Walk to School
walking and staying active during lockdown
To help keep children active and engaged during this time, our team created a space where you can find important updates on our walk to school initiatives during this time of lockdown, news and stories, but most importantly, FREE RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES for ages 4-11!
We want children to be energised and empowered.
We want children and parents to make walking to school their natural choice.
And we need your help.
Find out about the ways Living Streets gets children walking more, the fab tools we provide for teachers and parents, and our groundbreaking campaigning work that all underpin our vision of a new walking generation.
Inspiring lockdown stories for families
#WalkingFromHome: The Teacher
Teaching from home is no walk in the park, but a walk in the park is helping this teacher.
28.04.2020
#WalkingFromHome: Dame Sarah Storey
Dame Sarah Storey tells us what opportunities the lockdown has created for her family.
07.04.2020
#WalkingFromHome: Hector
6 year-old Hector has swapped his birthday party for a walking challenge to raise money for the NHS.
17.04.2020
Parents and carers
If you’re a parent or carer, check out our ideas for ways to get you and your family walking.
And download our Family Walk to School Kit, designed to help parents, carers and children make the walk to school work for them.
Why the Walk to School matters
Happier children
It’s been proven that children who do some form of exercise, especially a walk before school, do better in class because they arrive refreshed, fit and ready to learn.
Less congestion
During morning peak traffic times, one in five cars on the road are taking children school, contributing to congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions.
We need urgent action on air pollution to protect and promote the Walk to School. And yet, at the same time, the Walk to School could play such a big part in improving our air quality.
Our report Swap The School Run For The School Walk lays out 21 recommendations for decision-makers at all levels to enable more children to walk to and from school.
Download free resources - and visit our online shop
Walk to school Campaign
WOW Travel Tracker
Park and Stride
Our work in action
Packmoor Primary and Woolcool, Stoke-on-Trent…
How a local business and a school came together to improve their neighbourhood.
Why Oxfordshire Council runs WOW
How running our walk to school challenge has boosted active travel across one UK county.
12.02.2018
Durham students design Walk to School banners…
Durham schools celebrate International Walk to School Month with Walk to School banner competition.
Want to talk to the team?
If you want to talk to us about getting more children walking to school, just drop us a line.