The Greater Manchester Live Well Spring Festival

This is an annual Spring festival all across Greater Manchester for everyone to take part in.

For two weeks, events will pop up in local high streets, community hubs, green spaces, libraries, cafés, youth centres – wherever people come together. Local community groups, neighbourhood organisations, faith groups, volunteers, public services and local leaders have come together to create community events for all to take part in.

Each activity is different, and each one reflects the people, strengths and stories of that place. “Collectively I believe we have genuinely shifted the way we work with communities – moving from doing things for people to working with and alongside them and doing what was needed – handing power to the communities. We are helping to create inclusive, empowered communities that are shaping their own futures. This movement feels strong, powerful and impactful. Together we are bringing about real change and uniting communities across Greater Manchester.” Nadia, from GM Shapers, on the growth of the GM Live Well movement Two weeks. More than 250 activities and events took place in every borough of Greater Manchester for the first ever Live Well Spring Festival.

Communities across Greater Manchester are already bringing Live Well to life every day. This festival is a celebration of that energy – an open invitation to discover what it means to live well in your neighbourhood, with your community and across the vibrant city region.