Living Streets Wales
WE ARE LIVING STREETS CYMRU, PART OF THE UK CHARITY FOR EVERYDAY WALKING
We want to create a walking nation, free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illness and social isolation and making walking the natural choice.
Thanks to the Active Travel (Wales) Act, every Local Authority in Wales must draw up plans for a network of walking and cycling routes called Integrated Network Maps.
These routes should connect homes to places like schools, workplaces, shops, services, parks and leisure facilities.
This is good news.
We want communities to be connected to each other so there is better cohesion, making short local journeys easier on foot than by car.
We want to make sure that walking routes are fit for purpose and suitable for everyone to enjoy.
Make sure that you and your community have a voice in local planning for everyday walking. One way that we can help with this is by supporting you to set up a local campaign group and use your knowledge and experience about walking in the area you live, work, shop and study to make sure routes are right for your area.
pavement parking
It is great news that the Welsh Government is investigating ways to clamp down on pavement parking in Wales.
And Living Streets Cymru is on the task force.
Walking Cities: Cardiff
As the capital city of Wales, we want Cardiff to be healthier, cleaner and less congested.
By making walking safer, more pleasant and the easiest option for short journeys we can make change happen.
Find out more about our campaign - and sign up for our news so you hear first about opportunities to make Cardiff a more walkable city.
Safer speed limits
We want to see speed limits of 20mph in places where people work, play, shop and study.
The Welsh Government has devolved powers to implement a default speed of 20mph in residential areas reducing it from the current default 30mph.
Local authorities across Wales are already taking steps to implement 20mph zones and create safer communities at a higher cost than should be necessary.
Throughout 2019, Living Streets Cymru will be campaigning to make this happen at a national level, reducing this cost but more importantly reducing the risk of serious collisions with pedestrians and the severity of injuries when incidents do happen.
WOW in Wales
Pupils in Wales are now able to benefit from getting active on the school run as we launch WOW - our year-round walk to school challenge - in Welsh and English on Wednesday, 6 February.
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.
We are proud to now offer the tools we provide for teachers and parents across the UK fully bilingually.
Walking Friends
We’ve teamed up with Sport Wales to start Walking Friends Wales (Cyfeillion Cerdded Cymru), a three-year project to help people over 50 to increase their walking activity.
The project will help older adults start walking in their communities, make new connections and voice the need for changes to their local walking environment.
PRESS
RELEASES
For any media enquiries, please contact the Living Streets press team on 020 7456 9790 , or out of office hours, 07545 209865. Alternatively you can email tanya.braun@livingstreets.org.uk.
13.11.2019
Bold targets and investment needed to tackle falling walking rates in Wales
12.09.2019
Welsh Government looks to tackle pavement parking
Work with us
We’re creating a walking nation. We’ve got the know-how to make it happen but we can’t do it alone. Together with our partners and funders we can make extraordinary things happen.
WELSH LANGUAGE MATERIALS AND BOOKLETS
We want to encourage everyone in Wales to walk more and enjoy the benefits that walking brings. In Wales we aim to promote our projects and services bilingually, we have started to do this by producing a number of our promotional booklets in both English and Welsh. Please enjoy reading about our work to Get Wales Walking in the language of your choice.
Why you should walk: Take a little walk, feel a big difference.
Walking with older people: Feel good reasons to walk
Walking with children: Walk to school with Living Streets
Our Services: Walking people at your service
