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Want to help make change? Join our steering group!

Do you want to see a greater shift to walking or cycling across Greater Manchester? Do you wish to get more involved in actively making change? Do you want to be part of a group of like minds? Do you have connections and skills that you would like to use to help make change? Walk […]

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Campaigns Events Public Transport

Your questions answered: Mayoral candidates on how they would make region cleaner, greener, safer

MAYORAL HUSTINGS ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, 22 APRIL 2021. Candidates from the four main parties were invited; Andy Burnham (Labour), Melanie Horrocks (Green) and Simon Lepori (Lib Dem) attended. (Laura Evans (Conservative) did not respond to invitations). We asked the three candidates 11 questions on behalf of people in Great Manchester ahead of elections on Thurs […]

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Jobs

SHORT-FORM FILM / VIDEOGRAPHERS WANTED FOR COMMUNITY COMMISSION

OUR STREETS CHORLTON SHORT-FORM FILM BRIEF Our Streets Chorlton is a 12-month community-led project in south Manchester to understand how to help decrease carbon emissions by enabling Chorlton people to reduce local and short car journeys.   Opportunity We are seeking a filmmaker / small production company to work with our project and community representatives […]

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Campaigns Events Public Transport Surveys

Cleaner, Greener, Safer, Fairer: 10 ways for Greater Manchester’s new mayor to transform travel

We believe that walking, cycling and public transport have a key role to play in tackling the challenges of post-pandemic recovery and our environmental crisis, and that this is a top priority in Greater Manchester’s May elections. We’ve teamed up with a range of other organisations* to create a manifesto for what the new mayor […]

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Jobs

Website brief: opportunity to create new website for climate action community project

About ‘Our Streets Chorlton’ We are entering the delivery phase of a one-year community-led, National Lottery funded scheme set up by the Chorlton Climate Action Partnership (CCAP) to help create positive change to help reduce the need and desire to use a car, making the neighbourhood safer, greener, less polluted and congested.    The scheme will […]

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Consultation

Pavement Parking: our big chance to get this scourge stopped!

The deadline for responses to the consultation on pavement parking in England is fast approaching. (11.59pm, Sunday 22 November 2020). COMPLETE THE CONSULTATION HERE Please do send in your comments to support for a ban on vehicles parking on footways, as we won’t get anther chance any time soon. Scotland has a ban. London has […]

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Consultation Cycling Public Transport Walking

Manchester City Centre Transport consultation response: Walk Ride urges bolder, faster changes with clear rollout plan

Manchester City Council is to be congratulated for its draft City Centre Transport Strategy  – which is open for comment until Wed 4 Nov and you feedback here.  Walk Ride GM is broadly very supportive of the principles and proposals – but we urge a more detailed timeline that brings key proposals forward and commits […]

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Bee Network Campaigns Surveys

WHAT DO YOU THINK? How’s the plan going to transform walking and cycling in Greater Manchester?

It’s been three years since walking and cycling Commissioner Chris Boardman’s vision and plan to transform walking & cycling in Greater Manchester was agreed by the GM Combined Authority* – so we thought it would be a good time to take a temperature check via a survey. Please tell us via our anonymous questionnaire – […]

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Bee Network Campaigns

BEE NETWORK’S THREE-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT: THE WALKRIDE GM VIEW 

The recent news that the Bee Network is upping the pace shows, we hope, that we are entering a new phase of delivery of walking and cycling in Greater Manchester. While announcements included no new schemes, no new money – and were essentially a recap of 26 previously announced schemes – this is a welcome new focus on […]

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Jobs

Design brief: Opportunity to create project identity with the Chorlton Climate Action Partnership

WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH A DESIGNER OR DESIGN TEAM ON AN EXCITING PROJECT IN SOUTH MANCHESTER…

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Community Projects Co-ordinators (Active Travel)

THE POSTS BELOW ARE NOW CLOSED. The Partnership will be recruiting two new posts, one with Groundwork and one with WalkRide, to form the project team and: Develop and deliver high quality community led projects within the Chorlton Climate Action Partnership work programme, ensuring impact targets are achieved and projects are delivered within budget and […]

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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Walk Ride GM in new community partnership for low-traffic community project in South Manchester

Chorlton community group wins £200,000 from National Lottery Climate Fund to help it kickstart a clean, green future A group of Chorlton residents have teamed up to win just over £200,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund’s brand-new Climate Action Fund to get their local area ‘back on its feet’ after COVID-19 through people-powered transport. […]