Our Step Count Challenge will get you and your workplace moving
Kicking off on 1 May, our 8 week workplace walking challenge will see teams across Scotland challenge themselves to walk more at work. Get your team together and get ready to feel good, get fit and have fun! Sign up now.
Youths step in to fix neglected path for locals
The young people taking part in our youth work project are celebrating the launch of their newly upgraded and restored path at Gartmorn Dam, Clackmannanshire.
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New guidelines to ensure accessible outdoor space
The new Outdoor Access Design Guide aims to ensure that everyone has access to good quality paths and greenspaces in Scotland.
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Let's go walkies!
Only 25 per cent of dogs are walked every day, most often along streets and on a lead, according to our new research report with Forestry Commission Scotland and the Kennel Club.
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Spring Footnotes is here
Read the spring edition of our volunteer magazine Footnotes and get inspired by the stories from groups, volunteers and walkers across the country who are getting Scotland more active.
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"It feels like I can breathe better"
We awarded a small grant to Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust to develop woodland walks and activities for people living with dementia and their carers.
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Walking Football in a league of its own
Scottish Walking Football now has its very own league, kicking off next month, for teams across the country to compete in.
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Increasing walking opportunites for people with disabilities
Read about our new partnership with Grampian Disability Sport and their project to include people with disabilities in existing walking, cycling and triathlon programmes.
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Cancer patients Move More in Dundee
Health Secretary Shona Robison launched the programme to help cancer patients in Dundee become more active through a range of activitives, including our Macmillan Health Walks.
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Ayr's Active Travel Hub
The new hub has opened it's doors with the main objective to promote sustainable forms of travel such as walking and cycling to residents and visitors in Ayr.
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A legacy of activity in the Cairngorms
Active Cairngorms have had a successful year in helping the inactive become more active in the Cairngorms National Park.
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'Next Steps' walks for Health Walkers
Ramblers Scotland and The Mountains & The People project have joined forces to offer free short walks (3 – 5 miles) in the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Parks.
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A 'Woodland Workout' day improves local paths
Our Community Path Grant fund helped Kippen Community Woodland Group carry out some major resurfacing works on a local path - with the help of local volunteers!
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Spring into action with a grant from Volunteering Matters Action EarthVolunteering Matters Action Earth's grants empower people in Scotland to take action and improve their local environment through volunteering activities. If you are part of a group who is creating or improving community gardens or wildflower areas, ponds, woodlands or local green areas, they want to hear from you. Find out more.
A celebration of Health Walks in OrkneyVolunteer Walk leaders throughout Orkney are coming together to offer a jam packed week of Health Walks. With 14 walks taking place from 24 - 30 April across the island, they hope to welcome new and old walkers to get more active. Find out more.
The Scottish Walking Football Festival is back!This year, the festival kicks off in Glasgow on 24 June and will see teams from across Scotland compete to be crowned Walking Football Champions. For more information and to sign your team up, click here.
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