Our newest local group, Better Streets Liverpool, has just 10 Asks for Safer Streets and @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social agreed to support them all at a recent meeting 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Congratulations! 🥹 Discover how to start a Living Streets Local Group: https://act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/42376/subscribe/1

Happy #WorldHealthDay! Walking for just 20 minutes a day can: ✅ help us maintain a healthy weight ✅ lower the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression ✅ make us feel happier and calmer Find out more: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk

Free Wills Month has ended – but good news! 🎉 Thanks to our partnership with Farewill, you can still write or update a legally binding will for free at any time of the year. Find out more and get started: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/legacy

The Easter Bank Holiday is almost here! Start the long weekend with a spring in your step and head out for a walk. Our parents and carers website is packed with fun ideas to help you liven up your adventures! https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/47ZdF37

“When walking is prioritised, we create better places to live, work and spend time. This strategy is a step in the right direction to realising that vision." - our @charitycat.bsky.social on ‘Better Connected: a strategy for integrated transport’, out today.

It's National Walking Day today! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Why not take a walk and see how many colours you can find? 🔴🟡🟢🔵🟣

Writing your Will is easier than you might think. Through our partner Farewill, you can: ✔ Write your Will for free ✔ Do it online or by phone ✔ Update it whenever life changes ✔ Access expert support Start your free Will https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/legacy

From zebra crossings to speed limits to the Highway Code… 🦺 Living Streets’ campaigning has transformed life for pedestrians for nearly a century. Imagine what the next 100 years could bring – with a gift in your will. Write your free will this month https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/legacy

Following publication of new guidance from @ategov.bsky.social this week, our @tansbraun.bsky.social joined the Guardian on a walk to talk about the importance of involving women and girls in street design. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

WOW Badge Design Competition 2026 – the results! Check out the winning designs for our annual design competition – and congratulations to the winners, runners up and everyone who took part. www.livingstreets.org.uk/badgecompwin...

Happy Shoesday is nearly here! 👟 Tue 19 May, walk or wheel to school in your happiest shoes – glitter, colour, or sparkles, anything goes. Small steps. Big smiles. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/happyshoesday #HappyShoesday

Our UK #WalkingSummit panel discusses how we ensure pedestrians benefit from emerging technologies.

"Streets and public spaces that work for women and girls work for everyone. That’s the principle we need to embed into every scheme, every strategy and plan, and every investment decision." @liliangreenwood.bsky.social takes to the UK #WalkingSummit stage

A busy morning across TV and radio as we talk about this news from Active Travel England. Local transport minister, Lilian Greenwood MP will join us at our UK #WalkingSummit this morning to set out this new guidance. https://lnkd.in/efY9Zv53

Today, we hosted a guided walk through Cardiff city centre as part of Active Wales 2026, exploring how urban design can create safer, more welcoming and inclusive spaces- especially for women and girls, while still encouraging active travel.

Earlier this month, the Welsh Government gave local authorities new powers to introduce zebra crossings nationwide🦓 Over 1000 supporters have urged Westminster and Holyrood to roll out side road zebra crossings in England and Scotland. Will you join them? https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4synvBs

Hull City Midfielder, Matt 'Tree' Crooks shared a special shoutout for our spring WOW Top Ten winners! Congratulations Chiltern Primary School in Hull 🏆⚽ #hcafc Find out more about WOW Top Ten: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/3PqhY1e

Encourage pupils to walk, wheel, cycle, scoot or Park and Stride to school this Walk to School Week (18-22 May) with our Mission Move themed classroom packs. Order your packs today and join the fun this May! https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw

Roedd yn bleser gennym groesawu Rhun ap Iorwerth AS @plaidcymru.bsky.social i Ysgol Gymuned y Fali heddiw, wrth i ddisgyblion rhannu manteision cerdded ac olwynio i’r ysgol. Ymunodd Aelod Senedd Ynys Môn â disgyblion i gerdded i’r ysgol ac yna gwasanaeth arbennig.

Today, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS @plaidcymru.bsky.social, met with children from Ysgol Gymuned y Fali, as they shared the benefits of walking and wheeling to school. The Member of the Senedd for Ynys Môn joined pupils on a walk Followed by a special assembly. https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4sVj1Eu

How do we put pedestrians first as new technologies appear in our towns and cities? Adam Tranter will host a conversation to discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead at our UK #WalkingSummit next week. Come along and get involved in Liverpool on Wednesday!

The UK #WalkingSummit in Liverpool is less than a week away and @atkinsrealis.bsky.social#WalkingSummitis returning as our headline partner for the second-year running. Ahead of the event, they shared why supporting the Summit aligns with their mission and ongoing work: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4rIkJIG

We’re heading to Liverpool next week for our UK #WalkingSummit. Our Summit co-Chair, Kirsty McCaskill-Baxter has three reasons why you should join us.

Our UK #WalkingSummit sponsor, @mottmacdonald.bsky.social#WalkingSummit champion walking and wheeling, and creating safer, healthier and more accessible places for everyday travel. Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-streets-uk-walking-summit-2026-liverpool-tickets-1734297473429?aff=oddtdtcreator

Simon O'Brien has taken to the streets of our UK Walking Summit host city to invite you to join him in Liverpool next week. Tempted? Get your UK #WalkingSummit tickets today!

