The GM Ageing Hub will be refreshing the Greater Manchester Age-friendly Strategy in 2023. At the start of 2023, we focussed on engagement with stakeholders and experts across the city region, and now we want to hear from a range of other people across Greater Manchester.
The refreshed Strategy will give an overview of current demographic trends, as well as the key challenges and opportunities for Greater Manchester in becoming an exemplar age-friendly city region. This is...More
Our Fire Cover and Special Appliances Reviews set out a series of proposed changes to make sure our resources are used in the most effective and efficient way. We have used extensive data and insight to develop a range of proposals to build a stronger, more resilient fire and rescue service. Our proposals aim to maintain the highest levels of safety and lowest levels of risk to the communities of Greater Manchester.
The first of our four-yearly Fire Cover Reviews recently...More
Greater Manchester is proposing two equal pathways for young people when they make their GCSE choices – one academic and one focussed on technical, offering a clear pathway into good work.
As part of the Trailblazer Devolution Deal, Greater Manchester will have further oversight of post-16 technical skills, allowing local leaders to work with government in new ways to better shape how the city-region supports the many young people in GM who want to take a...More
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) are working with DJS Research, an independent research agency, to carry out a survey with residents to understand their experiences of renting a home in the private sector.
This means - tenants who rent from a private landlord, such as a private individual, either directly or through a letting agent, or via a private company such as your employer or provider of student accommodation (rather than the council or a housing association). The...More
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service are having a major overhaul of some of its fire stations to make sure that they are fit for the future.
One of the stations that is being improved is Stockport Community Fire Station on King Street West. We are proposing to build a brand new fire station on the existing site over the next year.
If you want to know more before you complete this survey, then come to our drop-in session between 4.30pm - 7pm on 13th June 2023, at the...More
The GMDPP is made up of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO- organisations majority run and staffed by disabled people) across GM and is now in its fifth year. It operates at the highest strategic level with the GM Mayor Andy Burnham and the GM Combined Authority to advise, consult, influence, and create policy with the aim to improve the lives of disabled people throughout GM. It was created after DPO’s led by the GM Coalition of Disabled People gained agreement to a disabled...More