Clubs and organisations

• Resources to facilitate walking in your community can be found here. 
• Resources to support people to move more at work can be found here. 
• Support for families to keep their young children moving can be found here. 
• Information and guidance to support older adults can be found here.

• Activity Alliance – The leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity.
  • Inclusive Activity Programme - Training that equips community groups, volunteers, coaches & health workers with the skills to engage disabled people and people with long-term health conditions more effectively in activities.
  • Delivering an excellent service to disabled customers - provides practical advice , skills, knowledge and confidence to create welcoming and accessible leisure environments.
• Autism Training Resources - a series of online training resources and booklets to increase awareness, and understanding of autism and enable frontline staff to better recognise and respond more effectively to the needs of adults with autism.
• Dance Syndrome - We provide high quality inclusive dance leadership, participation, performance and training opportunities for both learning disabled and non-disabled individuals and our company of dancers. All dance activity is led and informed by people with learning disabilities.
• Disability Awareness Resources - free resources to help make you or your organisation more accessible and inclusive for your disabled employees and customers.
• Gendered Intelligence - a registered charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people.
• Guidance for Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport - Developed by the Sports Councils’ Equality Group (SCEG), made up of representatives from each of the four Sports Councils in the UK including Sport England, nine resources have been released to support the sector to transgender inclusion.
• Club Matters LGBT+ Inclusivity Page - Developed with input from Pride Sports and Stonewall, the page helps clubs and groups understand the role they can play in helping to address the  challenges faced by LGBT+ people and what they can do to being more inclusive. 
• Pride in Our Workforce Resources - A two part resource including an introductory guide, of tips and recommendations, and a set of scenario slides for you to work through on your own or with your team or colleagues.
• GMCVO Toolkits - Visit GMVCO for a list of toolkits for tackling inequality, engaging with young people and other support, including:  
  • Toolkit for Inclusion in Practice - The toolkit can be read as an independent document or used as a companion document to our recent practical model for ensuring equality in community development work, A Spatial Approach to Working with Marginalised Communities.
  • Toolkit for Inclusive Language - The GM Equality Alliance (GM=EqAl) is a coalition of organisations and individuals drawn from a wide range of communities of experience across Greater Manchester who have created inclusive language guidance for Race, Disability, Sex and Gender, Faith and Belief, Age, and Sexual Orientation
• Sporting Equals - They exist to promote ethnic diversity across sport and physical activity by raising awareness, empowering individuals and communities, and supporting policy-makers and delivery bodies.
• Coaching for All Toolkit: The Coaching For All Toolkit has been designed to support aspiring coaches from ethnically diverse backgrounds with knowledge, information and guidance to develop your role as a coach. It also contains key tips on getting into coaching! 
• Connecting BAME Social Entrepreneurs: a Greater Manchester (GM) level programme aimed at connecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME*) social entrepreneurs to opportunities for development and growth.
• Greater Manchester BAME Network - Its aim is to provide networking opportunities and better access to knowledge, information and support for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME*) and refugee VCSE sector organisations across Greater Manchester.
• Club Matters Inclusion Workshops – Everybody should feel comfortable to take part in sport and physical activity in whatever way works for them, including in a club or group setting. There are workshops to support Creating an Inclusive Culture & Understanding Different Audiences.
• Working With Underserved Communities - Designed in collaboration with StreetGame, through this free module, you will explore some of the barriers and motivations to engaging with people from 'underserved communities'. You'll take away practical ideas to apply to your setting. The module is 45 minutes long, with resources and links to support your learning.
• Women in Sport - Their purpose is to give every woman and girl the opportunity to take part in sport and inspire her to do so.
• Flourish – Ecosystem support for Women - Flourish Together provide an ecosystem of support for women and seek to work with people who share our values, are experts by experience, strong advocates for social change and want to form part of our nurturing environment
• Women Who Coach Toolkit: Learn from empowering female role models and leading experts and be inspired to take that first step on your rewarding journey.
• Engaging youth voice - A range of resources to support the engagement of children and young people in the development of physical activity opportunities for them.

• Bury Live Well Service
• Bolton Sport and Active Living Team
• MCRActive – Manchester
• Oldham Council
• Rochdale Council Sport and Fitness
• Salford Sports Network
• Sport Stockport
• Tameside Sport & Physical Activity Network
• Trafford
• Be Well Wigan

• Bury
• Bolton
• Manchester
• Oldham
• Rochdale
• Salford
• Stockport
• Tameside
• Trafford
• Wigan

• National Governing Bodies will be able to provide support – for a full list, see here
• Visit Club Matters for Support with a range of things including welfare and safeguarding; future planning; facility development; volunteering; financial management; governance and more.
• Sported - Helping community groups survive, to help young people thrive
• UK Coaching Coach Learning Framework - made up of nine themes that can be used as a framework to help all levels of coaches learn how to deliver great coaching experiences for all, regardless of the sport or physical activity that you coach in.
• The Black Swimming Association - People of African, Caribbean and Asian heritage have historically been precluded from aquatics. The barriers communities face are often entrenched and complex, which has resulted in a lack of education in water safety and drowning prevention. The BSA aims to challenge the negative stigmas, narratives and relationships that people from African, Caribbean and Asian communities have with the water.

• Sport and Recreation Volunteering Portal - join their network and promote your volunteer opportunities 
• Reach Volunteering Portal - Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity and the UK’s single biggest source of trustees for the voluntary sector. 
• Vinspired Volunteer Portal - a UK-wide youth volunteering programme that provides young people aged 14-30 with access to thousands of opportunities with non-profit organisations and charities so that they can broaden their experience and make a positive difference by taking action to help others.
• Sport England's Volunteering Research Webpage - The latest research and insights into sport and activity volunteering. Including reports into: diversity and inclusion, active lives data, the benefits of volunteering, motivations of volunteers, club volunteering,  major events, innovations, and coaching. 
• Get Out Get Active Volunteer Management Toolkit - Everyone should have the ability to access volunteering opportunities. Created in partnership with Volunteering Matters, the information in the Get Out Get Active (GOGA) Volunteer Management Toolkit provides organisations with a step-by-step guide to building an inclusive volunteer programme. 
• England Football Volunteering Webpage - If you're a football club, visit England Football for bespoke training and volunteering support.

• NSPCC Event Safeguarding Checklist
• NSPCC Safe Sports Events Management Tool

Volunteers and Coaches play a key role in supporting communities to improve their mental health and many of them report being underprepared, lack sufficient confidence and skills to act, and require additional training to support the mental health. Take a look at the offers below to tackle some of these challanges:

• Head to the Local Support Tab above and connect with your local VCSE organisation, local authority or leisure team to find out use the support and networks are in your area
• Mind's Mental health awareness for sport and physical activity + eLearning - this online course will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to better understand and support people living with mental health problems, and create a positive environment that ensures they enjoy the benefits of being active and keep coming back for more.
• Moving for Mental Health Report from Mind and Sport for Development Coalition Report - Produced to help inform Government policy and promote the benefits of community-based physical activity for everyone and to support and inspire public bodies, funders, commissioners and policy makers as well as community-based programme providers aiming to enhance the impact of movement for mental health.
• Mind Mental Health and Physical Activity Toolkit - to increase the number of sport, physical activity and mental health providers who are equipped with the knowledge and skills to support and engage people experiencing mental health problems in physical activity.
• Duty to Care Toolkit and Digital Badge - This toolkit will equip coaches with the knowledge and skills to provide great coaching experiences to others, as well as support coaches to begin to better look after themselves.