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Browse the diverse stories submitted by our partners to see the ways they’re taking action and creating impact across Greater Manchester. Use the filters to find stories that interest you.

Read about How Greater Manchester School Games Organisers are tackling inequalities through targeted delivery
children playing lacrosse in a school sports hall

How Greater Manchester School Games Organisers are tackling inequalities through targeted delivery

Read about Stepping Hill embraces exercise as a key tool in recovery for its patients with help from Life Leisure
Life Leisure Lisa Arrandale (Active Communities Officer at Life Leisure) and Jan Sinclair (Senior Healthcare Public Health Nurse) with the Active Hospital kit bags.

Stepping Hill embraces exercise as a key tool in recovery for its patients with help from Life Leisure

Read about Pavement parking consultation outcome: GM Moving response
Cyclists use the Oxford Road cycle lane in Manchester, near a bus stop

Pavement parking consultation outcome: GM Moving response

Read about The century-long battle from restriction to revolution in female fitness
A woman with her hair in two long bunches smiles while stretching

The century-long battle from restriction to revolution in female fitness

Read about Championing Link Roles & The Importance of Context in Person-Centred Social Care
A group of people listen to a workshop while seated in a light training room with exposed beams

Championing Link Roles & The Importance of Context in Person-Centred Social Care

Read about GM Moving Sports Club Conference 2025
A community sport leader talks to colleagues at a conference

GM Moving Sports Club Conference 2025

Read about Life Leisure marks International Women’s Day with surprise flashmob
A group of women in Stockport wear pink t-shirts and wave at the camera. They are joined by instructors Sue Mellor and Laura Latham with the rest of the flashmob participants in the centre of Merseyway.

Life Leisure marks International Women’s Day with surprise flashmob

Read about How the University of Salford is supporting colleagues to move more at work
A diverse group of adults in a gym laugh and stand in body-builder poses

How the University of Salford is supporting colleagues to move more at work

Read about Workout series for people with amputation or limb-difference
A runner with lower leg amputation and prosthetic runs along a tarmac path in a park

Workout series for people with amputation or limb-difference

Read about Less is more: An active practice’s mission to improve community health through walking 
group of people outside standing in a semi circle smiling and happy

Less is more: An active practice’s mission to improve community health through walking 

Read about Moving Learning Forward: How Bury Is Reimagining the School Day 
school children running in a playground, in blue and grey uniforms

Moving Learning Forward: How Bury Is Reimagining the School Day 

Read about From learning to influence: Sharing the journey of place partnerships (2019–2025) 
A group of adults walking on a sunny day

From learning to influence: Sharing the journey of place partnerships (2019–2025)