From the WALX & NWUK Community
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The Purbeck Nordic Walking Festival will be inviting non polers to join in the fun this year. It’s all part of our new strategy to encourage more people to enjoy walking with our qualified Instructors and sociable groups. We recognise that not everybody is ready to master poles and feel that they should not miss
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How inspirational is this Chap? John at the front of the picture is now 80 but that did not stop him from walking 26 miles along the Jurassic Coast for Macmillan Cancer recently. In fact, that was only one of his many celebration events… he also had two off road mountain biking parties and a
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Are you somebody who embraces the warm up exercises at the beginning of a walk or more likely to be grumbling ‘get on with it’ under your breath? YES, our WALX Masters know that some people just can’t see the point of what seems like a lot of twiddling, circling and stamping BUT there are
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At WALX we know just how beneficial a daily walk with the dog can be (for both parties) but we also know that it can take a lot of time out of you day so how do you make sure BOTH of you get the maximum out of every step? When we are out walking, we
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This testimonial from Chris is a great example of how NWUK Instructors literally go the extra mile in order to make sure everybody achieves their goals. Well done Chris for putting in the effort – you look amazing! “A few years ago, my husband and I thought we were fairly fit for our age, around
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This is a Nordic Walking group set by the local Council in 2013 using the NWUK Freedom programme . They offer 6- 7 walks per week, a mix of FREE walks once a quarter plus a monthly package of £15 a month which provides access to Workout Walks. Currently attracting an average of 558 walkers
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Launching in the Autumn 2019, The Community WALX Swindon project is an initiative set up by Swindon Borough Council and the Live Well Swindon team in collaboration with WASPs (Wiltshire and Swindon Sports Partnership) and funding via a Sport England bid This initiative aims to provide low cost peer led WALX Activator pole walking in
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After two years of work, the WALX concept is here! At Nordic Walking UK we wanted to be able to reach out to more people and remove any potential barriers that may put people off joining our 2,000 plus activities a week. SO, we will be working with our Instructors to add activities under our
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ERRDIG NORDIC WALKERS (NATIONAL TRUST) The group started about 7 years ago as part of a National Trust initiative called ‘Let the Outdoors Move You’ but has since evolved into its current form since late 2015. NWUK provided FREE Training to the Instructors to help improve the tuition provided to the public and have supported the
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Once of our longest running community projects, the Active Walks Sefton project started in 2011 by Sefton Council/Public Health team. NWUK have supported the programme since it’s inception which was before the full FREEDOM programme and on line booking came into place. The Team do issue NWUK FREEDOM passports. By 2019 the project has 12
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Active Wakefield is coordinated by Wakefield Council (Health Improvement department funded by Public Health). Their initial walking scheme started in 1999 for Health Walks and they introduced Nordic Walking in spring 2011 over 4 locations with support from NWUK who provided the community package which included cascade leader training and other tools such as a
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Instructor Liz Skelcher (in the purple wig) and her team from Nordic Walking UK Coast and Country did the St Barnabas Hospice Midnight Walk on Saturday 30th June. They walked 7, 13 or 20 miles and there were about 14 of them! Check out Liz’s moving after-walk interview on the St Barnabas Hospice FB Page