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Walking programs in Western Australia
Walking for Transport
Organisation: Department for Planning and Infrastructure
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Program name: Walk There Today
Aims of program: To raise the profile of walking as a legitimate mode of transport to replace short car trips
Strategies: Walking sponsorships to local government, community groups and non-profit organisations to organise walks; community walks; website information and promotional material on walking
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Program name: Walking School Bus
Aims of program: To develop confidence and safe pedestrian behaviour in children for when they reach the age at which they want to travel independently
Strategies: Volunteer training provided by the Department to nominated parents and citizens; focus on children in years K-5, within a one km radius of the school (home or school bus terminus point)
WALKING SCHOOL BUS: A healthy, safe and traffic-free way to get to school
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Program name: Travel Smart to Schools – Millennium Kids
Aims of program: To encourage children to minimise car use, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote use of public transport, cycling and walking to facilitate physical and social benefits
Strategies: Educational resources, classroom based activities for schools
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Walking for Health
Organisation: Department of Health
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Program name: Find Thirty, it’s not a big exercise
Aims of program: To encourage an increased proportion of Western Australians to be sufficiently active, by increasing awareness of the need to be sufficiently active for good health
Strategies: Television advertising, support media, public relations, publications and merchandise, websites, provider education, community activities, sponsorships and evaluation
Organisation: National Heart Foundation
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Program name: Walk-It Bunbury
Aims of program: To increase the number of adults over 25 years in the City of Bunbury who walk for at least 30 minutes at moderate intensity on most, preferably all, days of the week
Strategies: Education resources, environment change, mass media, health professional based promotion and educational and participation-based programs.
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Walking for Recreation
Organisation: Department of Sport and Recreation
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Program name: Walk Leader Training Manual
Aims of program: To develop community members as volunteer walk leaders
Strategies: Resource kit, walk leader training sessions
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Program name: Walk Friendly Assessment Guide
Aims of program: To raise the awareness of walking as a means of increasing physical activity levels and to assist local governments in providing supportive walking environments
Strategies: Simple assessment guide/tool for local governments to identify the suitability for walking of environments focusing on four areas: Access, Comfort, Safety and Security, and Aesthetics |
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Organisation: Heart Foundation
- Program Name: Heart Foundation Walking
Aims of the program: Heart Foundation Walking is a network of free community-based walking groups with volunteer Walk Organisers that lead groups in your local area.
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Walking for Transport, Health and Recreation
Organisations: Departments for Planning and Infrastructure, Sport and Recreation, Education and Training, Main Roads WA, National Heart Foundation
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Program name: Walk Week, Walk There Today
Aims of the program: To encourage Western Australians of all ages to be more physically active by walking for transport, health and recreation. This is an annual event held in the first week of November.
Strategies: Walking guide books, website, media publicity, community events, Workplace Walking Challenges, Walk To School Wednesday including classroom and school activities, school newsletter, merchandise
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Walking for Tourism
Organisation: Department for Environment and Conservation
Other programs promoting walking
Organisation: Department of Education and Training
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Program name: Road Aware Program
Aims of the program: Road Aware is a comprehensive program, which aims to ensure that effective road safety education is provided for children and young people (0 – 20 years) throughout Western Australia. The Road Aware program strategies include the development of resources with links to the Curriculum Framework, teacher training, parent education and support.
Organisation: Pedestrian Council of Australia
- Program name: Walk Safely to School Day
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Aims of the program: All primary school children and their parents are encouraged to take part in this great annual national community event - designed to encourage children to develop healthy lifestyle habits at a young age and to learn safe pedestrian behaviour.
Active kids are healthy kids! The event is being held on 15 May 2009. |
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- Program name: Walk to Work Day
Aims of the program: An annual event designed to promote regular walking, improve public transport, reduce the reliance on private motor vehicles and car emissions by encouraging everyone to work all or part of their journey to work on 2 October 2009.
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