Eve is a Councillor at Manchester City Council and very proactive in positively impacting her community through physical activity and sport as the Director for GreaterSport - a movement for movement!
At Scribefest 2022, Eve spoke to us about healthy neighbourhoods and how you can encourage your community to get moving!
12. Age-friendly neighbourhoods and mobility
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Sharing #AgePositive images, language,
stories and communications.
Promoting co-design & co-production of
policy, strategy, place-making, transport
infrastructure, design guides & standards.
Creating age-friendly active environments
e.g. clear & even pavements, safe public
realm, wide cycleways, benches, green space
Convening partners & working alongside them
e.g Ageing-hub, TfGM, Housing Providers,
Community groups, Older-people’s network
Help grow social networks, community
connections & active space for peer, family
and inter-generational groups.
Increase access to active equipment e.g.
e-bikes, trikes & adapted cycles and other
mobility aids. Opportunities to ‘give it a go’
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Active, connected, inclusive local social networks
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cycling groups.
Understand what matters to people and the
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Partners all playing their role. Working together
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with the resources to promote, signpost and
support people to participate e.g community
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cycling groups.
Understand what matters to people and the
support they want. What brings you joy? What
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Accessible, safe, quality infrastructure and
healthy, sustainable place-making. Consider
what & who spaces are designed by and for.
Invitation to be active?
Partners all playing their role. Working together
in place as more than the sum of our parts!
Active, connected, inclusive local social networks
with the resources to promote, signpost and
support people to participate e.g community
greening, growing & workplace walking and
cycling groups.
Understand what matters to people and the
support they want. What brings you joy? What
invites you to be active? What aids connection &
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Key ingredients of healthy, active places integrated
into policy & metrics and co-designed through
ongoing dialogue.15/20 Min Neighbourhoods.
Accessible, safe, quality infrastructure and
healthy, sustainable place-making. Consider
what & who spaces are designed by and for.
Invitation to be active?
Partners all playing their role. Working together
in place as more than the sum of our parts!
Active, connected, inclusive local social networks
with the resources to promote, signpost and
support people to participate e.g community
greening, growing & workplace walking and
cycling groups.
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support they want. What brings you joy? What
invites you to be active? What aids connection &
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Active travel as a cultural ‘norm’ for everyone.
Whoever, wherever, whatever the day, way, or
weather. Decentre the car, recentre people.
Key ingredients of healthy, active places integrated
into policy & metrics and co-designed through
ongoing dialogue.15/20 Min Neighbourhoods.
Accessible, safe, quality infrastructure and
healthy, sustainable place-making. Consider
what & who spaces are designed by and for.
Invitation to be active?
Partners all playing their role. Working together
in place as more than the sum of our parts!
Active, connected, inclusive local social networks
with the resources to promote, signpost and
support people to participate e.g community
greening, growing & workplace walking and
cycling groups.
Understand what matters to people and the
support they want. What brings you joy? What
invites you to be active? What aids connection &
participation?
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