Having fun on the way to play 
                          
Sustrans' Routes to play is a new guide for local authorities and other organisations managing outdoor place space, on ensuring children and young people can get to play areas actively and independently.

View or download Routes to play

Sign here for safer cycling

Sustrans has launched the 'Motion for Women' petition, which calls upon governments to create a safer environment for cycling. The petition articulates the results of an omnibus survey of women which showed that over two thirds felt that cycle lanes separate from traffic would encourage them to cycle more.

Sign the petition or find out further details

Join the BHFNC 9th Annual Conference

The British Heart Foundation National Centre is holding their 9th Annual Conference on 18th November. The conference will explore the challenges surrounding the delivery of physical activity programmes and identify how different sectors and organisations can join their agendas to work effectively in partnership.

Find out more details or book a place at the conference

UK Physical Activity Guidelines to be updated 

Following the release of the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, a collaboration between governments in the UK and the BHFNC has commenced to undertake a review of the current Physical Activity Guidelines in the UK.

Find out more

Healthy achievements for Travel Actively

Travel Actively, the portfolio of projects from the Active Travel Consortium which addresses health and wellbeing issues in England, has released its first monitoring report. The report shows the achievements made so far and the types of participants involved. 

Find out more or download the report

UTravelActive loan bike scheme expands 

Velocampus Leeds, the bike loan scheme which runs at the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University as part of Sustrans' UTravelActive project, has almost doubled its fleet of bikes to 350 this academic year.

Find out more about Velocampus Leeds

The Evidence!

Visit www.the-evidence.org.uk for the latest research on the benefits of walking and cycling for health.

www.the-evidence.org.uk

Contact us 

If you require further information on the work of Active Travel or copies of publications please visit www.activetravel.org.uk, email activetravel@sustrans.org.uk or call 0117 915 0328

Active Travel is supported by The Department of Health. Active Travel Scotland is supported by the Scottish Government.

                                                                                       

On 5th December, days ahead of the UN's climate summit in Copenhagen, thousands of people from across the UK will flow through the streets of London as part of The Wave.

The Wave will be the UK's biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate change and will demand that the UK government stops using dirty coal, protects the world's poorest and acts fairly and quickly. The Wave is being organised by Stop Climate
Chaos, a coalition including Sustrans and more than 100 organisations and their 11 million supporters, who are working together for positive action against climate change.

Find out how you can take part in The Wave at www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave