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Local Authorities - what we can do for you

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 1.3 million children nationally.

We produce resources for school to encourage walking, which local authorities can purchase online and use in schools to directly increase walking. Resources are produced for each strand of the campaign, being:

WoW
WoW has been externally evaluated and proven to be effective- see the headline statistics here or download our ‘Why WoW’ sheet for more information on how it meets your objectives.


Struggling to think of ways to fund WoW amid budget cuts? Have a look at what other authorities are doing across the country:

Walk to School Month
Walk to School Month resources can be used throughout the entire school year

Walk to School Week
We have been providing schools and authorities with resources, ideas and themes for Walk to School Week in May for well over a decade.

Why take part?
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 help you reach your health based targets and national indicators, particularly:
• NI 55 (obesity in primary school age children in reception)
• NI 56 (obesity in primary school age children in year 6)
• NI 198 (Children travelling to school- mode of transport usually used)

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.

If you want to see who is doing what in your area, see our interactive map with local events and groups.

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.

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