A: Walking is known to be one of the best forms of exercise humans can do. (see W.H.O: Physical activity (who.int) walking; and HARVARD : 5 of the best exercises you can ever do – Harvard Health.)
Step to Shops encourages people to make one ten minute short walk to the shops per week. This adds up to 8.6 hours of additional walking per year. If we encourage just 15% of the UK’s 65 million population to simply Step to Shops once a week, 9,750,0000 people could be walking an extra eight hours a year. That’s an additional 78 million walking hours a year. We believe this will bring great health benefits to the nation.
It is proven that walking also benefits mental health, and increases your chances of making friends or even finding love. Verbal face-to-face communication and seeing people regularly gives everyone’s day a lift.
