Walk Leader and National Step-o-Meter Training

Part of Walking the Way to Health Initiative

This course is for anyone who would like to join our team of Volunteer Walk Leaders or introduce a walking programme into their organisation’s activities.

The aim of the course is to train walk leaders who can lead safe and enjoyable walking sessions as well as motivating people to walk more in their daily lives.

After the course you will be able to:

• Outline main benefits of regular walking
• Organise and lead a walking session
• Outline the role of a walk leader at the start, during and at the end of the ‘health walk’
• Recognise potential safety hazards
• Advise on practical issues such as intensity, frequency, posture and clothing
• Outline the essential qualities of a ‘good walk leader’
• Describe the National Step-o-meter programme

We do ask that those attending the training are committed to leading or assisting another walk leader with a walk soon after attending the course

10th September 2010
9.30am – 4.30pm
160 Tooley Street
London SE1 2TZ

For an application form contact: Lorraine Baker on 020 7525 1696 or email lorraine.baker@southwarkpct.nhs.uk

This course has been organised by the Lambeth and Southwark Health Promotion Training Team