Bucks residents encouraged to get walking and talking for their health
A new scheme is combining physical and mental health
Buckinghamshire residents are being encouraged to join a new scheme to get active and chatting.
A new health initiative is being launched encouraging Buckinghamshire residents to get moving and chatting in a new campaign Walk and Talk.
The Active Communities pilot is running in West Wycombe, Cressex & Castlefield, Abbey and Aylesbury North West began last month.
The focus is promoting the benefits that a little bit of exercises and talking can have on physical and mental health.
The Walk and Talk campaign launched this week as part of the initiative has shared some tips to get more active:
- Stand up or move around to make a phone call or go on social media~
- Have online and office meetings with regular standing or arrange to have walking meetings
- Take regular standing breaks when on the computer or just stand up every time you press the send key on an email
- Arrange regular meetings with friends and family to walk together
To sit alongside the scheme a range of Active Park Walks have been created at The Riverside and Haydon Hill Park in Aylesbury and Desborough Recreation Ground in Wycombe.
Carl Jackson, Buckinghamshire Council's Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing (Public Health) said:
"The Walk and Talk scheme is the first of a number of campaigns and events linked to the Active Communities pilot. They promote easy ways for people to add a little movement into their everyday lives.
"Over time these simple acts of sitting less and standing and moving more can become part of our everyday routine without us even realising and so benefiting both our physical and mental health and wellbeing."
Buckinghamshire Council have more information on their website.