The GM Moving Podcast

"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 to Richard Davis-Boreham, Strategic Director at GreaterSport who leads on the Local Pilot programme for Greater Manchester.

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The Local Pilot programme.

Transcript available here.

"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 role to design moving back into everyday life.

"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 build relationships. Strategic Lead for the GM Local Pilot network, Jane Gardiner, also adds her insights.

The Local Pilot programme.

Transcript available here.

"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 Sport colleagues from the central GM Local Pilot team.

The Local Pilot programme.

Transcript available here.