EQUALITIES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Following our recent presentation at the Neighbourhoods Staff Conference we wanted to share some more detail on the work we do across the city in support of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Manchester Active’s approaches everything we do, whether in the sport, leisure, physical activity or health space, through a ‘social model’ of inclusion.
We maintain that social barriers such as environment, attitudes toward physical activity and institutions are often what prevent people from participating, not their personal characteristics.
Through the ‘Making Manchester Fairer’ Strategy, we know Sport & Physical Activity has a role to play in helping Manchester’s diverse communities overcome barriers to participation in physical activity.
Manchester active strives to ensure residents to become active in their neighbourhoods and communities, in whatever form or way works for them.
Targeted provision is delivered to support our diverse communities to access sport & physical activity. This provision is built around grass-roots activity to celebrate the diversity of Manchester residents.
We aim to meet the needs of all residents. However we also recognise we cannot make all the changes that everyone wants to see. It is therefore vital that views and needs of our residents remain a key part of developing the provision, helping us to provide the right range of services fit for Manchester residents.
With the above in mind we updated our Equality Impact Assessment for leisure centre services to ensure leisure centres meet the needs of all communities’.
PROGRAMME HEADLINES
Over 220 targeted free or low cost sessions delivered for under represented groups deliver in leisure centre including Over 60’s, Women & Girls, Under 16’s, LGBT.
5 LGBTQ Sports Clubs based in leisure centres (Squash, tennis, badminton, swimming, water polo).
Over 100 children attended SEND Family Sport & Physical Activity Taster Days in 2023/24.
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY
Being inclusive means creating a welcoming environment and sense of belonging for all of our residents.
As such we:
– Consider accessibility at design stage of capital programmes.
– All new leisure facilities and refurbished facilities now have Changing places installed.
– All new leisure facilities and refurbished facilities have both single sex toilets along with non binary toilets.
– All community leisure centres have village changing facilities that accommodate under represented communities, single sex changing is also available for those who want discretionary facilities.
– Pool Pods for ease of access are installed at Moss side Leisure Centre, Manchester Aquatics Centre, Abraham Moss.
In our society, we know that some groups of people experience discrimination and face additional barriers in all kinds of areas from access to services to experiencing greater levels of poverty and worse health outcomes. A number of these groups are protected by the Equality Act 2010 and are known as protected characteristics.
The protected characteristics are:
– Age
– Disability
– Gender reassignment
– Marriage and civil partnership
– Pregnancy and maternity
– Race
– Religion or belief
– Sex
– Sexual orientation
Only through committed, collective action will we ensure that no Mancunian is left out in the cold.
If you would like to learn more or would like support from Manchester Active please contact our Widening Participation lead via email at o.wray@mcractive.com
EQUALITIES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Following our recent presentation at the Neighbourhoods Staff Conference we wanted to share some more detail on the work we do across the city in support of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Manchester Active’s approaches everything we do, whether in the sport, leisure, physical activity or health space, through a ‘social model’ of inclusion.
We maintain that social barriers such as environment, attitudes toward physical activity and institutions are often what prevent people from participating, not their personal characteristics.
Through the ‘Making Manchester Fairer’ Strategy, we know Sport & Physical Activity has a role to play in helping Manchester’s diverse communities overcome barriers to participation in physical activity.
Manchester active strives to ensure residents to become active in their neighbourhoods and communities, in whatever form or way works for them.
Targeted provision is delivered to support our diverse communities to access sport & physical activity. This provision is built around grass-roots activity to celebrate the diversity of Manchester residents.
We aim to meet the needs of all residents. However we also recognise we cannot make all the changes that everyone wants to see. It is therefore vital that views and needs of our residents remain a key part of developing the provision, helping us to provide the right range of services fit for Manchester residents.
With the above in mind we updated our Equality Impact Assessment for leisure centre services to ensure leisure centres meet the needs of all communities’.
PROGRAMME HEADLINES
Over 220 targeted free or low cost sessions delivered for under represented groups deliver in leisure centre including Over 60’s, Women & Girls, Under 16’s, LGBT.
5 LGBTQ Sports Clubs based in leisure centres (Squash, tennis, badminton, swimming, water polo).
Over 100 children attended SEND Family Sport & Physical Activity Taster Days in 2023/24.
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY
Being inclusive means creating a welcoming environment and sense of belonging for all of our residents.
As such we:
– Consider accessibility at design stage of capital programmes.
– All new leisure facilities and refurbished facilities now have Changing places installed.
– All new leisure facilities and refurbished facilities have both single sex toilets along with non binary toilets.
– All community leisure centres have village changing facilities that accommodate under represented communities, single sex changing is also available for those who want discretionary facilities.
– Pool Pods for ease of access are installed at Moss side Leisure Centre, Manchester Aquatics Centre, Abraham Moss.
In our society, we know that some groups of people experience discrimination and face additional barriers in all kinds of areas from access to services to experiencing greater levels of poverty and worse health outcomes. A number of these groups are protected by the Equality Act 2010 and are known as protected characteristics.
The protected characteristics are:
– Age
– Disability
– Gender reassignment
– Marriage and civil partnership
– Pregnancy and maternity
– Race
– Religion or belief
– Sex
– Sexual orientation
Only through committed, collective action will we ensure that no Mancunian is left out in the cold.
If you would like to learn more or would like support from Manchester Active please contact our Widening Participation lead via email at o.wray@mcractive.com
