Andrew Lawton
@andrewlawton.bsky.social
Strategic Lead Marketing & Communications (Health) at
Greater Manchester Moving - views my own.
Greater Manchester Moving - views my own.
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Policy & investment needs to focus creating the conditions for people to move more (whatever the activity; it really can be *anything*!) in their lives to realise this wide-ranging benefit.
This demands recognising spatial variation, encouraging plurality, and measuring system maturity.
This demands recognising spatial variation, encouraging plurality, and measuring system maturity.
Inactivity costing £20bn a year, says Sport England
Funding agency Sport England says inactivity is costing £20bn a year as it calls for more investment in sport.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Policy & investment needs to focus creating the conditions for people to move more (whatever the activity; it really can be *anything*!) in their lives to realise this wide-ranging benefit.
This demands recognising spatial variation, encouraging plurality, and measuring system maturity.
This demands recognising spatial variation, encouraging plurality, and measuring system maturity.
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Listen. Act. Celebrate. It is vital that we listen to, and act upon, young people’s voices and celebrate the successes. Theirs and ours.
New blog from Andrew Lawton calls for positive messages and momentum around young people moving more to feel good: https://ow.ly/Z5Az50Xqq5S
New blog from Andrew Lawton calls for positive messages and momentum around young people moving more to feel good: https://ow.ly/Z5Az50Xqq5S
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Listen. Act. Celebrate. It is vital that we listen to, and act upon, young people’s voices and celebrate the successes. Theirs and ours.
New blog from Andrew Lawton calls for positive messages and momentum around young people moving more to feel good: https://ow.ly/Z5Az50Xqq5S
New blog from Andrew Lawton calls for positive messages and momentum around young people moving more to feel good: https://ow.ly/Z5Az50Xqq5S
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Looking to stay connected to movement, sport and physical activity accounts on Bluesky?
Check out the GM Moving Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/V9HJNi
Check out the GM Moving Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/V9HJNi
GM Moving's Starter Pack
Join the conversation
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November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Looking to stay connected to movement, sport and physical activity accounts on Bluesky?
Check out the GM Moving Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/V9HJNi
Check out the GM Moving Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/V9HJNi
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Yesterday, Sport England visited #GreaterManchester to see how #GMMovingInAction works across places and partnerships.
Our partners showed how collaboration and local leadership are turning strategy into impact - helping people move more, feel better, and #LiveWell.
👉Read: https://ow.ly/uxsg50XraUr
Our partners showed how collaboration and local leadership are turning strategy into impact - helping people move more, feel better, and #LiveWell.
👉Read: https://ow.ly/uxsg50XraUr
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Yesterday, Sport England visited #GreaterManchester to see how #GMMovingInAction works across places and partnerships.
Our partners showed how collaboration and local leadership are turning strategy into impact - helping people move more, feel better, and #LiveWell.
👉Read: https://ow.ly/uxsg50XraUr
Our partners showed how collaboration and local leadership are turning strategy into impact - helping people move more, feel better, and #LiveWell.
👉Read: https://ow.ly/uxsg50XraUr
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Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
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“It’s time for a new approach — one that does with people, not to them.”
The #GMLiveWell podcast brings together stories & ideas from across Greater Manchester.
Tune in weekly. Starting with the trailer now: buff.ly/H97O2ON
Please share using #GMLiveWell
The #GMLiveWell podcast brings together stories & ideas from across Greater Manchester.
Tune in weekly. Starting with the trailer now: buff.ly/H97O2ON
Please share using #GMLiveWell
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“It’s time for a new approach — one that does with people, not to them.”
The #GMLiveWell podcast brings together stories & ideas from across Greater Manchester.
Tune in weekly. Starting with the trailer now: buff.ly/H97O2ON
Please share using #GMLiveWell
The #GMLiveWell podcast brings together stories & ideas from across Greater Manchester.
Tune in weekly. Starting with the trailer now: buff.ly/H97O2ON
Please share using #GMLiveWell
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Today’s a big day.
Partners are joining us on a tour to witness how our city-region is changing lives through delivering @sport-england-se.bsky.social's Uniting the Movement strategy.
Keep an eye on our posts through the day to see our unique whole-system approach in action.
Partners are joining us on a tour to witness how our city-region is changing lives through delivering @sport-england-se.bsky.social's Uniting the Movement strategy.
Keep an eye on our posts through the day to see our unique whole-system approach in action.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today’s a big day.
