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Media coverage for Walk to School Week

New Government report about the state of school travel

On 22 March 2009, the Transport Select Committee launched their report into school travel in the UK (report HC 351). Hear Tony Armstrong discuss some of the issues raised by the report on Jeremy Vine's BBC2 radio show.

BBC Radio 2

Walk to School Month, Oct 2008

We launched new research which shows the UK is breeding a generation of couch potato parents who don't teach their kids how to be active. Look and listen to some of the coverage here:

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BBC Radio Cornwall

BBC Radio Leeds

BBC Radio Shropshire

Pirate Radio FM

Walk to School Week, May 2008

We marked the start of Walk to School Week with the launch of our report Backseat Children. We were featured on BBC Breakfast, Five Live and at least 25 local radio stations. Have a look at other articles here:

Daily Mail
Scotland on Sunday
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Warrington Guardian
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Bicester Advertiser
East Anglian Daily Times
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Daily Post (Wales)
The News (Portsmouth)
The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent)

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Living Streets, the national charity behind the Walk to School campaign is urging parents to be more proactive in the face of the new "plus size" clothing range for toddlers and young children launched by retailers such as Marks and Spencer.

Funding crisis cuts STAs
As the charity behind the national walk to school campaign, Living Streets is alarmed to hear that local authorities are considering cutting school travel advisor posts in Spring 2011, when central funding ends as part of the government’s cost-saving activities.

Parents fear unlikely abduction over the more likely health threat of inactive lifestyles
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