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Hi Jennifer,
My name is Charlotte & I am the Community
Development Coordinator for Inspire Leisure. Part of my role is to coordinate
the Healthy walks in Arun programme. This is an initiative from Natural
England to try and encourage people to walk more, get fit and enjoy the natural
environment. Walks are run from Monday to Friday throughout the whole year from
different areas in the district. I have attached a leaflet for your reference.
Currently we have over 500 registered walkers with our scheme, which has been
running for 10 years. Our walks are run by extremely dedicated, trained
volunteers.
As you can see from our flyer, currently we
do not run any walks in Ferring. I have lived in Ferring all my life (I am now
23) and when I started coordinating this walking programme 6 months ago I made
it my mission to set up a health walk in Ferring as it is such a lovely place
to walk! J
To set up a walk in Ferring I need to try
and find a minimum of 2 volunteers to run the walk. I have also attached a
document encompassing what being a walk volunteer involves. Although I will be
advertising throughout Arun and with our current walkers, ideally I would like
to find some volunteers from Ferring, as it would be great for the walk to be
run by people from the area. I was wondering if you would mind popping something
on your website about our scheme and what I am looking to do. If anybody is
interested they can then contact me for an application form.
Let me know if this is something that may
interest you? There is a Description of the Opportunity
below, plus you can
download the Leaflet here.
Many thanks,
Charlotte
Charlotte Anning
Community Development Coordinator (Health)
Inspire Leisure
Tel: 01903 890316
Mob: 07834392194
www.inspireleisure.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/inspireleisure
www.twitter.com/inspireleisure
Description of
the opportunity
Healthy Walks in Arun is a scheme that has
been running for 10 years. It is a national initiative from Natural England. We
run daily walks throughout the week (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) from
various locations in Arun. The walks are free and are open to anybody; however
the majority of our walkers are 60+. Each walk lasts between 45-60mins. Our
walks are run by extremely dedicated walk volunteer leaders. Due to the success
of our walking programme we would like to set up two new walks within Arun and
consequently we are looking for volunteers to run these walks.
The opportunity would be as follows:
The volunteer(s) would be required to attend
Volunteer Walk Leader training, which is a day course. The course will teach you
how to:
Lead a safe and enjoyable walking session
for people of all ages and abilities.
Promote the health benefits of walking; identify potential risks and hazards
that may occur on your walk.
Help tailor health walking to meet individual needs.
The next course is running at Littlehampton
Swimming & Sports Centre on September 7th 2011. Please note that coming along to
the volunteer walk leader training day does not obligate you to become a walk
leader.
You would then be qualified to lead walks
for our programme. As a volunteer walk leader you and another volunteer would be
in charge of leading a specific walk once a week or once a month, in the
morning. You would be responsible for completing the necessary paper work on the
day of the walk, this would involve registering the walkers as they arrive,
asking new walkers to complete outdoor health questionnaires and filling in
accident report forms should any occur. You would also be responsible for
managing the walk correctly, encouraging/motivating walkers & providing a
friendly face every week.
This is a fantastic voluntary opportunity
for anybody who enjoys walking, enjoys socialising and would like to help
improve the communitys health and wellbeing.
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