Partners are joining us on a tour to witness how our city-region is changing lives through delivering @sport-england-se.bsky.social's Uniting the Movement strategy.
Keep an eye on our posts through the day to see our unique whole-system approach in action.
Partners are joining us on a tour to witness how our city-region is changing lives through delivering @sport-england-se.bsky.social's Uniting the Movement strategy.
Keep an eye on our posts through the day to see our unique whole-system approach in action.
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The Health and Social Care Committee has begun hearing evidence for their Healthy ageing: Physical activity in an ageing society inquiry.
CMO Professor Chris Whitty gave evidence to the committee of MPs on the incredible benefits of movement, physical activity and sport: https://ow.ly/Ht6F50Xpb63
CMO Professor Chris Whitty gave evidence to the committee of MPs on the incredible benefits of movement, physical activity and sport: https://ow.ly/Ht6F50Xpb63
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Health and Social Care Committee has begun hearing evidence for their Healthy ageing: Physical activity in an ageing society inquiry.
CMO Professor Chris Whitty gave evidence to the committee of MPs on the incredible benefits of movement, physical activity and sport: https://ow.ly/Ht6F50Xpb63
CMO Professor Chris Whitty gave evidence to the committee of MPs on the incredible benefits of movement, physical activity and sport: https://ow.ly/Ht6F50Xpb63
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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New Blog: Strategic Director Beth Sutcliffe has been reflecting on Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust's (MFT) commitment to #ActiveHospitals.
Beth looks at how MFT are taking a whole-system approach to using movement to support a reduction in deconditioning: https://ow.ly/Uyop50XpcBF
Beth looks at how MFT are taking a whole-system approach to using movement to support a reduction in deconditioning: https://ow.ly/Uyop50XpcBF
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New Blog: Strategic Director Beth Sutcliffe has been reflecting on Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust's (MFT) commitment to #ActiveHospitals.
Beth looks at how MFT are taking a whole-system approach to using movement to support a reduction in deconditioning: https://ow.ly/Uyop50XpcBF
Beth looks at how MFT are taking a whole-system approach to using movement to support a reduction in deconditioning: https://ow.ly/Uyop50XpcBF
Looking forward to listening to the new #GMLiveWell podcast over the coming weeks🙌
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
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 2:20 PM
Looking forward to listening to the new #GMLiveWell podcast over the coming weeks🙌
A fascinating report this, interesting that one of the reasons young people spend so much time online is the lack of alternatives.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
'Andrew Tate is Dead.' Our report out today - Inside the Mind of a 16-year-old - gets underneath the moral panic and finds out what young people really think. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A fascinating report this, interesting that one of the reasons young people spend so much time online is the lack of alternatives.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
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🏀 Manchester Lynx were the first LGBTQ+ women's sports club in the North West and create a safe and supportive community for people to be who they are, express themselves and play basketball.
👇 Learn more about their story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2kjPipxOM
👇 Learn more about their story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2kjPipxOM
Case study: Manchester Lynx
YouTube video by Sport England
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🏀 Manchester Lynx were the first LGBTQ+ women's sports club in the North West and create a safe and supportive community for people to be who they are, express themselves and play basketball.
👇 Learn more about their story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2kjPipxOM
👇 Learn more about their story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2kjPipxOM
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We're excited to share the cover of @hayleylever.bsky.social's debut book, Leading from the Balcony.
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're excited to share the cover of @hayleylever.bsky.social's debut book, Leading from the Balcony.
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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This International Stress Awareness Week, check out our Active Workplace Toolkit. It helps employers support staff to move more, reduce stress, and improve wellbeing.
Toolkit and resources: https://ow.ly/BLYs50XlLAl
#StressAwarenessWeek #ActiveWorkplace #WellbeingAtWork
Toolkit and resources: https://ow.ly/BLYs50XlLAl
#StressAwarenessWeek #ActiveWorkplace #WellbeingAtWork
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This International Stress Awareness Week, check out our Active Workplace Toolkit. It helps employers support staff to move more, reduce stress, and improve wellbeing.
Toolkit and resources: https://ow.ly/BLYs50XlLAl
#StressAwarenessWeek #ActiveWorkplace #WellbeingAtWork
Toolkit and resources: https://ow.ly/BLYs50XlLAl
#StressAwarenessWeek #ActiveWorkplace #WellbeingAtWork
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Opening School Facilities Network Event
Join us on 19 Nov to connect, share ideas, and collaborate on opening school facilities for #Community use.
