A Cabinet took place this morning at 10 am on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, to discuss the allocation of funding from Greater Manchester Live Well Implementation Support Fund.

The City Mayor, Paul Dennett, approved the use of the £941,000 funding allocated to Salford from the Greater Manchester Live Well Implementation Support Fund towards the local rollout of the Live Well programme.

50% of this funding (£470,500) is to go to the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE),  going to Salford CVS to be used for supporting the ‘places’ element of the work.

The remaining 50% of the funding (£470,500) is to be invested in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector-led Wellbeing Matters social prescribing programme, managed by Salford CVS.

Mr Dennett approved that ‘Salford is well placed to implement the key principles of the Greater Manchester Live Well programme’ and they will be implemented through five existing workstreams.

The first is the approach to the prevention programme, which aims to build and strengthen prevention and early intervention across the city, working together with partners and communities.

The second is the Ignite programme, which aims to deliver a new targeted prevention model for adult social care to prevent, reduce, and delay the need for a Care Act assessment.

The third workstream is the Salford Locality Health and Care Neighbourhoods Transformation Group, which aims to deliver more safe, effective, and integrated neighbourhood services (as part of the NHS’s Ten Year Health Plan).

The fourth is the council’s work implementing the Greater Manchester Economic Inactivity Trailblazer programme, through Elevate Salford and the Salford Employment Hub, which is delivering positive results in supporting more people on a pathway into work.

The final workstream is the council’s WorkWell Vanguard Service, which is providing evidence-based support to individuals with their occupational health needs and to overcome barriers to work.

The options considered and rejected were: not to accept this grant and invest this money in Salford.

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