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New podcast drop!

The #GreaterManchester Live Well Podcast is here🎉

The new 8-part series features 100+ voices from across the city-region, exploring how we can do things differently together.

Trailer out now: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Pvdpbr51l19boqYRcW3dN
#GMLiveWell
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Great to hear Andy Burnham @mayorofgm.bsky.social's vision for the next 5 years at the #GMLiveWell event today.

Many inspirational voices from our communities and a growing army of hope across Greater Manchester.
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
An absolute joy to visit #Gorton Central today with Andy Burnham & meet some of the people who make the space so special. 💓

Every corner oozed community power, pride, care, growth. For healthier, stronger communities.
Thank you. This is what it’s all about. #GMLiveWell 🌱
January 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
‘I’m still dancing’. Some joyful tonic for today’s feeds.

Hilda Jackson partied with strobe lights, glowsticks & drum’n’bass for her 105th birthday.

I really hope I have people around me who support me to keep dancing like this in years come. #GMLiveWell

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‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home
Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headliner
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March 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
Thanks to Trafford colleagues for hosting us in their beautiful Town Hall today. A hopeful afternoon with colleagues from all parts of GM across VCFSE, health, GMCA, LAs & TfGM, exploring the roles we can all play to deliver #GMLiveWell ambition.

For everyday support in every neighbourhood. 🌱
January 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
gm-vcfse-leaders.bsky.social
Read our overview of #GMLiveWell to find out more about the approach, what it means for Greater Manchester and the role of the VCFSE sector 👉
www.vcfseleadershipgm.org.uk/news-and-eve...
GM Live Well and the role of the VCFSE Sector
The ‘GM Live Well’ approach has become key in Greater Manchester. It aims to tackle health, social and economic inequalities by changing how public services work and are delivered, and how they work w...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
andrewlawton.bsky.social
Putting physical activity at the heart of the health agenda is vital.

@gmmoving.co.uk Strategic Director @joesarling.bsky.social wrote how physical activity is already playing a pivotal role within the GM ICP strategy and #GMLiveWell: www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/putting...

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Designing movement into health and care systems - GM Moving
YouTube video by GM Moving
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June 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
10gm.bsky.social
Ding ding🔔🚌
All aboard the BIG GM Live Well Bus Tour!
Alison and Liz are on a journey through Community-Powered Spaces. They're visiting 4 amazing spaces:
💚 Sale West Community Centre (Trafford)
💚 CommUNITY Little Hulton Pavilion (Salford)
💚 All Souls (Bolton)
💚 CommUnity Corner (Wigan)
#GMLiveWell
June 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
10gm.bsky.social
🚌 It's always good to bump into old 10GM colleagues! Liz bumped into Lauren, who was the deputy CEO of Bolton CVS, and now she leads the team at Age UK Bolton as their CEO!
Liz is on the #BigGMLiveWellBusTour. Next stop: CommUNITY Little Hulton
#GMLiveWell
June 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
A joy to join dementia music cafe in #Salford with Andy Burnham & Caroline Simpson today. 🎶

#GreaterManchester proudly hosts the UKs 1st Centre of Excellence for Music & Dementia & 40 music cafes.🪇

These play an important role in
#GMLiveWell movement, helping people live well with dementia. 💕
Collage of 5 photos of people at dementia music cafe today.
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
Rethinking conditionality to support more people into good jobs.

Was good to discuss this important research today.

