Friday 12 April 2013

Walk Leader Training

All our Walks 4 Health are led by trained volunteers. The training has been created by the national organisation, Walking for Health  and is delivered by local trainers. 

The training covers What is a Health Walk?, the Walk Leader's role, how to plan and organise a Health Walk, the benefits and barriers to walking, as well as information about physical activity and health. It also includes details on risk assessments, registers, outdoor health questionnaires, and insurance. The training is free and runs from 9.30 - 3.00. Locally we ask all our volunteer walk leaders to participate in a walk before coming to the training and then to lead at least one walk after their training before we give them their certificate.

Our next training day is Friday, 3rd May in Coleford. Details of all our walks and an application form for walk leader training can be found on our website , but if you have any questions please email our trainer or phone on 01594 562240

Taking the register before the Lydney walk