we move from a rhetoric of localism to active community power?

Join us and @localis.bsky.social for a webinar exploring the enablers and barriers to #CommunityPower in the UK.

🗓️ 22 July
👉 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dda32e...
@evefrancisholt.bsky.social #DoWith

Landmark Devolution Bill brings new dawn of regional power English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill delivers on manifesto commitment to de-centralise power and ignite regional growth with powers for mayors.

📢 Power to the People!

I haven’t read in full yet but pleased to see that the Devolution Bill will:

🏛️Shift power out of Whitehall
👭Empower local & regional leaders
🏠Create a Community Right to Buy
🗺️Give communities say on planning
❤️Put local assets in local hands
🗳️Increase voting power

River Seine: Waters reopens to swimmers after century-long ban For the first time in more than 100 years people will be able to swim legally in three sections of the river.

"For 100 years swimming was banned in the river because of the levels of water pollution that could make people ill...Ahead of last summer's Olympics more than €1.4bn (£1.2bn; $1.6bn) was invested into cleaning up the Seine."

Collage of my week in 9 photos reflecting what I’ve been up to - see post

Another action-packed week in #GreaterManchester
🚴‍♀️Rode to school with 200+ kids ♿️co-hosted MPs briefing 🌱met Welsh Future Generations team 🗣️spoke at Women’s Health & Community Wealth Summits 🎶enjoyed Sounds of the City & more—active travel, Coops, skills, play, youth voice & Great North.
I ❤️ #TeamGM

Excellent analysis from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social on the 10yr Plan … the really genuinely radical announcement & it’s up & running is Greater Manchester as a Prevention demonstrator .. this is proper neighbourhood health .. vision & leadership from @mayorofgm.bsky.social @evefrancisholt.bsky.social 👏

Photos of CLeS conference swagger - bag, speaker thank you chocolate and Carneagie Life in Uk report. Plus photos of menti word cloud and a couple of speakers

Thank you to the wonderful folk at CLES for convening a brilliant array of changemakers & conversations for today’s #CommunityWealthBuilding Summit 2025.

All united by a vision of fairer, more democratic local economies.

#CWBSummit2025 #LocalEconomies #InclusiveEconomy

Photo of six women speakers at the conference all holding up fans

Spent this morning talking about Women's Health in #GreaterManchester & why we have to address inequalities in wealth & power.

Good to share the work we are doing in GM to apply a gendered lens, close inequality gaps, track the data & lay building blocks for good lives for all.

Great fun at #WomensHealthGM today with @janemcdermott.bsky.social and @evefrancisholt.bsky.social discussing the GMCA's plans for women's health and @healthequitynorth.bsky.social Woman of the North report.

Truth about UK nuclear veterans 'covered up', says Andy Burnham The mayor of Greater Manchester calls on the government to act while the remaining survivors of the UK's 1950s nuclear tests are still alive.

The truth about UK nuclear veterans has been 'covered up', Andy Burnham tells #Newsnight

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The housing crisis is not just a numbers game.

Our new photobook 'A home to die for?' draws attention to the terrible conditions that residents are facing in their homes, including collapsing staircases and ceilings, crumbling brick facades, poor air quality and severe damp issues.

Healthy Place-making - Town and Country Planning Association Homes and neighbourhoods have a profound impact on people’s health and wellbeing so it is vital that we plan places that support good health for everyone.

The number of people in the UK living below the Happiness Poverty Line is rising (UK Wellbeing Report 2025).

Applying a wellbeing lens to policy decisions on the built & natural environment is a vital step towards addressing societal challenges: www.tcpa.org.uk/areas-of-work/healthy-place-making/

Come join my team at GMCA.

Are you passionate about the role of the VCFSE sector in shaping policy & practice to further equity & improve lives in Greater Manchester?

Help deliver our GM goal of good lives for all in a thriving city region. 🌱

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Collage of 9 photos from today’s launch of v16 campaign at the People’s History Museum, Manchester

Democracy needs an update.

It was great to join today’s launch of the #v16 youth-led campaign for votes at 16.

From Peterloo to the Pankhursts, #GreaterManchester has always been a birthplace for democracy & justice.

Join the movement #votesat16🗳️
👉 www.mylifemysay.org.uk/votesat16

Come join my team at GMCA.

Are you passionate about the role of the VCFSE sector in shaping policy & practice to further equity & improve lives in Greater Manchester?

Help deliver our GM goal of good lives for all in a thriving city region. 🌱

apply.greater.jobs/gmca/Job/Job...