The GM Moving Podcast

"It's okay to test and learn and fail. And if it fails, there's still massive learning that we can take from that [...] Let's take the learning, whether it's good or bad, as long as we're feeding that learning back into the process, we can discuss it as a group, and we can learn from that." In Episode 12 of The GM Moving Podcast, Local Pilot lead Jackie shares her learning of what it takes to bett...

"When you start off on a project that you think is targeted at that level of community or age group or cohort people, but then actually it spirals out and you get these wins [...] it's an added bonus." Eve Holt talks to Helen, Glossop's Local Pilot lead, about how they are helping people out of work or at risk of becoming workless, and their plans for active travel. The Local Pilot programme. Tran...

"We've got a great local resource that's been co-designed by people, but that relationship that's left in place now [...] is going to leave a bit of a legacy." Eve is joined by Local Pilot lead Annette to discuss Tameside's borough-wide approach to physical activity and their particular focus on working with young people and families, people out of work, people in work but at risk of worklessness,...

"We're still learning about how to get to people and through all the noise of different things that challenges people's lives." Eve is joined by Tom Haworth, Trafford Council, and Richard, GreaterSport, to talk about how they are making connections, building relationships, and creating energy for change to tackle gaps in people's activity levels across different socioeconomic groups in Trafford. T...

"So often we hear everything just stops during Ramadan. But these ladies have gone on a journey whereby they really know how important one that social interaction, and also having that walk. And even though they were fasting, they've not had water for so many hours. They were still going out for a walk. I absolutely loved that." I'm speaking to Claire Marshall from Oldham. And I'm delighted to be...

"Sometimes it can quite easily slip through the net and people don't always see that journey of things that happened. So I certainly can’t, and wouldn't want to take the credit. It has been this partnership community approach, and hopefully we can continue with that ethos." Here, we hear about the importance of going beyond community consultation to really listen to local people and communities as...

"We didn't know if anyone would turn up and we had probably 25 plus ladies that came through the door. Many couldn't cycle, but they were just really eager to hear more and they wanted to learn to ride a bike. It was like a real thing they wanted to achieve." In this episode, Angela Martin and Stacy Partridge from Manchester Active join Eve to discuss the great work that's going on locally to buil...

"We've talked about retrofitting to people's homes around energy efficiency, we've talked about retrofitting people's cars potentially around emissions, but it's almost getting to the point well actually we need to almost retrofit and make some of our roads and our places more accessible." Host Eve caught up with Salford's Local Pilot Lead Pete alongside regular guest Nicole, one of her Greater Sp...

“We did some ladies only cycling sessions, we linked in with six different partners and it probably took us six months to get that up and running. Those ladies voices haven't been heard before and we really started to link in to the community and spoke to them... We've had 80 ladies take part in the last couple of months.” Host Eve Holt speaks to Sarah Shard, Local Pilot Lead for Rochdale, about t...

"For me it's the frustrations that Wigan was in a good place. We had the deal, we'd had all the networks, we had the steering group, everything was there." In this episode, Eve is joined at the Manchester Central Library by Chris Essex-Crosby, from Inspiring healthy lifestyles in Wigan, and Nicole McKeating-Jones, the GM Local Pilot Network Lead. Hear how everyone in Wigan is encouraged to play a...

"The Power of the Community was so successful that behaviour change happened instantly....We threw the rule book out of the window." Host Eve Holt speaks to Tracy Lumer, Public Health specialist at Bolton Council, about the approach they've taken in Bolton and how the Local Pilot ways of working have gone beyond physical activity and even supported the Covid vaccination response. The Local Pilot p...

"I'd say we're the test and learn...when things go wrong we don't get told off for it, we are praised for it, as long as we learn or reflect or go back and try something different." GM Moving podcast is back for series 2, and this time our host, Eve Holt, speaks to Locality Leads from across Greater Manchester to see how place based working is going in their area. In this first episode Eve speaks...

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