Highlights why we are on the right path in GM as we spread and grow #GMLiveWell, to include a person-centred approach to employment support. 👉 neweconomics.org/2024/07/term...
Collage of photos of people and slides at today’s event at Friends Meeting House.
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
localtrust.org.uk
The Driving Change Bus Tour in Manchester yesterday was a huge success!
Thank you to our partners #GMLiveWell, @locality.org.uk, @right-here.org & all who joined us. We hope the tour sparks action toward lasting, flexible funding to empower local communities.🔗 bit.ly/4kxpO3J
@andyburnham.bsky.social
An illustrated bus with a light green body and dark green wheels, depicting a quote from Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester. The quote reads: "Community-powered spaces like those we visited today are redefining how we put meaningful, everyday support back at the heart of every neighbourhood. They're showing what's possible when communities are empowered to lead. These are welcoming spaces that are delivering that help and support with, not simply at, local people." To the right of the quote is a headshot of Andy Burnham, a man with short, dark hair and glasses, smiling. Below the quote are three logos: "Local Trust trusting local people," a pink square with "WE'RE RIGHT HERE" in white text, and "LIVE WELL DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH GREATER MANCHESTER'S COMMUNITIES" with a teal circular design. An illustration of a bus with a light green body and dark green wheels, framing a photograph of the interior of a bus. Inside the bus, several people are seated on grey and yellow seats. In the foreground, a woman with long, dark hair is smiling at the camera, and next to her, a person with short, light brown hair and glasses is also smiling at the camera. Other attendees are visible further back in the bus. Below the photo, the caption reads: "Rachel Rowney and other attendees on the bus." Below the photo and to the left, there are three logos: "Local Trust trusting local people," a pink square with "WE'RE RIGHT HERE" in white text and "The Campaign for Community Power" below it, and "LIVE WELL DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH GREATER MANCHESTER'S COMMUNITIES" with a teal circular design. An illustrated bus with a light green body and dark green wheels, featuring two photographs and several logos. The first photo on the left shows two individuals: a man with short, dark hair and glasses, wearing a dark top, standing next to a woman with long, dark hair, wearing a white shirt with a yellow pin. The caption below reads, "Andy Burnham and our CEO, Rachel Rowney." The second photo on the right shows the same man with glasses, wearing a dark top, talking to a woman with curly brown hair, wearing a dark blue uniform. Behind them are residential buildings. The caption below reads, "Andy Burnham chatting to Clare from Sale West." Below the photos are three logos: "Local Trust trusting local people," a pink square with "WE'RE RIGHT HERE" in white text, and "LIVE WELL DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH GREATER MANCHESTER'S COMMUNITIES" with a teal circular design. An illustrated bus with a light green body and dark green wheels, depicting a quote from Rachel Rowney, CEO of Local Trust. The quote reads: "Sale West and Little Hulton Big Locals are great examples of the impact communities can have when given the tools to make the changes they want to see in their neighbourhoods. We know that long-term, flexible funding which places trusts in residents to make decisions on resources results in healthier and happier neighbourhoods." To the right of the quote is a headshot of Rachel Rowney, a woman with dark hair smiling. Below the quote and to the left, there are three logos: "Local Trust trusting local people," a pink square with "WE'RE RIGHT HERE" in white text and "The Campaign for Community Power" below it, and "LIVE WELL DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH GREATER MANCHESTER'S COMMUNITIES" with a teal circular design.
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
healthierfutures.bsky.social
A beautiful day at Gorton Monastery to discuss, learn, and build Greater Manchester's support for every neighbourhood to thrive #GMLiveWell
Picture of Gorton Monastery, a Victorian, Gothic style building in Manchester, with a bright blue sky in the background.
March 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
10gm.bsky.social
🚌 The BIG GM Live Well Bus Tour has made it to CommUNITY Little Hulton. A Q&A with the Mayor has begun using the ‘Owl of Destiny’ to explore shared decision-making.

#GMLiveWell #TheBIGGMLiveWellBusTour
June 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
gm-vcfse-leaders.bsky.social
Andy Burnham on GM Live Well this morning: Dedicated funding for the voluntary welfare state.

"We have a voluntary welfare state picking up the pieces of the actual welfare state"

#GMLiveWell
March 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
10gm.bsky.social
🚌 First stop on The BIG GM Live Well Bus Tour - Our Sale West!
A good example of how Live Well has been tested in practice: in 2023, a project to pilot a partnership with Sale Primary Care Network and Our Sale West was funded by 10GM.

Find out more:
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#GMLiveWell
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
gmcreativehealth.bsky.social
Sam at Bolton Council talking about the incredible value of libraries at #GMcreativehealth
"Libraries are places of trust, solace, entertainment & learning, palaces for the people in an unequitable world"
We’ll be supporting families with speech & language needs through storytelling.
#GMLiveWell
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 AM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
A pleasure to join Dean Rogers this evening to thank Feed the City volunteers for all they do. 💓

Thanks to Sukhbir for the invite to talk about how together we can lay the foundations for #GoodLivesforAll to include everyday support in every neighbourhood
#GMLiveWell. 🌱
January 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
Finally made it to Stockroom, #Stockport this week. What a wonderful, warm welcoming centre - for anybody & everybody - as it says on the door.

A perfect space for this week’s VCFSE Forum exploring inclusive local economies & support to enable good lives for all #GMLiveWell. ♥️
Collage of 9 photos from Stockroom - showing inside and outside and photo of me holding the new Greater Manchester strategy
July 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
An inspiring end to my day catching up with Kieron at Sow The City and chatting about the shared origins and features of #GMGreenSpaces and #GMLiveWell Spaces, the importance of community power, nature, relationships, trust, cheerleaders and the conditions to spread and grow. 🌱
January 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
Fab day in #Wigan with Council & community leaders & the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods.

Explored community-led & system-enabled support for people to live well in their neighbourhood.

Values, behaviours, relationships & trust = key.

#GMLiveWell #RadicalPlaceLeadership #CommunityPower
Collage of 9 photos from my day in Wigan
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
gm-vcfse-leaders.bsky.social
The latest #GMLiveWell bulletin is available now.

Find out the latest news and what's been going on to support the GM Live Well movement to tackle health, social and economic inequalities by changing how public services work.
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August 2025 - GM Live Well bulletin
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August 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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There are a range of #GMLiveWell events coming up this Autumn. Find out more and get involved ⬇️
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Autumn - GM Live Well events bulletin
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September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
evefrancisholt.bsky.social
Today’s #GMCreativeHealth event embodied the essence and power of creative health & the #GMLiveWell movement.

I moved, danced, was moved by a dance, learnt, connected and was reminded of the many different creative ways we can all help each other to live well.

And that was just the start! Join in
December 12, 2024 at 11:12 PM
gmcreativehealth.bsky.social
Welcome from our Deputy Mayor: We’re here to “Place creativity & culture at ❤️ of communities well-being.
Healthier, happier communities where everyone can thrive and contribute to our region’s success.
Arts are the essence of what it means to be human.”
#GMLiveWell #GMCreativeHealth
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 AM