The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Benefits of walking
Our future councillors need to prioritise improving our streets in their upcoming term to help people choose cleaner and healthier ways to travel.
The benefits of people walking more are plentiful, from increased physical activity and better health to reduced congestion and cleaner air.
Ahead of local elections and National Walking Month this May, walking charity Living Streets has set out seven steps to create better places for walking in their ‘Blueprint for Change’. Steps include maintaining pavements, improving pedestrian crossings, and investing in public transport. You can read more about this at livingstreets.org.uk/ blueprint.
All these measures can make walking a safer and more attractive option and help bring our communities and streets to life.
It’s time to give walking the priority it deserves.
Mark Parker, Wardon Avenue,
personal thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery, who have been supporting Cats Protection since 2018.
During that time, funds raised by players have enabled us to help and care for around 10,000 cats and kittens in our adoption centres across England, Scotland and Wales, while they await their forever homes.
In addition, they have also helped us provide cat behaviour expertise to our cat care volunteers and staff and adopters; run our Paws to Listen grief support service to help bereaved cat owners; and speak up for cats to help create positive change for cat welfare via our advocacy work.
Find out more at www. cats.org.uk
John May, Cats Protection chief executive