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Activity Alliance

New resources to support inclusion work

By Activity Alliance | 07 September 2022

Activity Alliance is the leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity and aim to close the gap between disabled people's level of inactivity and that of non-disabled people.

New statistics reveal more than 14 million adults in England cannot swim

By Swim England | 22 October 2019

Swim England aim to highlight the benefits of swimming as a valuable life skill in a nationwide drive to encourage more adults to take the plunge and learn how to swim

Millions of women say seeing ‘unrelatable’ fitness images on social media has a negative impact on them

By GreaterSport | 14 January 2020

This Girl Can launches powerful new ad campaign showing the raw unfiltered reality of women exercising

Marmot review: Greater Manchester is creating a fairer, more equal society

By GreaterSport | 11 March 2020

Last month Professor Sir Michael Marmot published the Marmot review, 10 years on, accompanied by a case study evaluating the impact of devolution on health inequalities within Greater Manchester.

Doctors should prescribe walking to improve mental health, says new report

By GreaterSport | 11 March 2020

More GPs should prescribe walking to improve mental health and long-term physical health conditions, says a new report published by Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking

Latest physical activity data released for Greater Manchester's boroughs

By GreaterSport | 27 May 2020

More adults than ever before are moving according to the latest Active Lives release from Sport England. Greater Manchester is also closing the inequalities gaps with the inactivity gender, socio-economic, disability and age gaps all seeing reductions