Join us for a day of interactive learning, co-design, showcasing and celebration – centred on lived experience and intersectional practice.
Agenda and schedule will be shared in the month leading up to the Conference
Join the Greater Manchester Equality Alliance for the GM=EqAl's Conference 2026 for Equity By Design: Practice Through Lived Experience – a full day of earnest joy, reflections and practical learning. The Greater Manchester Equality Alliance are bringing together community leaders, lived-experience partners, commissioners and practitioners to explore how we can design more equitable systems with and through lived expertise.
Throughout the day, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Shape the future of community wellbeing in Greater Manchester by feeding into GM=EqAl’s role in the Live Well: Spaces of Hope and Connection programme.
- Gain practical insights from Year 1 of the Inclusion and Wellbeing Fund – and influence Year 2, funded by the Live Well Community Fund.
- Discover how GM=EqAl can strengthen your work, explore ways to join the Network and Working Group, and connect with others committed to equity and belonging.
- Build your confidence in using Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) tools by learning about the resources currently in development and contributing to the creation of practical, lived‑experience‑informed EIA tools.
- Immerse yourself in a 2‑hour Voice of Lived Experience Seminar, offering space for courageous listening, insight, and applied learning.
- The event will also celebrate community impact with performances and showcases from projects funded by the Inclusion and Wellbeing Fund.
This event will include a mix of plenaries, parallel sessions and hands-on design labs. We will capture outputs and named commitments for follow‑up.