👉 Book: https://ow.ly/c6j850XmvUK
#Education #School #Teaching
Join us on 19 Nov to connect, share ideas, and collaborate on opening school facilities for #Community use.
👉 Book: https://ow.ly/c6j850XmvUK
#Education #School #Teaching
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Opening School Facilities Network Event
Join us on 19 Nov to connect, share ideas, and collaborate on opening school facilities for #Community use.
👉 Book: https://ow.ly/c6j850XmvUK
#Education #School #Teaching
Join us on 19 Nov to connect, share ideas, and collaborate on opening school facilities for #Community use.
👉 Book: https://ow.ly/c6j850XmvUK
#Education #School #Teaching
A new 'Let's Move' campaign was launched yesterday to support the Government’s #Health Mission.
The campaign is designed to help families keep children moving all year-round.
Visit nhs.uk/LetsMove for tips, local activities and inspiration.
Press release: www.gov.uk/government/n...
The campaign is designed to help families keep children moving all year-round.
Visit nhs.uk/LetsMove for tips, local activities and inspiration.
Press release: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Nearly three in five parents expect children’s physical activity to drop this winter
as stars back new campaign to keep kids active
Government launches ‘Let’s Move!’, a new campaign supported by Sport England, to help keep families active together all year round.
www.gov.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A new 'Let's Move' campaign was launched yesterday to support the Government’s #Health Mission.
The campaign is designed to help families keep children moving all year-round.
Visit nhs.uk/LetsMove for tips, local activities and inspiration.
Press release: www.gov.uk/government/n...
The campaign is designed to help families keep children moving all year-round.
Visit nhs.uk/LetsMove for tips, local activities and inspiration.
Press release: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Very excited to be working closely with @hayleylever.bsky.social and @gmmoving.co.uk colleagues to get this book into print and onto a bookshelf near you soon.
Recommend signing-up so you're the first to know further details as soon as they're released👇
Recommend signing-up so you're the first to know further details as soon as they're released👇
We're excited to share the cover of @hayleylever.bsky.social's debut book, Leading from the Balcony.
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Very excited to be working closely with @hayleylever.bsky.social and @gmmoving.co.uk colleagues to get this book into print and onto a bookshelf near you soon.
Recommend signing-up so you're the first to know further details as soon as they're released👇
Recommend signing-up so you're the first to know further details as soon as they're released👇
The Health and Social Care Committee's Healthy Ageing inquiry returned this week.
Lots in the 2-hour session all about physical activity and healthy ageing that resonated with @gmmoving.co.uk and our efforts alongside NHS GM and @greatermcr.bsky.social.
committees.parliament.uk/event/25381/...
Lots in the 2-hour session all about physical activity and healthy ageing that resonated with @gmmoving.co.uk and our efforts alongside NHS GM and @greatermcr.bsky.social.
committees.parliament.uk/event/25381/...
29 October 2025 - Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
09:15 - The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
committees.parliament.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Health and Social Care Committee's Healthy Ageing inquiry returned this week.
Lots in the 2-hour session all about physical activity and healthy ageing that resonated with @gmmoving.co.uk and our efforts alongside NHS GM and @greatermcr.bsky.social.
committees.parliament.uk/event/25381/...
Lots in the 2-hour session all about physical activity and healthy ageing that resonated with @gmmoving.co.uk and our efforts alongside NHS GM and @greatermcr.bsky.social.
committees.parliament.uk/event/25381/...
"A Sunday morning 2km with my favourite running buddy remains an absolute joy."
Beautiful to see the mental wellbeing benefits of running so eloquently shared. #Parkrun #JuniorParkrun
Could easily be written for #TimeTogether by @womeninsportuk.bsky.social: womeninsport.org/creating-cha...
Beautiful to see the mental wellbeing benefits of running so eloquently shared. #Parkrun #JuniorParkrun
Could easily be written for #TimeTogether by @womeninsportuk.bsky.social: womeninsport.org/creating-cha...
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes
A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes
She was five when I first took her to a junior parkrun and I was amazed at her attitude and ability. After a lifetime of seeing exercise as punishment, I could suddenly appreciate it
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"A Sunday morning 2km with my favourite running buddy remains an absolute joy."
Beautiful to see the mental wellbeing benefits of running so eloquently shared. #Parkrun #JuniorParkrun
Could easily be written for #TimeTogether by @womeninsportuk.bsky.social: womeninsport.org/creating-cha...
