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Terence Bendixson OBE looks back at decades of campaigning for safer streets with Living Streets, and makes an impassioned plea to support campaigns for walking.

Living Streets Cymru, Cycling UK and Sustrans Cymru are calling on the Welsh Government to ensure that walking, wheeling and cycling remain a priority in public investment. Ruth Billingham, our Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs, explains why. 

On World Mental Health Day, our Chief Executive Catherine Woodhead tells us why walking and wheeling is about so much more than keeping physically fit.

Ruth Billingham, our Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs, tells us why Living Streets needs your help. 

Ahead of World Car Free Day on 22 September, lifestyle blogger Fritha Quinn tells us why she's embracing life without a car and the surprising benefits of travelling by foot, bus and train. 

Living Streets looks at World Car Free Day and how cities and local groups across the world and the UK are using car free events to make travel more accessible, inclusive and fun. 

Dipak discovered the magic of walking during treatment for breast cancer in 2021. Here she tells us how walking helped her during her treatment and recovery.

To celebrate National Walking Month and the launch of Byways: Poems and Stories on Foot, we asked some of its contributors to write about the #MagicOfWalking

Sophie and Lisa started Women Who Walk in St Albans to support young women experiencing social isolation. They tell us how the group brings women from all walks of life together.

Living Streets’ Jane Rickwood writes about the importance of letting kids lead the way and why walking has so many health and wellbeing benefits for children and young people.