The Inspired Taskforce is a community organisation peer-led by a Board of 7 local older people. It has been established for the last 3 years as a capacity building ‘outcome’ of the former Inspired People’s Project, based at Levenshulme Inspire. From 1st January 2020, the Taskforce took on the responsibility of employing staff and organising its 10 weekly activity groups for older people held at the Inspire Centre. The groups were attended by between 100 and 140 older people each week.

The Inspired Taskforce has a proud record of campaigning for the local area to become more age-friendly and were instrumental in achieving an Age-Friendly award for Levenshulme in 2019 (from the Mayor Andy Burnham), working alongside the many other local older people groups and services. The Inspired Taskforce works in a formal partnership with 5 other community organisations (and the wider age-friendly network) that provide essential services and for older people. These are Levenshulme Inspire, Levenshulme Good Neighbours, Gorton Visual Arts, Debdale Bowling Club and All FM.

Today, The Inspired Taskforce focus is primaraily on social inclusion in older people through regular activity. From Exercise classes to improve mobility to social eating luncheon clubs with a secondaryobjective of tackling the cost of living crisis.