National Walking Month
Get ready to #WALKTHISMAY
May is Living Streets' National Walking Month. This year, we're encouraging you to #Try20 - and walk for 20 minutes each day during May.
Walking is an easy and accessible way to improve physical and mental health and a 20-minute walk can reduce the risk of a number of preventable health conditions, including certain cancers, depression, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
By swapping a short drive for a short walk, you can also help reduce air pollution, congestion and road danger - whilst saving yourself some money and getting active in the process!
View our #Try20 tips or download and print your own #Try20 checklist to track your progress.
You could also make up your own and share them on social media using the hashtag!
Don't forget to scroll down to enter our #Try20 challenge for your chance to win big!
Walk to School Week takes place during National Walking Month. Find out more here!
Download and display our National Walking Month posters
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GOING TO #TRY20 WITH US THIS MAY? TELL US AND ENTER OUR PRIZE DRAW!
We want to hear all about how you #WalkThisMay with Living Streets.
Tell us your #Try20 story using this form and we will enter you in our prize draw for one £200 and two £50 outdoor clothing shopping vouchers. We will also use a selection of entries to keep the buzz going on social media.
One entry per person. All entries must be made between 1-31 May 2022. Read our full prize draw terms and conditions.
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Living Streets wants everyone to be able to choose ways to make short journeys that are active, healthy and stress-free. We believe our streets should be open and accessible to all.
To achieve this, we need your help to make our voice heard.
Thanks to @MarkDrakeford for joining us @SchoolTrelai for #WalkToSchoolWeek on Monday.
— Living Streets Cymru (@LStreetsCymru) May 18, 2022
Here he talks to @livingstreets CEO @sedwards1976 about the importance of walking and cycling to school. pic.twitter.com/zN59OFTLAS
Chuffed to see @transportgovuk minister Trudy Harrison MP marking #NationalWalkingMonth and #WalkToSchoolWeek by sporting one of our badges during Transport Oral Questions today 😊 #WalkThisMay pic.twitter.com/CrnwrUKYxj
— Living Streets (@livingstreets) May 19, 2022
Despite most families living within 2 miles of their closest primary school, just half of primary school children walk to school in the UK today.
— Sport England (@Sport_England) May 20, 2022
This #WalkToSchoolWeek, @livingstreets' Tanya Braun blogs about the the positive impact a daily walk can have on children’s health.
A great afternoon in Bradford celebrating the launch of a new walking map with @BTHFT @bradfordmdc and @livingstreets.
— Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire (@MayorOfWY) May 23, 2022
Read more at https://t.co/GFSX50Z3Ay #NationalWalkingMonth pic.twitter.com/Bl7fsA8XrW
🗺 It was a delight to join the @FootwaysLondon launch yesterday.
— Living Streets (@livingstreets) May 24, 2022
10k free copies of their new map of quiet, enjoyable & less polluted walking routes are now available at @networkrail train stations. #LetsWalk #NationalWalkingMonthhttps://t.co/au767nFsSn pic.twitter.com/KKvALgC3P5
Ydych chi'n bwriadau #CerddedMisMai ?
— Living Streets Cymru (@LStreetsCymru) April 25, 2022
Mae #MisCerddedCenedlaethol yn dechrau wythnos nesa' – hoffech chi gymryd rhan? https://t.co/UPilCgijDW pic.twitter.com/yc0bOu6xve
We are getting ready for #NationalWalkingMonth. Lancashire FA employees have pledged to #Try20 and walk for at least 20 minutes each day in May. Why not make a difference to your physical and mental health as well as the environment? #WalkThisMay with @LancashireFA @livingstreets https://t.co/96x3MQVroG
— Lancashire FA (@LancashireFA) April 29, 2022
"London has some wonderful areas to explore by foot and you’ll find new parts of your local community and neighbourhood."@willnorman is going for a stroll and inviting everyone to do the same this #NationalWalkingMonth! #Try20 #WalkThisMay @TfL https://t.co/Ujr7rQG0ky pic.twitter.com/nbYx2dRMsi
— Living Streets (@livingstreets) May 3, 2022
Strider helped launch Mosstodloch Primary’s Walk to School initiative today. We can’t wait to start recording active trips again. #WalktoSchool #livingstreets #healthyminds pic.twitter.com/2UJUcPb69i
— Mosstodloch Primary (@MosstodlochPS) May 9, 2022
We have started our walk to school week and I am super impressed with the children in our class and how many walked to school today. Da iawn blant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @TynewyddPrimary @livingstreets #walktoschoolweek pic.twitter.com/L1BoV340jK
— Tynewydd Mrs Suret & Mrs Cunningham (@TynpMrsSandMrsC) May 16, 2022
Pupils from Abbey Hill in #Edinburgh joined MSPs & Strider for a special #WalkToSchoolWeek celebration outside Scottish Parliament this morning!
— Living Streets Scotland (@LStreetsScot) May 17, 2022
Thank you to everyone who came along and to @_MWhitfield for submitting a walk to school motion! https://t.co/EggUFIPDsZ pic.twitter.com/5AOqI9JuEA
Very exciting to join the launch of the @UKRI_News @livingstreets #Walkbook today
— Living Streets (@livingstreets) May 18, 2022
The Walkbook is filled with wonderful recipes for #walking & #wellbeing pic.twitter.com/fcOqY7wfVT
💚 #NationalWalkingMonth starts on Sunday!
— Living Streets (@livingstreets) April 29, 2022
🎥 Can you drop the drive and walk or wheel your short journeys instead? 🚶🏾♀️👩🦼🚶🏿♂️#WalkThisMay #Try20https://t.co/tCObMVlfPw pic.twitter.com/vmAdgy1wBF
Reconnect with nature. Ditch the car and walk local journeys. Today's lunchtime #try20 and i see this beauty #laburnumtree @livingstreets #walkthismay #NationalWalkingMonth pic.twitter.com/GG1etMyUZa
— Dan O'Connell (@DanOC79) May 5, 2022
It's #NationalWalkingMonth and @livingstreets are encouraging us to walk 20 minutes every day in May 🚶♀️
— Keep Wales Tidy (@Keep_Wales_Tidy) May 6, 2022
Drop by one of our litter picking hubs and mix in a litter pick 😍
Borrow litter picking equipment for free 🚮https://t.co/nmmBYugB8Q pic.twitter.com/8aubTQaCqE