Funding boost to get kids walking to school

A London scheme that encourages families to ditch the car and walk their children to school at least once a week will receive an £800,000 boost from the Government to extend outside of the capital.05-02-2010

The ‘Walk Once a Week’ scheme run by the Living Streets charity, is running in schools across all London boroughs and rewards children who walk to school one day a week with a collectable metal badge for each month they take part. The £800,000 funding will be used to expand the scheme to at least 900 more schools across England, with a focus on areas with high numbers of overweight and obese children.

With thanks to The Dept of health. For the full article: http://tinyurl.com/yd3fe8b