Making Manchester Fairer Interim Review
Making Manchester Fairer is the city’s five-year strategic approach to tackling health inequalities. The programme launched in 2022 and is informed by the lived experiences and voices of local communities and staff, as well as the wider evidence base regarding effective practice in addressing health inequalities. It is focused on longer term sustainable change to tackle the social determinants of health, with an emphasis on proportionate universalism across programme activities, focusing on equity and ensuring lived experience remains central. The programme sits alongside the Our Manchester strategy[1] and Anti-Poverty strategy[2].
The programme is organised around eight key thematic areas: Early years, children and young people; Poverty, income and debt; Work and employment; Prevention of ill health and preventable deaths; Homes and housing; Places, transport and climate change; Systemic and structural racism and discrimination; and Communities and power[3].
SQW was commissioned by Manchester City Council in August 2024 to conduct a rapid interim review of Making Manchester Fairer, to explore programme progress and emerging achievements two-years on from its inception. The review will seek to understand the extent to which the programme is doing what it said it would, and what difference it is making at this stage.
If you would like to know more about SQW’s review or our wider work on exploring programmes seeking to tackle health inequalities, please contact Lauren Roberts via lroberts@sqw.co.uk.
If you would like to know more about the Making Manchester Fairer programme or its workstreams, please contact Katherine Bird via Katherine.bird@manchester.gov.uk.
[1] Our Manchester Strategy – Forward to 2025 | Our Manchester Strategy – Forward to 2025 | Manchester City Council
[2] Making Manchester Fairer: Anti-Poverty Strategy 2023-2027 | Manchester City Council
[3] MMF Report Summary Sheets Themes Projects 8 themes Acc_v3 | Manchester City Council
