Health Promotion’s Walk Leader Trainer, Karen Peteranna travelled to South Uist recently providing Walk Leader Training to people within the community. The training aims to provide attendees with the skills and confidence to be able to lead Health Walks within their local community.
A Health Walk is short, social, low level and led by trained Walk Leaders. It can be anything from 10 minutes to 1 hour long and are for people who could benefit the most from physical activity.
Walking is a simple way to increase your physical activity. It’s an all round great activity for all ages and fitness levels, which can improve your health, help you lose weight, make you feel good and it’s free!
New Health Walks, open to all, will be launched across the Uists in the coming months … so watch this space!
If you are interested in leading Health Walks in your local community please contact Karen Peteranna, NHSWI Health Improvement Practitioner, tel. (01851) 762017 or email: karen.peteranna@nhs.net
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