Joe Sarling
@joesarling.bsky.social
Strategic Director at @gmmoving.co.uk 🐝
Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health/NHS, placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health/NHS, placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Commute into town ❄️🏔😍
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Commute into town ❄️🏔😍
Very excited to be receiving @birdyword.bsky.social's The Land Trap tomorrow. As a fellow land economics and policy geek it should be a proper read. I'm sure it'll build on the brilliant work of Andro Linklater's 'Owning the Earth' - my favourite history book on land to date.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Very excited to be receiving @birdyword.bsky.social's The Land Trap tomorrow. As a fellow land economics and policy geek it should be a proper read. I'm sure it'll build on the brilliant work of Andro Linklater's 'Owning the Earth' - my favourite history book on land to date.
"...we show that exposed municipalities [to the Tour de France] experience declines in far-right support of 0.03–0.04 standard deviations. The effect exceeds 0.1 [SDs] in recent elections and is strongest in poorer areas and in towns with high prior far-right support"
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"...we show that exposed municipalities [to the Tour de France] experience declines in far-right support of 0.03–0.04 standard deviations. The effect exceeds 0.1 [SDs] in recent elections and is strongest in poorer areas and in towns with high prior far-right support"
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
"Champneys has announced the addition of a seventh UK spa, Buxton Crescent, [and] will ensure continuity for colleagues...The team plans to maintain momentum by working with local partners and suppliers so that the economic benefit remains in Buxton"
Link: europeanspamagazine.com/champneys-ac...
Link: europeanspamagazine.com/champneys-ac...
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Champneys has announced the addition of a seventh UK spa, Buxton Crescent, [and] will ensure continuity for colleagues...The team plans to maintain momentum by working with local partners and suppliers so that the economic benefit remains in Buxton"
Link: europeanspamagazine.com/champneys-ac...
Link: europeanspamagazine.com/champneys-ac...
"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
Just outstanding television. And I'm here waiting to watch the final as per the schedule and not on-demand. It's been a real tonic.
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just outstanding television. And I'm here waiting to watch the final as per the schedule and not on-demand. It's been a real tonic.
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Football, brew, chat. Every Wednesday.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Football, brew, chat. Every Wednesday.
"In partnership with High Peak Borough Council, we're giving The Springs Shopping Centre a £100m glow up to create new places to live, work and hang out."
Link: www.capitalandcentric.com/project/buxton
Link: www.capitalandcentric.com/project/buxton
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"In partnership with High Peak Borough Council, we're giving The Springs Shopping Centre a £100m glow up to create new places to live, work and hang out."
Link: www.capitalandcentric.com/project/buxton
Link: www.capitalandcentric.com/project/buxton
The Victorians knew about to construct a beautiful garden. When the temperature dips below a certain level hot chocolate runs through the town.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Victorians knew about to construct a beautiful garden. When the temperature dips below a certain level hot chocolate runs through the town.
An autumnal scene 😍🍂
October 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An autumnal scene 😍🍂
With housing starts and completions very low in London, these new emergency viability measures will certainly start a few debates!
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
With housing starts and completions very low in London, these new emergency viability measures will certainly start a few debates!
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Thank you, GM Moving – it’s been ace.
Come December I get to count myself as alumnus where I’ll champion the work from another part of the system.
Go strong!
Come December I get to count myself as alumnus where I’ll champion the work from another part of the system.
Go strong!
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thank you, GM Moving – it’s been ace.
Come December I get to count myself as alumnus where I’ll champion the work from another part of the system.
Go strong!
Come December I get to count myself as alumnus where I’ll champion the work from another part of the system.
Go strong!
The application process is now open and I’d strongly encourage you to have a look and apply. You don’t have to hit every mark to be considered; remember, we all have a role to play.
Link: www.gmmoving.co.uk/get-involved...
Link: www.gmmoving.co.uk/get-involved...
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The application process is now open and I’d strongly encourage you to have a look and apply. You don’t have to hit every mark to be considered; remember, we all have a role to play.
Link: www.gmmoving.co.uk/get-involved...
Link: www.gmmoving.co.uk/get-involved...
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
Remarkable. "The new procedure involves inserting a tiny 2mm-square photovoltaic microchip, with the thickness of a human hair, under the retina."
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Remarkable. "The new procedure involves inserting a tiny 2mm-square photovoltaic microchip, with the thickness of a human hair, under the retina."
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
This project on gender inclusivity was super useful too 👏🏼
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This project on gender inclusivity was super useful too 👏🏼
Great discussion for @gmmoving.co.uk's session exploring the role of joy in health creation and placemaking.
Here's my view of the audience discussion and participation moment!
Here's my view of the audience discussion and participation moment!
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great discussion for @gmmoving.co.uk's session exploring the role of joy in health creation and placemaking.
Here's my view of the audience discussion and participation moment!
Here's my view of the audience discussion and participation moment!
Newcastle Marmot City - lived experience, hope, local strengths, call to action
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Newcastle Marmot City - lived experience, hope, local strengths, call to action
Making Manchester Fairer approach - equity, proportionate universalism, community power, poverty
October 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Making Manchester Fairer approach - equity, proportionate universalism, community power, poverty
Setting out the approach in Leeds to join up work, think more strategically and holistically, and scale up.
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Setting out the approach in Leeds to join up work, think more strategically and holistically, and scale up.
Next session is all about Marmot City approaches.
- Focus on inequality / equity
- Wider determinants of population health
- System thinking & connectivity
Looking forward to hearing from Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester
- Focus on inequality / equity
- Wider determinants of population health
- System thinking & connectivity
Looking forward to hearing from Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Next session is all about Marmot City approaches.
- Focus on inequality / equity
- Wider determinants of population health
- System thinking & connectivity
Looking forward to hearing from Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester
- Focus on inequality / equity
- Wider determinants of population health
- System thinking & connectivity
Looking forward to hearing from Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester
Lots of super project displays including this one on participatory planning
October 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Lots of super project displays including this one on participatory planning