We all know that walking and wheeling in the outdoors is fantastic for your health and wellbeing.
Whether it’s striding, strolling, pushing, or rolling, it lifts your mood, helps you get fitter, and helps you to live well for longer.
Walking and wheeling is inclusive, free, and incredibly low risk.
It’s also a great tool to bring communities together so that they feel more connected to each other and the space around them.
Whether it’s your colleagues or your community, you can be that person to motivate and inspire others to get out and enjoy all the benefits that walking and wheeling together bring.
We’re here to support you every step of the way with some tips and advice to help you do just that.
Short, local walks
You don’t need any specific training or qualifications to lead a short walk in your local parks, greenspaces, and urban areas.
Often, it’s just about having the spark of an idea of a walk you’d like to set up, and then going ahead and doing it.
However, if you feel you would benefit from some more additional training to upskill you in leading walks, you could contact the following organisations to find out more:
Also, if you’re based in the Manchester local authority area, you could contact MCRActive for more information on their Let’s Walk workshop which is aimed at organisations and individuals developing short, local community walks in urban areas.
Hill, moorland and mountain walks
Please note that walks involving challenging terrain like hills, mountains, and moorland require experienced, qualified, and insured walk leaders.
For more information on training to lead these types of walks, why not look at the following qualification routes:
