1.16% 0.66% Black British or Black: African Asian British or Asian: Other 0.99% 1.06% Asian British or Asian: Chinese 0.50% 0.97% 0.17% 1.67% Black British or Black: Caribbean 0.00% 1.27% Asian British or Asian: Bangladeshi Black British or Black: Other 0.00% 0.43% 0.00% 0.06% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.50% Rather not say Table 2: Breakdown of gateway questionnaire respondents by ethnic background. The employment status of our participants Majority of our participants (79.34%) are employed and around 11% aren’t working due to disability, ill health or being retired (see figure 8). Fig 8. A figure to show the employment status of those who responded to the gateway questionnaire. Employment in public/non-profit sector 56.03% of participants identified themselves as employees in the public or non-profit sectors and 43.97% did not. Participants willing to be contacted for future online workshops 87.11% of participants confirmed they can be contacted for Devolution Manchester’s future workshops. Online workshop Overview “health Ultimately, a key ambition of the Partnership is to help shift the and well-being curve” of the – entire region in a positive direction enhancing the mean level of welling of 2.7+ million people. As presented in our last project with the GMHSC Partnership (see “average www.TakingChargeTogether.org.uk), the narrative” of Greater Manchester shows us that majority GM citizens want to get more active. Yet, they said the following factors prevent them from taking charge: lack of time, lack of confidence and self-belief, and local leisure facilities and parks. This said, the average person appears to be open to low-cost, simple, high-impact ways of achieving ‘more their active’ outcomes. Given this backdrop, on 17th June we launched a second, focused,
Black British or Black: African 1.16% 0.66% Asian British or Asian: Other 0.99% 1.06% Asian British or Asian: Chinese 0.50% 0.97% Black British or Black: Caribbean 0.17% 1.67% Asian British or Asian: Bangladeshi 0.00% 1.27% Black British or Black: Other 0.00% 0.43% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.00% 0.06% Rather not say 0.50% Table 2: Breakdown of gateway questionnaire respondents by ethnic background. The employment status of our participants Majority of our participants (79.34%) are employed and around 11% aren’t working due to disability, ill health or being retired (see figure 8). Fig 8. A figure to show the employment status of those who responded to the gateway questionnaire. Employment in public/non-profit sector 56.03% of participants identified themselves as employees in the public or non-profit sectors and 43.97% did not. Participants willing to be contacted for future online workshops 87.11% of participants confirmed they can be contacted for Devolution Manchester’s future workshops. Online workshop Overview Ultimately, a key ambition of the Partnership is to help shift the “health and well-being curve” of the entire region in a positive direction – enhancing the mean level of welling of 2.7+ million people. As presented in our last project with the GMHSC Partnership (see www.TakingChargeTogether.org.uk), the “average narrative” of Greater Manchester shows us that majority GM citizens want to get more active. Yet, they said the following factors prevent them from taking charge: lack of time, lack of confidence and self-belief, and local leisure facilities and parks. This said, the average person appears to be open to low-cost, simple, high-impact ways of achieving their ‘more active’ outcomes. Given this backdrop, on 17th June we launched a second, focused,
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