It’s just over two months until Walk to School Week 2026! Join the fun and order your classroom packs before the Easter holidays. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw

Did you know there's 36 Japanese terms for ‘walking’? So whether you ‘walk proudly like a tiger’ or prefer a more gentle, ‘slow ox-like pace’, there's a mood and pace for all🐾 Our UK Walking Summit in Liverpool is just one week away; how will you arrive – and in which style? 🐾

Do you want happier, healthier pupils? ⭐ Join over 2,000 schools already getting active with WOW – the walk to school challenge. ✅ Watch car journeys to school reduce by 59% and walking and wheeling increase by 18%. Register now: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/46BY09n

Rethink road space! Join @cleancitiescampaign.org for an interactive walkshop exploring how reallocating space can create greener, safer, pedestrian focused streets Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-streets-uk-walking-summit-2026-liverpool-tickets-1734297473429?aff=oddtdtcreator

Councils in Wales have been given powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions, giving pedestrians clearer priority at side road junctions🦓 Join our campaign for UK wide side road zebra crossings! https://act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/188243/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=bsky

The UK Walking Summit 2026 is in Liverpool on 25 March! Join us as we explore safer, smarter, walkable streets. Thanks to supporters AtkinsRéalis, @waymo.bsky.social, @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social, Mott MacDonald and Voi. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-str...

Our tenth UK Walking Summit is just two weeks away! This year's event is in Liverpool and features a programme packed with unmissable highlights. Zak Viney, our Campaigns and Public Affairs Coordinator, shares the five things they're most excited about: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4sa7sJY

Heddiw (11 Mawrth) mae awdurdodau lleol wedi cael pwerau newydd i osod croesfannau sebra ffordd ymyl ar gyffyrdd Cymru. Bydd y ddeddfwriaeth hon yn rhoi blaenoriaeth i gerddwyr ar strydoedd ymyl ac yn helpu i gefnogi pobl i gerdded ac olwyno mwy.  Dysgwch fwy: bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4lvHEFC

Today (11 March) local authorities have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions across Wales. This new legislation will give pedestrians priority at side streets and help support people to walk and wheel more.  Find out more bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4lvHEFC

Walk and wheel to school with a smile on #HappyShoesday 🧡 . Join us on Tuesday 19 May! Wear the shoes that make you feel your happiest and help raise funds for your school and Living Streets. Find out more 👉 https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/happyshoesday

Every year, people are killed and seriously injured while travelling on streets that should keep them safe. By leaving a gift in your Will, you can help us campaign for streets where everyone can walk with confidence. Start your free Will at https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/legacy

How do we design streets for everyone? Christopher Martin and Katie Shannon will share the community‑led work behind Creating Streets for All in Bootle. Join us on 25 March: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-streets-uk-walking-summit-2026-liverpool-tickets-1734297473429?aff=oddtdtcreator

Parents and carers – we need your voice! 📋 We’re gathering the views of families across the UK to understand the barriers faced when walking and wheeling to school. Take our short survey to be entered into a £200 gift card draw. Have your say 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentWOW

Meet keynote speakers Alexei Lee and Jo Bacon from @atkinsrealis.bsky.social They'll share insights on behaviour, design and creating streets that put pedestrians first. Don’t miss it! https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4uazMwV

Walk to School Week 2026 classroom packs are now live on our shop! From 18–22 May 2026, schools across the UK will take part in our five-day walking challenge – and this year’s theme is Mission Move 🔎. Join the fun and order your classroom packs today!

Congratulations to the most active and engaged WOW schools in Wales who topped our spring term #WOWTopTen challenge 🏆 Thank you to all the children and families who walked to school this February 🌷

Llongyfarchiadau i'r ysgolion WOW mwyaf gweithgar yng Nghymru ar frig ein her #DegUchafWOW tymor y gwanwyn 🏆 Diolch i'r holl blant a theuluoedd a gerddodd i'r ysgol fis Chwefror yma 🌷

Congratulations to the most active and engaged WOW schools in England who topped our spring term #WOWTopTen challenge 🏆 Thank you to all the children and families who walked to school this February 🌷

Autonomous Vehicles are coming to UK streets this year and Waymo, a leading provider, joins us at the UK Walking Summit. Find out more about their plans by booking your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-streets-uk-walking-summit-2026-liverpool-tickets-1734297473429?aff=oddtdtcreator

Happy Shoesday is back! Join us on 19 May to wear your brightest, boldest, most joyful shoes and help us raise funds for your school and our vital work to support safer, more walkable streets for all.  Find out more: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/happyshoesday #HappyShoesday

This #FreeWillsMonth, walk forward with us 🌞 For nearly 100 years, Living Streets has campaigned for streets designed for people – not just cars. By writing your free Will with Farewill, you can help create a bright future for walking. Find out more: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/legacy

Are you joining us for Walk to School Week 2026? This May, pupils will set off on operation Mission Move 🔎 as part of our five-day challenge to learn about the benefits of walking or wheeling to school. Order your classroom packs today! www.livingstreets.org.uk/walktoschool...

Fantastic to hear Christopher Martin talking about London's streets with The Brief podcast from @opencity-uk.bsky.social 🙌 The episode covers everything from rebuilding ruins to the Pedestrian Pound: https://shows.acast.com/opencity/episodes/generational-pedestrianisation-plans-for-londons-west-end

The people of Wales are fed up with more traffic, neglected pavements, inconsiderate driver behaviour and dangerous streets at night. We deserve better. Will your Senedd candidates step forward for Wales? 🚶‍➡️🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Take action now #Senedd2026 livingstreets.org.uk/elections2026

One week to go! There’s still time for pupils to enter the WOW Badge Design Competition! It’s easy to take part; simply download the form, create a badge design and upload it through our portal. Their art could be the next national WOW badge! Enter here: www.livingstreets.org.uk/badgecompeti...