Get your community fitter for walking
Living Streets works with local communities to improve local environments and get more people out walking. Focused on enabling communities, our work gives people the skills to improve their surroundings and the opportunity to achieve Living Streets awards.
We're pleased to present the findings of an in depth independent evaluation of our work in communities, conducted by the British Heart Foundation National Centre (BHFNC) at Loughborough University.
Based on the evidence of the report, BHFNC were able to recommend that the project model be expanded to other communities in the UK as an approach to community engagement, increasing social interaction and improving the environment to promote walking.
On the basis of this and positive feedback from partners, Living Streets has developed a package available to commissioners looking to achieve similar outcomes in their area. For more information contact Simon Bromhead on 0191 245 7327, or email simon.bromhead@livingstreets.org.uk.
For more on how Living Streets has helped communities transform their walking environments and get more people out on foot, have a look at the links below.
Watch Our Living Streets
Living Streets works with local communities to help them to improve the local environment and get more people out walking.
Watch our short film to find out how some of the neighbourhoods we've worked with across England have created safe, vibrant streets and spaces in their community. Click on a region above to watch footage from a community near you.
About the awards
Living Streets awards are presented to neighbourhoods, groups and individuals that have successfully promoted safe, vibrant streets and public spaces. Neighbourhoods must demonstrate progress against the following criteria:
1. Make the environment fitter for walking
2. People have walked more
3. A community working together
4. A commitment to sustaining progress
The winners of our awards have displayed creativity, community spirit and determination in seeing their projects through from start to finish.
Contact our team
If you'd like to find out more, please contact Project Manager Jack Skillen on 020 73774912 / 07590 048493 or by email at jack.skillen@livingstreets.org.uk.
About the project
Living Streets' work with communities is part of a portfolio of projects being delivered by a Consortium of the leading walking, cycling and health organisations and funded through the Big Lottery Fund's Wellbeing Programme. The Programme provides funding to support the development of healthier lifestyles and to improve well-being.