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2024
- Production of three videos about community action, community wealth and community power for Live Well in Greater Manchester
- Public launch of learning from and offer by the Elephants Trail
- Launch of two new films with The Guardian, as part of its Made in Britain series
2023
- End of Elephants Trail activity in Bury
- Discussion with Greater Manchester Combined Authority on a system-wide business case for better outcomes for people experiencing multiple disadvantage
- Keep Following the Trail film launched
- Governance review of the Elephants Trail
2022
- Made in Britain evaluation report for The Guardian Foundation
- Dream Weavers gathering – Greater Manchester Systems Changers festival
- Locality plan framework developed
- Service level agreement with Rochdale Borough Council for 2022-2024
- Evolution plan for the Elephants Trail
- Joint event between Elephants Trail groups from Bury and Rochdale
- Start of evolution towards ‘mainstreaming’
2020
- Development
- Start of engagement in legislative theatre
- Distribution of COVID-19 emergency funding from Lankelly Chase Foundation to disabled people’s organisations and domestic abuse organisations across Greater Manchester
- Start of engagement with The Guardian
- COVID-19 pandemic – shift to online and community activity
- Where Are We Now? – evaluation by Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
- Start of Elephants Trail activity in Bury and in Rochdale borough
2017
- Exploratory discussion with Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Publication of the Elephants principles in Working Together to Tackle Disadvantage
- Final Elephants event
- Project review and planning next steps
- Elephants learning event
- Elephants project groups formed
2016
- First events on overcoming the barriers to effective relationships between decision-makers and people with lived experience
- Elephants project team formed around systems change on multiple disadvantage in Greater Manchester
- ‘Ideas generation’