Beautiful to see the mental wellbeing benefits of running so eloquently shared. #Parkrun #JuniorParkrun
Could easily be written for #TimeTogether by @womeninsportuk.bsky.social: womeninsport.org/creating-cha...
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Have a long term health condition?
Click on the link below to take part in a 15–20 min survey led by London Met University to share how you're managing your physical activity, health & wellbeing.
https://bit.ly/4qunEoM
Click on the link below to take part in a 15–20 min survey led by London Met University to share how you're managing your physical activity, health & wellbeing.
https://bit.ly/4qunEoM
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Have a long term health condition?
Click on the link below to take part in a 15–20 min survey led by London Met University to share how you're managing your physical activity, health & wellbeing.
https://bit.ly/4qunEoM
Click on the link below to take part in a 15–20 min survey led by London Met University to share how you're managing your physical activity, health & wellbeing.
https://bit.ly/4qunEoM
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Our board member, Warren Heppolette, has started an 18-month secondment with Greater Manchester Combined Authority as Director of the Prevention Demonstrator.
This is a key step in building a system focused on #Prevention in #GreaterManchester.
Read more: https://ow.ly/wfkn50Xhxub
#SystemChange
This is a key step in building a system focused on #Prevention in #GreaterManchester.
Read more: https://ow.ly/wfkn50Xhxub
#SystemChange
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Our board member, Warren Heppolette, has started an 18-month secondment with Greater Manchester Combined Authority as Director of the Prevention Demonstrator.
This is a key step in building a system focused on #Prevention in #GreaterManchester.
Read more: https://ow.ly/wfkn50Xhxub
#SystemChange
This is a key step in building a system focused on #Prevention in #GreaterManchester.
Read more: https://ow.ly/wfkn50Xhxub
#SystemChange
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GM Moving’s first Sports Club Conference is coming! 🎉
👉 Connect, learn, and be inspired with other grassroots clubs in Greater Manchester.
👉 Workshops, speakers, and networking to help your club thrive.
📅 2 Nov 2025, MMU, Manchester
Info and £5 tickets: buff.ly/0GOPy7x
👉 Connect, learn, and be inspired with other grassroots clubs in Greater Manchester.
👉 Workshops, speakers, and networking to help your club thrive.
📅 2 Nov 2025, MMU, Manchester
Info and £5 tickets: buff.ly/0GOPy7x
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
GM Moving’s first Sports Club Conference is coming! 🎉
👉 Connect, learn, and be inspired with other grassroots clubs in Greater Manchester.
👉 Workshops, speakers, and networking to help your club thrive.
📅 2 Nov 2025, MMU, Manchester
Info and £5 tickets: buff.ly/0GOPy7x
👉 Connect, learn, and be inspired with other grassroots clubs in Greater Manchester.
👉 Workshops, speakers, and networking to help your club thrive.
📅 2 Nov 2025, MMU, Manchester
Info and £5 tickets: buff.ly/0GOPy7x
@gmmoving.co.uk will be losing a real asset when @joesarling.bsky.social moves to a new role in December, but also someone who's been a huge @bsky.app advocate.
Fingers crossed he'll continue to support #GMMovingInAction on #BlueSky from his new job🤞
Fingers crossed he'll continue to support #GMMovingInAction on #BlueSky from his new job🤞
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@gmmoving.co.uk will be losing a real asset when @joesarling.bsky.social moves to a new role in December, but also someone who's been a huge @bsky.app advocate.
Fingers crossed he'll continue to support #GMMovingInAction on #BlueSky from his new job🤞
Fingers crossed he'll continue to support #GMMovingInAction on #BlueSky from his new job🤞
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Such a pleasure to join the team from @goodgym.bsky.social to show my support for their brilliant ‘Movement for Change’ initiative🏃🏼♀️🏃🏾♂️Getting people active, combatting loneliness & creating connections😊
www.goodgym.org
#Running #Loneliness #Connection #PhysicalHealth #MentalHealth #Community
www.goodgym.org
#Running #Loneliness #Connection #PhysicalHealth #MentalHealth #Community
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Such a pleasure to join the team from @goodgym.bsky.social to show my support for their brilliant ‘Movement for Change’ initiative🏃🏼♀️🏃🏾♂️Getting people active, combatting loneliness & creating connections😊
www.goodgym.org
#Running #Loneliness #Connection #PhysicalHealth #MentalHealth #Community
www.goodgym.org
#Running #Loneliness #Connection #PhysicalHealth #MentalHealth #Community