Session 1 will cover: Introductions; Walk Leader roles & responsibilities. Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment. Considering the needs of participants. Route planning and risk assessment.

Participants will then be tasked with completing the following before Session 2: Plan a route. Create a risk assessment using a template. Walk the route and complete a dynamic risk assessment.

Session 2: Participant task route and risk assessment review. Safeguarding and confidentiality considerations. Reporting, monitoring and successful impact measurement.

Groups working in the outdoors and nature for health and wellbeing who would like to include wellbeing walks as part of their offer as well as those who already deliver walks and would like to enhance their offer to bring a focus on wellbeing to their walks programme.

Please note this training is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and groups based in North Yorkshire or delivering services within North Yorkshire. 

After the course, participants will have resources emailed to them which will help to plan and manage effective wellbeing walks.

Fitness and Wellness Coach and Trainer Egg Cameron was the inspirational founder of Move the Masses and Move Mates in York which introduced a walking programme providing motivation, company and moral support so people are more active and less isolated. Following the success in York the programme is now running in Durham, Leeds, Pocklington and Selby.

Free

Booking queries contact
Email: info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk 

Programme queries
Email: jf@heysmilefoundation.org

Tel: 07596880765

Book your place here.

Please note: when you book onto this session, you will automatically be booked onto session 2.

Booking deadline date: 17 February