Read about our Community Walking programmes! Discover your pathway from joining your local community walking programme to progressing into the hills and building your walking confidence along the way.
Active Community Walking Programme
The Active Community Walking Programme aims to support the creation of vibrant walking communities throughout Ireland.
The programme is delivered on the ground by Local Sports Partnerships and works with local communities to increase the capacity and potential of people with low levels of physical activity to become more active through walking.
The programme is led out by skilled walking facilitators and emphasises the importance of group activity and the benefits associated with that; the social aspect being the most obvious. This allows the participants to increase their physical activity levels, explore new areas, make new friends, and build confidence to progress to more advanced walking programmes and learn new skills.
All walks take place on terrain that is accessible and safe, generally within and around local communities, parks, clubs and low-level woodlands.
For more information, please contact the Local Sports Partnership in your area. See a full list by clicking on the link below.
Active Community Hillwalking Programme
This programme aims to provide an opportunity for participants of the Active Community Walking Programme to develop their walking skills and experience hillwalking in a safe environment.
The programme will act as a progression from the Active Community Walking Programme and introduce existing walkers to a new space and environment off-road, on more challenging terrain and higher ground.
It aims to help sustain more established walker’s interest by providing an opportunity to experience more remote areas on trails and uplands, with an element of adventure and potential to increase fitness further. It will introduce participants to hillwalking within a group setting with expert tips and support to join existing hillwalking clubs or start their own club with support from Mountaineering Ireland, the National Governing Body for hillwalkers.
Contact Get Ireland Walking to get started!