Walk Ride GM campaigns to make walking, wheeling, cycling and other active travel modes the natural choice for journeys across Greater Manchester. We do this by:
- Campaigning and putting pressure on our political leaders to deliver what they have set out in their strategies
- Supporting the actively engaged in our local communities; encouraging and empowering them to act
Campaigning and advocacy
We build relationships with GM’s authorities at the local area and city-regional levels to inspire progress and positive change. Our approach is to build bridges and act as a critical friend, while providing visioning and defining targets that encourage authorities to enact their own policies.
To find out about our activities and the latest active travel news from Greater Manchester, you can find our blog here.
You can also find out more about our annual campaign priorities here.
Consultations
We support residents to respond to consultations to strive for progress and positive change in our areas. We do this by raising awareness of the consultations as they emerge from the region’s local authorities, and providing reasoned responses as prompts and to help our supporters to raise key points.
We also respond directly to a number of local and regional consultation exercises. Our members attend consultation events across highways and development management schemes and ensure that our goals are represented at all stages.
Local groups
We support local area groups across the region, all campaigning to make their areas better for people living, working or moving around. Information on our local area groups can found here.
If you’re interested to find out more or getting involved with an existing or new local area group, then drop us an email at hello@walkride.org.uk.
News and updates
Walk Ride provides a range of valuable platforms to keep our supporters and the wider population informed and updated about the progress being made towards making walking, wheeling, and cycling the natural choice for short journeys in the region.
You can find links to our social media at the bottom of this page. To be more involved, the Discord group is a great place to meet and chat with our more active members.
Please donate to support our activities
If you value our volunteers’ energy and efforts to make positive changes, please remember we’re operating on the kind donations of a growing number of supporters. Imagine what we could achieve with a few more pennies.
Whether you’re an individual, a business or a philanthropist, we’d welcome any amount as a monthly or one-off contribution to Walk Ride GM’s activities.
If you’re tempted and would like to know what your money would support in the future, feel free to drop us a line at hello@walkridegm.org.uk.
And if you’d like to help but can’t spare a monthly donation, then please recommend our work to your friends, family, or people you meet while out walking, wheeling or cycling – or contact us to find out what you could volunteer to help achieve.