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Saltcoats Healthy Walking Group
Investment project code: 682
Estimated Price
£700
Summary
We are a supportive weekly walking group, based in Saltcoats, accessible to all vulnerable adults, of all abilities.Description
Our friendly and welcoming walking group meets every Thursday for two hours, rain or shine, to enjoy a healthy walk, refreshments and good company. It keeps everyone active and is beneficial to mental and physical health and fitness. Everyone is respected and everyone supports each other. It not only provides participants with routine and something to look forward to each week but it also helps to tackle people’s feelings of social isolation, loneliness and poor confidence while creating a sense of community and belonging. In a nutshell, it offers the opportunity to meet new faces and make new friends while being outdoors. Boosting social interaction, self-confidence and resilience.
The funding we're applying for would be spent as follows:
- Cost of weekly teas, coffees, cuppa soups and fruit and packed lunches
- Cost of additional equipment – reusable water bottles, waterproofs and high viz jackets, new flasks and cups and new first aid kit
- Cost of travel out with Saltcoats – experience new walks further afield - walkers can discover themselves as they discover new routes
- Cost of training for New Walking Leaders, First Aid, Group Facilitation,
- Cost of promoting and growing the group within the community
Location: Walking is a readily free and accessible, not to mention sociable outdoor activity. Hugely beneficial to the participant's health and wellbeing. Our walking group would be a step in the right direction for so many in the Saltcoats area who are suffering alone in fear and in isolation.
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