Living Streets, the national charity behind the Walk to School campaign, is receiving funding from Scottish Government during 2011/12 to increase walking to school levels at a small number of primary and secondary schools through our successful walking promotion schemes, in partnership with the active schools and school travel coordinator networks or through other local coordinators.

The Walk Once a Week (WoW) scheme rewards children at primary schools who ‘walk once a week’ with highly collectable pin badges every month. Progress is recorded weekly by the teacher or, even better, a pupil monitor, using a monthly class wallchart.

Independent evaluation demonstrated that WoW schools had above average walking and nearly a fifth of the primary school students reported that they started walking because of the WoW scheme. The Free Your Feet week-long walking challenge at secondary schools is proven to increase the walking mode share. The scheme has grown significantly with 307 schools across England and over 300,000 students taking part in 2011.

Commonwealth Games and Sport Minister,
Shona Robison MSP walks to St Andrew’s
Primary School, Midlothian in Walk to
School Month in October.

Secondary Schools taking part in Free Your Feet:

Lasswade High School; Newbattle Community High School; North Berwick High School; Kirkcaldy High School; Dumfries High School; Wallace High School, Stirling; Elgin Academy; Elgin High School; Broxburn Academy; Linlithgow Academy; St Joseph's College Dumfries; Baldragon Academy Dundee; Morgan Academy; Broughty Ferry; St John's High School Dundee; Maxwelltown High School Dumfries; Uddingston Grammar School; George Heriot's School Edinburgh; Stewarton Academy; Hillhead High School Glasgow.

Primary Schools taking part in WoW:

St Andrew's PS, Gorebridge; Sacred Heart PS, Penicuik; East Linton PS; Campie PS, Musselburgh; Haddington Infant PS; West Barns PS, nr Dunbar; Iona PS; Lochnell PS, Connel; Rhu PS, nr Helensburgh; Tayvallich PS, nr Lochgilphead; Highlanders' Academy (PS), Greenock.

For more information on WoW, Free Your Feet and free handy ideas and tips on promoting active travel to school or to get a Step By Step guide to WoW, use this website or contact us at:

scotland@livingstreets.org.uk

To contact the Walk to school team on any other matter, email walktoschool@livingstreets.org.uk.