There are one million adults between the ages of 25 to 50 across Greater Manchester, 26.9% are inactive.

There are often cultural, structural, and systemic barriers that prevent people being active. These will differ for people from different backgrounds, life stages, circumstances, and characteristics.

We also know that as we age, barriers to movement increase. This can exacerbate health inequalities; life expectancy has increased but many people are living in poor health for longer.

In order to support more adults from across Greater Manchester to live in good health, for longer, we need to make it easier for everyone to move more in everyday life.

We can do this by designing it into daily habits, routines, activities, and spaces. And, change the narrative about what movement means for different people.

We will do this by working collaboratively to create the conditions for movement. Collective approaches will also recognise and respond to diversity.

This will help ensure movement and physical activity is accessible to all.

Our priorities

• Challenge cultural beliefs that enhance barriers to people being active, particularly as they get older.
• In particular, we will raise awareness of the impact of women’s specific health conditions. We will help convene opportunities to learn and share from each other. Use the collective influence of relevant networks to create positive change.
• Connect to and support the wider GM Ageing System. We want to ensure movement remains a visible theme to support people to live well for longer.
• Grow relationships and connections with key stakeholders across workplaces and employability.
• Embed movement as a system-wide approach to support workforce and workplace wellbeing .
• Explore new partnerships to help reach those experiencing the greatest inequalities.
• Explore the positive role of movement in faith communities. We want to learn more about the influential role faith leaders can play. We will do this by growing our connections and meaningful relationships across GM.