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For many people in our communities the benefits to active travel are well understood and accepted.
They have the will to walk and cycle more but something prevents them from taking the first steps or getting on their bike. These barriers can include concerns about fitness levels, a lack of confidence in their cycling skills or simply not knowing which routes to take.
The Kilmarnock Active Travel Hub’s regular Monday walks show that providing high-quality health walks, linked with other activities and information, are a very effective way of enabling individuals to make the change to travel more actively.
High-quality walksThe walks began in November 2017 after a new volunteer called Gillian was recruited as a walk leader. Gillian had experience and training in walk leading and first aid, and worked together with the Hub project officers to develop a number of routes. These were designed as health walks of an average length of about 2.5 miles and were designed to be completed in about an hour.
The walks were publicised and were very successful from the start. A core of regular attendees soon formed, complemented with more occassional participants.
Positive impactSo far 76 individuals have participated in over 50 Monday walks, covering hundreds of miles in total. There are many examples of the positive impact the walks have had including:
Helen: At the one year anniversary of the Monday walk, Helen, who had been coming along since the start, spoke to the Walk Leader about how much fitter she feels now and how much she looks forward to the walk from a social perspective. She commented that it has improved her ability to take part in activities with her grandchildren and that she now walks more in her everyday life. Anne: When a new participant came along to a walk and spoke about how unfit she felt, Anne reassured her that she felt the same a year ago when she first started joining the walks. Anne told her that by coming every week her fitness has improved significantly and she can now walk further and for longer. Enabling further activityBy engaging through the Hub, other information, opportunities, activities and events are readily available to the walking group. Having come to trust the quality of the Hub’s services, many of the group have gone on to attend its other events and activities on offer.
The regular walk backmarker is also a cycle ride leader which has encouraged some of the walking group to join a led ride using e-bikes. The cross-promotion of activities is now well established, with people from the walking group trying bike rides and cycle skill sessions, while people from the led rides then take part in walks and other services, such as developing personal travel plans.
An example of this is Chris, who has been coming on the Monday walks for seven months after joining to lose some weight and stay active in his retirement.
He has gone on to take part in other activities run by the Hub such as group bike rides, puncture repair workshops and active travel challenges. He won a bike through one of our challenges and now regularly cycles to his local shop. His uptake of cycling has, in turn, encouraged his son to do the same and he now commutes to work by bike.
Chris often comments on how coming to the Monday walk has improved his fitness and he enjoys the social element of these group activities. Chris has even recently trained to be a Walk Leader himself, helping others to experience the benefits of the walks.
If you’re based in the Kilmarnock area and would like to find out about the activities on offer visit the events section on the Active Travel Hub’s Facebook page.
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Each year organisations across Scotland take part in the Scottish Workplace Challenge – competing to log the most sustainable and active journeys to, from and for work. After winning the Scottish Transport Award for ‘Best Practice in Travel to School and Work Schemes’ last year, the challenge returns next week.
By opting to walk, cycle, use public transport or car-share for the commute and work journeys, staff can help their workplace climb the leaderboard and win prizes along the way. Participants can set personal and workplace targets, from calories burned to emissions saved, allowing them to see the impact that changing the way they travel can have. There is also an option to ‘watch’ rival workplaces and compare your progress for that extra bit of motivation!
Making a changeOne workplace that took part for the first time in 2018 was Cairn Medical Practice, a doctor’s surgery based in Inverness. Cairn Medical Practice is located on top of a hill near the town centre, and driving used to be the most common way for staff to get to work. However, motivated by the desire to make their work more environmentally friendly, the practice signed up to the challenge. They quickly climbed the leaderboard as staff became more active on their commute, with walking levels increasing from 27% to 45%, and cycling from 9% to 43%. An impressive 94% of the 36 employees at the practice recorded their sustainable journeys throughout the challenge, creating a strong team spirit in the workforce.
“ It was a great team bonding event that brought out the most unexpected competitive spirit - I was getting WhatsApp updates from people at 10pm telling me to check out our position in the rankings! It really engaged everyone and gave the practice a real buzz particularly when we made it into the top three! ”
- Katie Walter, Cairn Medical Practice Lasting impactOne staff member commented that before the challenge “we were hardly practising what we preached. There now seems to be a regular ‘active health’ slot in the patient newsletter, and the staff have really taken it on board in terms of promoting active health and travel to patients.”
Since taking part in the challenge, staff at Cairn Medical Practice travel to work by active and sustainable modes more regularly. They have also acquired a pool bike which can be used by staff for journeys during the work day such as home visits. The staff are looking forward to competing in the challenge again when it returns from 1-31 March 2019.
Want your workplace to take part in the Scottish Workplace Journey Challenge? Visit scotland.getmeactive.org.uk or contact workplaces.scot@sustrans.org.uk for more information
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