Learn about the work happening within Stockport to support active lives for all
Stockport is estimated to be home to over 288,700 people The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England (November 2019-Nov 2020) shows that 73.8% of adults in Stockport are active for at least 30 minutes a week, this equates to 174,400 adults moving. However this is a decrease of 3,600 from 12 months ago and we need to all keep working together to support active lives for all in Stockport.
Learn more about Stockport adults activity levels related to key demographic data such as gender, age and disability here.
Active Lives data (academic year 2019-20) also shows that *63.4% of children and young people in Greater Manchester are moving, achieving at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day. In Stockport 71.1% children and young people are moving 30 mins + per day.
For more information about children and young people’s physical activity levels in Stockport, click here.
*Borough Level Data: Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution, Covid-19 had a significant impact on data collection and the caveats for the data can be found here.
Stockport’s Life Leisure has been shortlisted for two ukactive Awards with Greater Manchester's Wythenshawe Forum also nominated.
Confidence Walks are supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to start a more active lifestyle.
A collaboration of partners is seeking to improve the connections between GPs and local voluntary opportunities.