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#WalkingFromHome

Going for a walk is one of the easiest ways to stay healthy and happy during lockdown.

To help keep your walk interesting, we've produced activities and resources for you to download for free.

Don't forget to share your #WalkingFromHome snaps and stories on social media. 

Walk the Right Way - rules on walking during lockdown

Enter our #WalkingFromHome photography competition

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activities for children and young people

family activities

Our #WalkingFromHome activity booklet for families features 14 sets of activities for primary school-aged children. Each resource sheet includes three activities; one for the little ones, one for older children, and one special indoor activity.

Whilst our Activity Diary is a fun way for children to record what they've learned on their walks. 

home schooling?

With this curriculum-linked 60-minute lesson plan we look at 'FOOTPRINTS – humans and animals walking’.

We created these for delivery in the classroom, but you can easily adapt them for remote learning or for families to use at home.

 

Walk this Way

Try a randomised walk, using Living Streets’ Walking Randomiser.

Then use our seven-day journal to write about your walk and how it made you feel. 

post a hug

Go for a walk and 'post a hug' to a friend or family member using our colourful, printable, sharable artwork. 

activities for adults

Spin the wheel

Whilst you're working from home, you can also be #WalkingFromHome. 

Just a 20-minute walk can help refresh you ahead of the working day or help you wind down after a day of screen time. 

Our #Try20 tips can help you find new ways to fit 20 minutes of walking into your day. Spin the wheel to see which tip you should try today!

#Try20

Download our #Try20 checklist and see how many tips you can tick off. 

Why not challenge your colleagues to get involved and see who can tick off the most tips?

activities for older people

Small Steps

We know that older people are as diverse as the population as a whole, and it is hard to generalise about what will help or suit everyone over 60.

Our Small Steps resources offer a range of ideas and examples of success for people to pick from to suit their circumstances. Choose the one that most suits you from the three options below. 

Coming soon...

Our Small Steps videos will help show you how to put some of these ideas into practice. 

older people walking

Fit For Walking

For older people who are concerned about losing mobility, or feeling less secure about walking.

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Walking with a purpose

For older people who want to build walking into their everyday routines, or who have lost the walking habit.

Read more

Walking together

For older people who would like to start walking with a group, or encourage others to take up a walking habit. 

Read more

activities for people at home

Home workouts

If you are self-isolating then you should not leave your home, even to go for a walk. But if Captain Sir Tom Moore taught us anything, it's that you can still stay active in the home.

If you don’t have a garden to do laps in then Sport England has lots of great ways to stay active in the home and One You have some 10-minute home workout videos here. 

To find out more about self-isolating, including when you should self-isolate, visit the NHS website.

Woman doing yoga

let's stay connected

Share your thoughts, pics and videos on social media using #WALKINGFROMHOME

#WalkingFromHome blog series

#WalkingFromHome: the wheelchair user

Caroline is a wheelchair user. She reflects on how lockdown has made streets even more inaccessible to so many.

11.06.2020

View #WalkingFromHome: the wheelchair user

#WalkingFromHome: Local Landmarks

Our streets all have stories and getting to know them is not only a perfect excuse to get out - it's a great way to connect with your local…

27.05.2020

View #WalkingFromHome: Local Landmarks

#WalkingFromHome: Dame Sarah Storey

Dame Sarah Storey tells us what opportunities the lockdown has created for her family.

07.04.2020

View #WalkingFromHome: Dame Sarah Storey