Healthy Towns=Healthy People
A one day conference with workshops on health, walking and the environment; health is all of our business.
15 May 2008
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Make your candidates work for your vote
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Challenge your candidates - May 1 election countdown...
Most people will have found it hard to miss the fact that there are elections for the London Mayor being held on Thursday 1 May. It's a tightly fought contest, which is creating a real buzz that can only be healthy for turnout. But, despite the headlines, it's by no means just about London - elections are being held in 137 English Local Authorities too, as well as all 22 Welsh Unitary Authorities.
10 April 2008
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Streets should be places to play
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Play Strategy: our streets need to be safe for play
Living Streets has welcomed new government proposals to improve our public spaces for children, but now urges a stronger stance to enforce 20mph limits around the UK and improve public spaces for all. Creating new play areas is certainly worthwhile, but misses the real point - children should have the freedom to play in public spaces right across their community, and need action now to make sure our streets are safe places to do that.
3 April 2008
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A new local group ready to fight for Living Streets
Living Streets has got a boost this month with the official creation of a brand new local group, Living Streets Chester and Wirral.
3 April 2008
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Community Engagement Masterclass
A new course for professionals from Living Streets Consultancy Service.
11 March 2008
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Places to go? Place-shaping, safer streets and children conference
Places to go? is a conference organised by Living Streets with Play England, Sustrans and the National Children's Bureau to look at the twin imperatives of creating a
public realm that is enjoyable, healthy and accessible to
children; and environmentally sustainable.
11 March 2008
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Free training for local activists - book your place now
Are you a Living Streets supporter or activist? Would you like some training to become a more effective local campaigner? Well book your place on our free training conference today!
8 February 2008
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Obituary: Hans Monderman, Pioneering Traffic Engineer
Living Streets is saddened to hear of the death of Hans Monderman, one of the pioneers of the "Living Street".
3 February 2008
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Living Streets welcomes NICE guidelines on physical environment
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on promoting and creating built environments that encourage and support physical activity.
23 January 2008
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Walking Routes Around King's Cross & St. Pancras Stations
Transport for London (TfL) has commissioned national public spaces charity Living Streets to carry out a Street Audit of the walking environment area around King's Cross & St. Pancras Stations.
15 January 2008
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A proper knees up for North East residents
Nearly 200 residents from Newsham and New Delaval in Blyth had a Christmas knees up for all the family on Thursday 20 December, with a film showing, bingo, carol singing and an older children's disco.
4 January 2008
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Scarborough street audit
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Living Streets shows the Shadow Transport Minister how to make it even nicer to be beside the seaside in Scarborough
Living Streets have taken Shadow Transport Minister Robert Goodwill MP for a community street audit in his own constituency, the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire.
17 December 2007
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One week left for the early booking discount
New Tools for Walk to School
5th Annual Walk to School Conference |
14 December 2007
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Happy Christmas from Living Streets
The volunteers, staff and trustees of Living Streets would like to wish all our supporters and those we have worked with through the year a happy Christmas. We look forward to working with you in 2008.
12 December 2007
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Post office closures threaten progress on more walking
Local shops and services are vital to the creation of more walkable neighbourhoods. Without access to shops and services within walking distance, people are more likely to drive to out of town shopping centres. Local centres of life in our communities can then decline as a result.
11 December 2007
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5th Annual Walk to School Conference
New Tools for Walk to School
4 December 2007
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Vote for Sustrans' Connect2 in the People's £50 Million Giveaway
Living Streets is urging its supporters to help Sustrans win money for a UK wide project, Connect2, which will transform local travel within 79 communities. Sustrans is competing with 3 other organisations to win a one-off grant of £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund, with the winner to be decided by public vote over the next few weeks.
23 November 2007
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Building Health for Scotland
Living Streets gathered key influential people from around Scotland for a seminar in Holyrood on 14 November, to discuss the links between walking, health and the built environment, and how to create environments fit for walking.
16 November 2007
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Streets need to be accessible to young people says report
A new report from Demos and Play England claims children are being pushed out of public space because of traffic and adult's fear of anti social behaviour.
15 November 2007
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Greek pedestrians' cause gets international publicity
Pedestrian activist groups from around mainland Europe have been highlighted in a fascinating article from the New York Times.
12 November 2007
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