About Fitter for Walking
At Living Streets, we think our streets should be safe, attractive and enjoyable places where people want to walk. We also believe that you know your streets best. With this in mind, we work with local communities to make them Fitter for Walking, to improve the local environment and get more people out walking. Focused on enabling communities, it gives people the skills to improve their surroundings.
Fitter for Walking can help your community:
• Conduct audits of the pedestrian environment;
• Liaise with local organisations and authorities;
• Promote local walks;
• Provide you with easy, effective ideas to help your community flourish.
Often it’s the simple things that can make a huge difference, be it a clean-up, a street party or a crossing in the right place.
Why walk?
Regular walking – whether to the shops, to work or to school – is a great way of getting regular, free exercise, and getting to know your community better.
Our people
Living Streets’ Fitter for Walking staff cover five UK regions from Newcastle, to the West Midlands, to London. If you have an idea for a project in one of our regions or want to pledge to walk more, please get in touch!
How we are funded
Fitter for Walking 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.
The Consortium is led by Sustrans and includes British Cycling, CTC, Cycling England, Living Streets, London Cycling Campaign, the National Heart Forum, the National Obesity Forum, the Ramblers’ Association, Campaign for Better Transport and Walk 21. It is delivering a portfolio of projects that will enable two million people nationwide to become more physically active by walking or cycling as part of their daily lives by 2012.
Fitter for Walking is funded from January 2008-March 2012 to work in 12 local authority areas where overall physical activity levels are low. It is match funded by local councils in each of its target areas, often in the form of physical improvements to the walking environment.
