Active Travel Erewash
STOP PRESS!!
The Active Travel Challenge website is now live!
If you live or work in Erewash or Derbyshire, why not join the Challenge from 19th June to 31st August 2010?
All you need to do is walk, cycle, or jog for 10 minutes and you can win some great prizes including a Peak Tours holiday, a folding bike, vouchers for outdoor gear and much more!
Register now at http://www.activetravelchallenge.org.uk
On Saturday June 19th, we will be at Erewash Together 2010 in Long Eaton to launch the Challenge, with a stall outside the West Park Leisure Centre, from 12- 4pm. There will be free bike safety checks, free walking, cycling maps, free bike tryouts, and a bike ride to Shipley Country Park starting at 12pm.
Why not come down and see us!?
Active Travel Erewash
Below, you will find information on:
- The benefits of active travel
- Top Tips for organisations
- The Active Travel Pledge
- Useful Links
- Free Resources
What is Active Travel?
Active Travel means travelling actively for everyday journeys such as to work, whether by walking, cycling, jogging, or using public transport, if walking or cycling to the nearest stop. Active Travel is an easy and accessible way for people to build physical activity into their daily life.
Who or what is Active Travel Erewash?
Active Travel Erewash is run by Choose Cycling, a Cycling and Green Travel Social Enterprise, with extensive experience of promoting walking, cycling and travel planning.
Free Support
Over 2010, we are offering free support to organisations in Erewash who would like to encourage their workforce to actively travel to work.
Free advice and resources
We are offering Erewash workplaces free initial advice on setting up an active travel or travel plan scheme, and access to free resources on these webpages. Contact us on 01773 827450 or 07900 977990.
The Benefits of Active Travel
For organisations
Is your car park full?
Would you like to save £1000 per employees per year? (reduced sickess absence)
Do you want to help tackle climate change?
A healthy workforce that actively travels to work everyday has been proven to have beneficial outcomes for organisations including:
For individuals
Top tips for organisations on promoting active travel.
Start a Travel Plan (Visit our Travel Plan pages )
Health, Work and Well-bring Challenge fund
Promote Walking (and jogging)
Erewash has a comprehensive Network of local routes and footpaths, so it will be easy for staff to walk to work if they live within 2 miles of your workplace.
Promote Cycling
Erewash has a wonderful traffic-free trail, the Nutbrook Trail, which runs along the Erewash canal and links Long Eaton with Ilkeston and Shipley Country Park, making for a perfect cycling commute if staff live within 7 miles of work. Sustrans National Cycle Network Route 6 runs between Derby and Nottingham via Long Eaton - click here. And trails are getting better! A new traffic-free route, the Erewash Valley Trail, will be created in the next 2 years between Long Eaton and Langley Mill.
Promote Public Transport
Free Resources
Download our free resources below, including a guide to promoting active travel in the workplace and a promotional poster, local leaflets, cycling maps, and an Active Travel Quiz. We have 100 hard copies of the Active Travel Toolkit free to Erewash businesses. Contact us if you would like a copy
01773 827450
07900 977990
info@activetravelerewash.co.uk
The Active Travel Erewash Project is being funded by NHS Derbyshire County.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Essential Erewash Leaflet.pdf | 1.7 MB |
| Map of the Nutbrook Trail.pdf | 29.56 KB |
| Route of the Future Erewash Valley Trail.pdf | 3.61 MB |
| Derbyshire Cycle Map.pdf | 1.03 MB |
| Active Travel workplace Poster.pdf | 251.68 KB |
| Active Travel brief step-by-step guide for workplaces.pdf | 205.96 KB |
| Active Travel for Workplaces detailed leaflet.pdf | 370.6 KB |
| How to produce Active Travel directions.pdf | 125.79 KB |
| Active Travel Erewash Quiz.doc | 28.5 KB |