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Living Streets Walk to Work Week from 13 to 17 May 2013
March 20th, 2013 by Living Streets
British charity Living Streets is urging employees to get a ticket to stride for their daily commute this May. Walk to Work Week from 13 to 17 May 2013 is an opportunity for employees across Britain to make walking part of their commute. Along with Walk to School Week from 20 to 24 May 2013, [...]
Living Streets Guernsey mapped lunch time walks for Weight Wise Week from 19 to 26 January 2013
January 6th, 2013 by Living Streets Guernsey
The PEH is running a WEIGHT WISE week from 19 to 26 January 2013. Living Streets Guernsey has developed two lunch time walks for staff at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital following the success of Living Street Guernsey’s Guernsey Country Walks card maps. Pat Wisher has provided a sketch map for two circular walks
Registration opens for Guernsey’s 2013 ITEX Rotary walk
January 6th, 2013 by ITEX
Registration for the 2013 Itex Rotary Walk has opened. Organisers hope that walkers will sign up early as a way of getting fit and maintaining a healthy weight. Richard Parker, Chairman of the walk organising committee said “taking more exercise and losing weight are unsurprisingly the most common resolutions every new year.” “Walking is one [...]
National Institute for Health states that walking and cycling should be the norm for short journeys
November 28th, 2012 by National Institute for Health and Clincial Excellence
Walking and cycling should become the norm for short journeys and should be encouraged throughout local communities says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in guidance published in the report “Walking and Cycling: local measures to promote walking and cycling as forms of travel or recreation” on 28 November 2012. Local authorities, [...]
Attention focused on Road Safety Week from 19 to 25 November 2012
November 4th, 2012 by Living Streets Guernsey
With the end of British Summer Time (BST) on 28 October 2012, the sun sets earlier in the afternoon and people travel more often during the hours of darkness. All road users need to be very vigilant during the darker winter months. Drivers need to slow down and watch for vulnerable road users, and pedestrians [...]
Global car free day favours walking, bicycling and public transport
September 24th, 2012 by Environmental Transport Association
According to the Environmental Transport Association, the number of British towns supporting World Car Free Day has declined. World Car Free Day occurs annually on 22 September. It encourages motorists in over 1,000 towns around the globe to leave their cars at home in favour of walking, bicycling, and taking buses and trains. The Environmental [...]
Health benefits from using a free bus pass
September 21st, 2012 by Imperial College London
Free bus passes for over-60s may be encouraging older people to be more physically active, say the authors of a paper, “The impact of free older persons’ bus pass on active travel and regular walking in England,” published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers from Imperial College London reached their conclusion by analysing [...]
Implementing an Active Travel Strategy for improved well-being
August 4th, 2012 by Living Streets Guernsey
Walking is the most environmentally friendly and healthy form of transport. Walking keeps you slim and fit and reduces stress. Regular daily exercise built into your lifestyle like walking (or cycling) to school or work is recommended by health professionals. Promoting “healthy lifestyle choices and social well-being” is the number one aim of the 20/20 [...]
Living Streets Tranquility Walk reveals Guernsey’s bucolic charm
July 16th, 2012 by Richard Lord
The 2012 Living Streets Guernsey Tranquility Walk began at The Longfrie Inn in St Pierre du Bois shortly after 2.30 pm on Sunday 15 July.
Parents are fitness role models for their children
June 22nd, 2012 by University of Essex
Children who said their parents do almost no physical activity have a 50% greater risk of being unfit than children with more physically active parents, according to new research. In the year the Olympics are coming to Britain, the study found two-thirds of children think their parents do almost no physical activity, meaning they are [...]
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