For Community Coordinators

If your group doesn't have a walk organised—create a new walking event.  Walktober provides information and resources to help you organise and run your event.

Walktober downloads

• About Walktober. Encourage walking in your community

  This guide draws from the experiences and examples of local governments who have used the Walktober campaign to successfully promote walking in their community.

• About Walktober. Tips & Ideas for your Walking Event

  More ideas for community groups

• Walktober Poster / Brochure template

  This A4 poster/brochure has been prepared as a resource to help groups promote their walking event. 
  This is a PDF interactive form.
  1. You can simply print out as is (the black descriptive text will not print out, nor wll the SAVE / PRINT button), then handwrite your details
  OR
  2. You can type your details into the fillable fields/boxes
  Hover the cursor over an area that looks like it might be a field. If the cursor changes to an I-beam and the box is highlighted in black - you can click in the field/box and type.

• Sample letter to community groups (Word)

• Sample Walktober Registration Form(Word)

• Walktober Evaluation Form (Word)

• Walktober Events Calendar template (Word)

• Walktober Brochure (PDF)

 Walktober Tip Sheets

• How to Include People with a Disability as part of your walk

• Push & Play Pram Walk

Walktober Logos

• Download Complete set of Walktober logos

  To download the complete set of Walktober logos. 

  This is a zip file (a compressed version of the file that is considerably smaller than the original file).  When prompted, click Save, and save the .zip file to the location that you want. To unzip the file, right-click the file, and then click Extract on the shortcut menu.

• Download Walktober logo (JPG)

  To download the Walktober JPEG image to your computer:

  1. Rest the mouse pointer over the link above.
  2. Right-click. A drop-down menu appears.
  3. To save the image as a file, select "Save Link As..." from the menu. 

  4. The Save Image dialog appears.
  5. Type a name for the image and choose where you want to save the image on your computer.  Click Save.

Other resources

• Pathways Walking Kit

  TIP SHEET for Organisers & Health Professionals: walking groups, events, activities
  The Pathways Walking Kit has been developed to get more people walking more often. It is primarily targeted at people who don’t walk or could walk more.
  This Tip Sheet provides information on:

  • Starting a Neighbourhood House or Community Centre walking group

  • Working with your General Practitioners (GPs), physiotherapists, dieticians, chiropractors and other health professionals

  • Community Walking Challenges and Events

  • Promotional campaigns and other activities

  • Assistance

  This resource was produced in 2006 by the Centre Active Recreation Network (CARN), part of The Centre for Continuing Education Inc.
  www.thecentre.vic.edu.au

• Walk Kit. How To Start A Walking Program: A Guide for Local Program Coordinators

  This guide is designed to provide local coordinators with the steps needed to create successful walking groups in communities. It provides basic information and resources that can be adapted to any community.

  California Activite Communities | California Department Of Public Health, 2009
  http://www.caactivecommunities.org/