Voices of the Walk
Voices of the Walk is Paths for All’s everyday walking podcast. Our mission is to get Scotland walking; everyone, everywhere and everyday. In this podcast, we’ll be hearing from a variety of Scotland’s walking champions who are helping make our vision a reality.
- Update frequency
- every 64 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Mind to Walk - mindfulness podcast narrated by Edith Bowman
Clear you head and boost your mood by taking a walk while listening to this calming meditation.
Narrated by Scottish DJ and presenter Edith Bowman, this podcast will help you relax and support you to …
Alec Finlay: Creating poem gardens at Murray Royal Hospital, Perth
In this episode of Voices of the Walk, Kayleigh Lytham talks with Paths for All’s artist-in-residence Alec Finlay about their collaborative work to renovate two hospital gardens at Murray Royal Hospi…
Spring Walks
Looking for listening for your daily walk? Or something to transport you outside into nature when you can’t manage to get out?
Take a spring walk with our Paths for All staff and hear about the sights…
Attitudes to walking and wheeling in Scotland
We recently commissioned a national opinion survey on walking and wheeling, the 'attitude survey', which examined the walking and wheeling behaviours and opinions of adults in Scotland.
As well as id…
Mandy Williams: Autism inclusive walking
In this episode of Voices of the Walk, Valerie Carson from Paths for All’s Walking for Health team speaks with Mandy Williams, Volunteer Coordinator at SWAN Autism (Scotland), previously known as SWA…
Getting up, out and active with the Walk at Work Award
Employers are facing new challenges and opportunities around how to reduce sedentary behaviour and prolonged periods of desk time. The Office for National Statistics found 44% of people reported hom…
Voices of the Walk Festive Special 2022
This Christmas may feel a bit different for a lot of us, with the cost of living crisis and other pressures. So, we thought we’d ask some of the people we have worked with over the past year to refle…
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places – supporting active and sustainable travel in local communities
Active and sustainable travel is gaining momentum in line with Scotland’s ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2045. We continue to improve our health, create safer communities…
The Step Count Challenge, counting steps to a happy, healthy workplace
Every year, thousands of people from workplaces across Scotland take part in the Step Count Challenge, an online walking challenge where teams of five record their walking activity over eight weeks, …
Expert Lecture Series 2022: The Highlights
In this special episode of Voices of The Walk we revisit the highlights from our Expert Lecture Series for 2022. The lectures were held over three days in February, with each session exploring one of…
Walking for health, wellbeing and the environment
In this episode we are joined by Orla and Jeff, who featured in our 2021 Humans of the Walk exhibition. They share their reflections on the huge impact walking has made to their health, work and ever…
Winter Walking
In this special festive episode, we hear from members of the Paths for All team to hear why walking is so special to them at this time of year.
Listen to the memories that have been made and the momen…
Building transport services that work for everyone
In this episode, we look at how walking and public transport can be safer, more accessible and more welcoming for people with disabilities, long-term conditions and those with dementia.
Our Senior Dev…
How social prescribing works
In this episode we find out how our Smarter Choices, Smarter Places (SCSP) programme is supporting partnerships to deliver social prescribing projects.
SCSP Manager Graham McQueen chats to three guest…
Series highlights
To mark National Walking Month, we take a listen back to some memorable moments from the first series of Voices of the Walk.
Thank you to all our guests from the last 12 episodes who all believe so pa…
Recognising the beauty of connecting with nature
During our six-week Walking with Nature campaign, we encouraged everyone to appreciate their natural surroundings on daily walks.
From listening to and observing birds to performing small acts of kind…
Staying socially connected while physically distant
Joyous, therapeutic, invaluable, connection - just some of the words used by our podcast guests to describe Health Walks.
In this podcast episode, we hear from walkers and volunteer Walk Leaders who e…
Shane O'Mara: The new science behind walking and why it's good for us
Following on from his keynote at the Paths for All 2020 Expert Lecture, we caught up with renowned neuroscientist Shane O'Mara to revisit the highlights from his presentation and put the audience's …
Finding solace with walking during lockdown
We've all felt the effects of Covid-19. Our routines have been disrupted and restrictions have separated us from friends and family. Through our Humans of the Walk campaign, we have been able to shin…
Nanette Mutrie: New focus on "forgotten" Strength and Balance guidelines
Thanks to video conferencing, we caught up with renowned physical activity champion, Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE.
In this podcast episode, Nanette shares with us her how she likes to keep active, her…