Active Travel
Active travel is about making journeys in physically active ways like walking, cycling and wheeling. Active travel is beneficial for health and wellbeing, the wider environment and the economy. Our Council has an Active Travel Strategy which aims to promote and support the choice to use active travel including for going to school, work, or other trips. The Active Travel Strategy has a number of strategic objectives and outcomes linked to schools.
You can find out more about Active Travel and the Council’s Active Travel Strategy online: Active travel | Dumfries and Galloway Council (dumgal.gov.uk)
We work in partnership with organisations to deliver projects related to active travel, physical activity, awareness, and training in schools.
Click the icons below to find out more about these programmes.
Throughout the year there are a range of Active Travel events/initiatives run in schools to promote and encourage young people to actively travel to school. Below is a list of this schools years planned active travel events and the relevant dates. Click on the title of each activity (highlighted in blue) for more details on the event.
Calendar of Active Events for school year 2024/25
Hands Up Scotland Survey (Sustrans) 9 to 13 September 2024
Cycle to School Week 23 to 27 September 2024
Road Safety Week 17 to 23 November 2024
Leg it to Lapland (I Bike) 2 to 6 December 2024
Big Walk and Wheel (Sustrans) 24 March to 4 April 2025
Spring Walk to School Week (Living Streets) May 2025 (dates TBC)
