The Walk to School campaign offers a variety of proven, effective, value-for-money schemes that can help you to meet key government targets and strategic objectives.

Currently 100 local authorities take part in the campaign and it reaches 1.6 million children nationally. To see the impact of the Walk to School campaign and Living Streets’ other work, view our impact report.

We produce resources for school to encourage walking, which local authorities can order directly from us.  Our current range of schemes include:

For Primary & Infant Schools

• WoW (Walk once a Week)
• Walk to School Week (May)
  
• International Walk to School Month (October)  

For Secondary Schools

• Free Your Feet
• Campaign in a Box
• Video Project  

 

Why take part?

Our schemes are proven, simple and cost-effective.  Increased walking to school supports numerous key government objectives in England, such as:  

• Every school to be a healthy school by 2009
• Every school to have a travel plan by 2010
• Every school to become a sustainable school (acting as a model of sustainable travel by 2020)

Strategically, increased walking to school will also help you reach your health based targets.  

Worried about funding?

There are loads of different ways to get involved, as well as lots of ways to fund walking; see how several authorities across the country are funding WoW amongst budget cuts.  

   

Get involved

The best way to get involved is to use our resources and distribute them to schools, all of which you can view and order online.  

Need more help?

Living Streets’ consultancy team has expert knowledge to work with local authorities to promote sustainable travel and healthy lifestyles. We have delivered training, conferences and consultancy advice to professionals around the country to improve their local areas and bring real benefits to communities. Check out our Children and Young People’s Package: http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/our-services/consultancy/     Download