Get your county Walking
Get in touch with Get Ireland Walking and find out how you can activate your county’s infrastructure and get people walking for recreation, transport and health as part of their every day lives.
Our 4 year research programme titled ‘Get Your County Walking’ and implemented in Cork by Get Ireland Walking and South East Technological University (SETU) will be rolled out county by county over the coming years.
Read about our pilot programme; Get Cork Walking in the case study below.
On behalf of Get Ireland Walking we are truly excited and energised by the Get Cork Walking Project and the amazing work being carried on the ground by all the stakeholders across Cork City and County.
Get Cork Walking
Over the past four years we have been welcomed with open arms into the rebel county where they fully engaged with the phases and stages of the research project. Cork proudly showcased their innovative and impactful projects on the ground across multiple sectors.
Our Action Plan for Cork will allow all partners to effectively co-deliver on key projects and celebrate the work and the activity of walking through gatherings, campaigns and events throughout the year.
We envisage this systems approach to walking promotion will act as a mechanism to deliver local and national goals whilst contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
We are utilising the Global Action Plan for Physical Activity (GAPPA) Framework to support and guide our work. We view the GAPPA quadrants: Active Systems, Active Societies, Active Environment and Active People as engaging and cross-sectoral, and are applicable to all stakeholders with a vested interest in walking promotion and development.
Download the Get Cork Walking Action Plan here:
The GAPPA Framework
In 2018, the World Health Organisation published the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA). This is a framework for action, for national governments to adopt, which encompasses a whole systems approach to physical activity promotion across four strategic objectives. Throughout the implementation of this strategy, Get Ireland Walking will use the GAPPA framework to guide our work at a local and national level.
