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Therme Manchester has been announced as Social Values Partner for the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress taking place at The Lowry in MediaCity Salford, Greater Manchester on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th October 2025.

Produced in partnership with Salford City Council and MediaCity, Healthy City Design brings together UK and global leaders, including designers, developers and investors together with public health and community voices to explore how cities can evolve to support human and environmental wellbeing. It is a platform for exchanging ideas, discussing research and policy, and developing innovative practices and core competencies for creating urban environments and infrastructure that support physical and mental wellbeing, health equity, and planetary health.

Therme Group is a global wellbeing leader with an inclusive vision of ‘Wellbeing for All’. As part of its commitment, Therme is funding 20 places for local community representatives to attend the congress. This will ensure that people whose voices are often missing from these discussions can actively participate, share their experiences, and help shape the future of healthier, more inclusive cities.

The partnership with Healthy Cities Design reflects Therme’s mission to redefine sponsorship by creating direct benefits for communities, rather than limiting impact to traditional branding.

Professor David Russell, CEO of Therme UK said: “We wanted our partnership with the Healthy City Design to go beyond the old-fashioned sponsorship model. By supporting 20 local community members to attend, we are ensuring that voices which really matter to the future of urban wellbeing are heard. For us, this is about building healthier, more human cities – starting with people.”

Founding director of Healthy City Design, Marc Sansom said: “In a time of challenging social and political disconnection, it is more important than ever to give communities a voice in how their cities are being planned. New innovative developments like Therme Manchester demonstrate how health and wellbeing can be accessible to everyone, helping to address health inequalities at the same time as driving growth in the local economy.”

Therme Manchester will be the UK’s first urban wellbeing destination, set within a vast tropical environment at TraffordCity, Manchester. Designed as a new form of social infrastructure, the resort will be as essential to the region as cultural and leisure landmarks such as theatres, museums, sports complexes and parks.

Welcoming over 2 million guests annually, Therme Manchester is projected to generate £4.52bn in gross economic contribution and £3.55bn in social value, with improved physical health as the largest contributor. More than a visitor attraction, the resort aims to become a beacon of wellbeing in Greater Manchester – developing skills, generating jobs, and creating opportunities that positively impact people and communities for generations.

Visitors to the resort will enjoy a year-round 33°C climate with warm lagoons, botanical gardens and diverse wellbeing experiences – from saunas, steam rooms and spa therapies to wave pools, water slides and healthy food curated by top chefs, nutritionists and sustainability experts.

Therme Manchester’s official ‘Beyond Groundbreaking’ launch event took place on September 12^th.