Bucks Council are urging people to live by a simple rule the summer - Take a walk, not the car.
It’s all part of the Council’s new Active Communities health initiative, which is encouraging people to sit less and move more.
They have issued lots of tips on how you can get more active:
- For regular use, try to leave the car at home at least once a week.
- If you have to use the car, park it further away (different street, furthest spot in the car park) and walk the extra distance.
- If taking a bus, get on or off a stop later than usual.
- Try to actively travel in other ways – walking, cycling or scooting.
- Reduce the use of a buggy for the very young encouraging them to walk or toddle.
- Take a walk, take a friend. Find someone to walk with to make the journey more enjoyable.
- Don’t use lifts or escalators - take the stairs instead!
Carl Jackson, Buckinghamshire Council's Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing (Public Health), said:
"The ‘Take a walk, not the car’ scheme is the next step in our exciting Active Communities pilot to encourage people to look at their daily routines and see how they can add just a little more activity every day.
Over time these simple acts of sitting less and standing and moving more can become part of our usual behaviour, so benefiting both our physical and mental health and well-being.”
To find out more about the Active Communities initiative and how to participate, visit: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/activecommunities
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