OUR VISION FOR COMMUNITIES – Bringing communities together to deliver long-lasting, positive social and environmental change

Everyone should have the right to live well in strong, vibrant communities where health, opportunity and a better environment are taken as standard. As we deliver our programme to 2035 we will work with people in the most disadvantaged communities to help deliver that future, ensuring that people feel included and connected – to one another, to their neighbourhoods and to nature.

Through our youth work we also want to deliver a specific iteration of ‘Green Live Well’ that’s tailored to young people. They need to have their own spaces, designed with them and for them – delivering opportunities, yes, but also the mental wellbeing that a connection to nature can deliver.

Learning, action and inspiration will go hand in hand. People will have a genuine sense of agency, alongside access to the community spaces, support networks and opportunities they need to connect and influence decisions. We want to empower
communities to shape their own futures and the places they care about.

What will success look like?

The key to living well

Across Greater Manchester, we will work with partners to create a network of Green Live Well hubs and spaces in neighbourhoods. These will be places where people can connect, build trusted relationships, bridge social divides,
access integrated preventative health and wellbeing services, and take action in their community. They will be thriving shared spaces that residents feel safe in and proud of because
they have had a real say in shaping the physical and social fabric around them.

A community of changemakers

We will facilitate a movement of local people of all ages with the agency, skills and confidence to lead positive change in their communities. By turning learning into action, these community changemakers will play a more central role
in shaping their area, as we bring people together to improve and care for their local environment and build stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods.