Walk To School Week (21-25 May)
21st May 2012
Walk to School is a national campaign that was launched in 1995 with a simple aim – to encourage all parents and children to make walking to school part of their daily routine. We now have over 6,400 schools and 1.6 million children taking part.
The campaign is run by Living Streets, the national charity which stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we work to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, where people want to walk. Find out more about our work and our funders.
Our most popular scheme, WoW (Walk once a Week), rewards children who ‘walk once a week’ with highly collectable pin badges every month. We also offer a range of free lesson plans and helpful classroom resources for both primary and secondary schools, including wallcharts, walking passports, certificates and stickers.
There are plenty of ways to get involved, including Walk to School Week in May and International Walk to School Month in October, and our schemes are open throughout the school year. Every year, we help children all across the UK to increase their walking rates, and we are here to support anyone who wants to encourage walking to school
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UK