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Active Adults

GM Moving works to create the conditions for all adults to be active throughout life, designing movement and physical activity into everyday habits, routines, and spaces.

More adults in Greater Manchester are physically active than ever before, but many people are still doing less than 30 minutes of physical activity a week.

There are social and practical barriers that can make it difficult to be active. These barriers show up at different life stages, and are more common for specific characteristics, backgrounds and circumstances.

How we work

We collaborate with key partners to make it easier for people to be active, while recognising and responding to different needs and experiences. Together, we’re working to 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.

In order to support more adults 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 by changing the narrative about what movement means for different people.