TAILIEUCHUNG - How to Organise a Walking Event

An interesting and varied route can include a mixture of green spaces, paths and pavements alongside roads. The route should avoid crossing roads as much as possible and if a crossing is necessary should use a pelican/zebra crossing if possible. Marshals may need to help walkers at busy road crossings and will need appropriate briefing on their duties. The principal task there will be to advise walkers when it is safe to cross. By law they have no powers to stop traffic. Knowing the kind of people who are likely to come will help you decide the distance. | waũk4 br LOTTERY FUNDED How to Organise a Walking Event Welcome to this guide to organising a walking event. By an event we mean not just a led walk but a promoted event aimed at attracting people to experience walking a particular route on a particular day but not keeping together in a group. For guidance on leading a walk see the separate document How to lead a walk . A public walking event can be wonderfully inclusive and can involve large numbers of people of all sorts and ages in something which is both fun and good for them. It can attract good publicity and promote sociability. If you run it as a sponsored walk it will obviously also raise money. The entire format name route and length of your event depends solely on what you want to achieve. You re in charge of how complex or simple you want to make it. There are masses of different types of walking event ranging from fun walks and sponsored charity walks to courses with measured distances and long distance challenges. A promoted walking event can be very attractive to people who are unused to walking or to exploring the countryside since they know they can t get lost they can go at their own pace they may meet new friends learn more about the local area raise money for a cause they believe in and generally enjoy themselves. Walking events can also be a great way to introduce children to walking. This guide is written with community leaders and community groups in mind - to help you plan a small to moderate sized event. Not everything included here will apply to all events it is intended as guidance not something to be followed to the letter. We ve tried to give you pointers to things to think about. You ll need to pick out what s relevant to your event and ignore the rest The crucial questions to ask yourselves at the start of organising the event are very basic but will help you think through all the rest of the detailed planning. The main ones include Why do we want to have a walking event When should we

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