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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’

2021

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

2019

2018

A group of Elephants walking together.

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’
A mother and baby Elephant.

2015