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THE UK CHARITY FOR EVERYDAY WALKING

Pavement parking ban - England next?

The government is consulting on banning pavement parking throughout England.

Scotland has already banned it. This is our chance to do the same in England.

Help us win. Join our campaign to protect pavements for people.

Sign our petition

Walking to school safely

As schools in England and Wales start inviting more pupils back this month, with Scotland doing the same from August, our Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Francesca, outlines tools and guidance to help make the walk to school safe and enjoyable during this times.

#WalkingFromHome: Walking to school safely

Make school streets safer

Our schools have to be safe for staff, pupils and families - and this includes the streets around them. So it is vital that our councils consider removing motor traffic from outside school gates

Email your council today and ask them to use powers they already have.

Email your council now

Highway Code

As part of ambitious plans to get the country moving more, the UK government has launched a review of the Highway Code.

And the big news is that amongst its proposals is explicitly making pedestrians top priority of all road users.

This is big - help us seal the deal and join our campaign.

Highway Code

WOW is back for 20/21!

Want to be part of the pupil-led scheme that has helped thousands of schools tackle road safety issues, pollution, congestion and childhood inactivity?

WOW, our flagship year-round walk to school challenge, is back with brand new resources for primary schools for the 2020/21 year starting in September.

What are you waiting form? Join this national movement of walking children!

Get WOW now

Walking is man's best medicine

Hippocrates

covid-19 - our offices remain closed

The health and wellbeing of our staff and stakeholders remains our priority as coronavirus continues to affect our lives. Our offices therefore remain temporarily closed to visitors and the majority of our staff.

We continue to work hard to raise the profile of walking, supporting staff to work remotely, and working with all our partners to ensure our project work is effective from a distance.

We continue to monitor the Covid-19 situation and follow government and health guidelines within England, Scotland and Wales as they develop. In the meantime, should you wish to contact our region-specific offices, please use the following:

Join our campaigns to improve the walking environment

And meanwhile, we have been #WalkingFromHome

We have a big ambition: every child that can, walks to school

A generation ago, 70% of us walked to school – now it’s less than half.

We want to reverse this decline. We want children to be energised and empowered, and to make walking to school their natural choice.

And we know just how to do it.

Walk to School