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The Walking for Health – Sheffield AGM

Charlene Simon- Walking for Health Development Manager

Walking for Health Vision

everyone has access to a short, free, friendly health walk within easy reach of where they live, to help them become and stay active.

National Programme Team Scheme support

Intelligence & Research

• Database
• Evidence

for funding

• Evalution

Development

• New schemes
• Targeted

activity

• Sustainability
• Partnerships

Comms and Marketing

• Resources

(high-vis etc)

• Website
• Photos

Training & Quality Assurance

• Training
• Volunteer

support

• Quality

assurance

Why is monitoring information important?

For schemes

• Insurance purposes
• Evidence for reporting
• Support recruitment of

volunteers and walkers

• Understand which walks are

working well, and less well

• To support partnership work
• Evidence for funding bids and

infuencing

• Share information with steering

committee, leaders and walkers

National programme

• National participation data

and comparisons.

• Reporting to funders
• Evidence of national

programme reach and gaps

• Understanding of target group

participation

• National examples of best

practice

• Influencing local and national

decision makers

Helping everyone find their feet:

Walking For Health looking forward

How does Sheffield compare to other Walking for Health schemes ?

Strong partnership links 25 + walks County-wide schemes: Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire East Sussex Largest volunteer led scheme Coordinator role spilt across committee Multiple funding sources. Large volunteer base

Walking for Health: looking forwards

• Existing funding partnership ends in March 2018. New funders are

being sought.

• Relationship with Sport England – discussions around inactive bid.
• Continuing to support schemes understanding and use data to

demonstrate local impact and funding

• Healthcare professional pilot and RCGP conference in October
• Development of guidance and support materials for schemes

developing short walks, GP Practice links , new schemes and sustainability

• Scheme support – face to face, remote and webinars.

Thank You