The Pilton Walking Project
Walking has been shown to be one of the safest and easiest ways of looking after your health. The Pilton Walking Project helps people to look after themselves and meet other folk through walking more. The Project offers free, fun and friendly health walks, loans out stepometers and also promotes walking at local events.
The walks are led by fully-trained volunteers, and are for people interested in getting a bit healthier, meeting new folk or just seeing parts of the city that they had forgotten about. The walks are open to anyone, regardless of fitness, age, ability or circumstances, and are designed to especially suit people that don’t necessarily do a lot of physical activity. Walks currently run on Thursdays and Fridays, and there is a special buggy walk for parents of small children. Contact Sarah (details below) for more information about times and locations of walks.
Stepometer loan packs are available, along with walking diaries, to help people put together their own programme to get fitter. The packs are easy-to-use and help people set realistic goals to encourage them to do a bit more. Sarah Wheatley helps people start using the packs and offers encouragement and support to those who would like it.
Paths to Health Volunteer Training is available to people wishing to volunteer with the project, or for projects wishing to start up their own walking groups. Sarah can deliver high-quality training to show people how to set up and run safe, enjoyable health walks.
Volunteer Opportunities are available for people wanting to get out, help local people and have fun at the same time! A range of opportunities are available, and full training is provided for walk leaders.
The Project also has promotional materials and information and Sarah is available to promote walking at local events and provide taster sessions, where appropriate.
If you think you would like to walk more, but don’t know where to start, Sarah is very happy to meet with you and discuss what would suit you. Likewise, if you run a project and would like to organise something, please get in touch. The Pilton Walking Project is often looking to recruit new volunteers to help as part of our team, so if you are interested in working with people and looking for a fun challenge, please contact Sarah.
Sarah Wheatley, the development worker for the Pilton Walking Project, can be contacted at the Pilton Community Health Project on Thursdays and Fridays. The phone number is 0131 551 1671 and email address is sarahwheatley@pchp.org.uk
