Become a Route Checker

Checking a route in Birmingham

Are you the kind of person that loves exploring new areas? By volunteering to help check walking routes you’ll be sharing that feeling of exploration with our participants, many of whom simply don’t know where to go walking in their local area.

Route Checkers try out, assess and report back on short urban walking routes in our five project areas. The routes aim to introduce people to walking by showing them the hidden gems in their area, the park they didn’t know existed, a quick way to the shops or the way to walk their children to school. Checking these routes is essential to make sure they’re safe for everyone to enjoy!

Get Walking Keep Walking is a project aimed at people from urban areas who aren’t already active enough for good health. It works to support people walking independently and also signposts them towards other community activity and health promotion programmes such as health walks and local led walks.

Full training and ongoing support will be provided. You can find out more details about the role, the tasks involved and how to apply below.

Sorry, we are no longer recruiting volunteers for this role

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Complete your 12 week walking programme online with My Get Walking

  • Schedule walks
  • Set personal goals
  • Save your favourite walks from across the web
  • Keep track of how many steps you have
    walked so far

The Ramblers is Britain's Walking Charity with 500 local Groups.  As well as promoting walking, we protect and enhance the places you walk and offer over 30,000 walks a year.

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Free programmes of short led walks designed specifically for beginners. Available in Birmingham, Durham, East London, Manchester, Sheffield, South London and Swindon.

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'Why Walk', the Ramblers' free online resource of informaton specially written for people new to walking.

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Discover the hidden gems of your local community on one of our high quality walking routes, with free printable a4 route cards.

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Get Walking Keep Walking is a Ramblers project funded by the Big Lottery Fund through the Active Travel Consortium of leading walking, cycling and health organisations, and supported by councils, NHS trusts and the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust. Copyright © 2009 Get Walking Keep Walking. All Rights Reserved.