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A quick summary of the last four years of Walk Derbyshire
Below is a look at some of the development made in the last four years of Walk Derbyshire based on our focus areas. Active Travel Active Environments Active Children & Young People Active Healthcare Workforce & Support
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Three Years of Walk Derbyshire
2025 marks three years for Walk Derbyshire and a lot has happened, here’s a look at what we have been doing this year.
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Improve Your Wellness Through Walking
Walking groups across North East Derbyshire continue to thrive, offering a fantastic opportunity to boost your physical and mental wellbeing. With 13 guided walks taking place across the district, each led by our dedicated team of trained Volunteer Walk Leaders, there’s something for everyone—whether you’re looking to improve your fitness, lift your mood, or simply enjoy the outdoors.…
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Clay Cross Play Area Consultation
The District Council is planning to create a new play area for infants and toddlers next to Clay Cross Active café area and propose to refurbish the existing Sharley Park play area (at the side of the Bret Club) with new equipment for junior, pre-teen and young teenagers. We are inviting residents and users to…
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Walk Derbyshire App Toolkit
After months of development our Walk Derbyshire App will be finally launching on the 1st of July. We want to spread the message as far and wide as possible, so we have created a partner toolkit with an overview and some social media messaging that you can use to help share the app. Also look…
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Creating Walkable Communities- Talking Space
On the 4th of June we were joined by Liam Parker from the Erewash Active Neighbourhood Pilot (Cotmanhay Conversations) to talk about their Walk to School Week activities, Juliet Grace and Kelly Massey from the North East Derbyshire Active Neighbourhood Pilot who updated us on their community litter picking events and Heather Clarkson gave an…
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Clay Cross Litter Pick
Empowering local people can make a huge impact on the look and feel of a community. Recently in Clay Cross we saw this difference through a local litter pick where local people came together to tidy up their town. 44 local people joined together to help clean up the streets, and green spaces, of Clay…
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An insight into the Clay Cross Monthly Health Walk through the eyes of the community.
Below is the story of how the Walking into Communities Project, started in Clay Cross and Danesmoor, has gained popularity within the local community and what it means to them. Story written by Hayley Bramley, North East Derbyshire Walking into Communities Development Officer. Walking is a great way to get active and fit, but did…
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North East Derbyshire Stakeholder engagement meeting and local area insight
We held our Walk Derbyshire stakeholder engagement meeting on Friday 9 December 2022. This event focused on what we mean by ‘a systems approach to walking’ and the conversation was geared around next steps for Wal Derbyshire ahead of the Face to Face meetings in 2023. The presentation an insight into walking within NED starts…
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Wonderful World of Winter Walking
With the clocks going back this Sunday and the days getting longer and colder take the opportunity to walk this winter. A quick 5-10 minute walk daily this winter is great for warming your body, burning calories, helping you sleep better, reducing stress, boosting focus and rejuvenating body and mind. So, we wanted to provide…
