Our steering group is a group of dedicated and passionate volunteers who all want to make Greater Manchester a better place to live by advocating for improvements that make journeys by walking, wheeling, and cycling safer, more accessible, and more pleasant. We steer the GM level activities, as well as working across the region to support the people who volunteer with our local groups to achieve whatever they want to focus on in their areas.
Alison Rennie
Alison is an accountant. She started cycling again about a year ago, and now cycles into work everyday. She’s particularly interested in supporting more women into cycling. Alison is a keen volunteer and enjoys supporting parkrun and local running events. She supports Walk Ride GM with finances and governance.
Ben Horrigan
As a video producer with two young boys, Ben’s cargo trike is usually full of camera kit, children or both. He uses the car sometimes, but walking and cycling are his default options. For Walk Ride GM, Ben looks after all things visual – from social media graphics to short films that tell positive stories about active travel.
Cazz Ward
Cazz works in IT and loves all things technical, particularly cyber security. She cycles when she can and also loves walking out around the glorious countryside of the North West. She manages the tech for Walk Ride GM and is our expert on all things to do with Active Travel to School and School Streets. She’s one of the project managers for our ‘s project lead for The Buzz project.
Harry Gray
Harry coordinates campaigns with partner organisations and handles communications with the public and members. He is Deputy Project Lead on The Buzz, the walking and cycling bus pilot in Manchester and Trafford. He also works freelance as a Policy Associate at Fusion Media, writing reports for clients in the active travel sector, and co-hosts the Moving Up North podcast, which covers active travel and local politics. Outside of active travel, he runs errornogo, a Manchester streetwear brand.
Lorraine Eagling
Lorraine is a maths teacher. She has done lots of work promoting active travel in Urmston and Flixton, coordinating youth travel ambassadors, applying for funding for cycle shelters and inputting to shape the Flixton low traffic neighbourhood scheme. She is also a volunteer on the Urmston Primary School Street.
Sam Hayes
Sam works with communities and community groups in Greater Manchester and beyond helping to empower local voices. He can often be found cycling about Old Trafford on his old squeaky bike. He’s a self-professed fair-weather cyclist, but when not cycling he’s walking to the bus or tram, or running along the canal.