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Get Walking Keep Walking video
Want to learn more about Get Walking Keep Walking and how it can benefit your community? Then watch our short video below:
Physical activity is recognised by the Chief Medical Officers in the UK as being pivotal from infancy to old age in helping to reduce and manage many diseases. Britain’s walking charity, the Ramblers, is helping inactive people to improve their social, mental and physical wellbeing through Get Walking Keep Walking – a time-limited 12 week programme. In this video you can hear first-hand from beneficiaries, service providers and commissioners in communities that have benefited from Get Walking Keep Walking since 2007.
- In 4 years 12,000 people have benefited from Get Walking Keep Walking face to face programmes
- Half these people are from black, minority ethnic backgrounds
- A year after taking part, 6 out of 10 people who were previously inactive had increased their activity
- Every £1 invested has created a £3.61 return of social, economic and environmental benefit (Centre for Local Economic Studies
An independent evaluation has found Get Walking Keep Walking has been highly successful in reaching under-represented target audiences including those in deprived communities and
Read more about the impact of Get Walking (PDF). black and minority ethnic groups, with a significant impact on walking that returned £3.61 of benefits from every £1 spent.
Get Walking Keep Walking has been recognised the World Health Authority as a leading example of physical activity promotion to socially disadvantaged groups. It has been funded through support by the Big Lottery and other partners in England. Similar projects are now being developed by the Ramblers in Scotland and Wales to extend these programmes to a wider range of communities.
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Telephone: 020 7339 8500
