Other ways you can help

As well as Volunteer Walk Leaders we are always looking for volunteers to help us with the administration of the schemes. In volunteering to help us with admin you can provide fundamental support for the Health Walks and also be involved in establishing new schemes. There are various ways in which you can use your skills and knowledge.

Coordinator - Volunteers

This role involves helping to organise our walk leader’s rota for one ore more regular walks and providing support to volunteers. Tasks that you have the opportunity to be involved with are:

Help organise the rota of walks three times a year
Help leaders find someone to replace them on a walk if they are unable to honour it
Help ensure that new leaders are enrolled with all of the appropriate information and establish a buddy leader
Help ensure leaders have up-to-date information about training, news etc
Help organise social events and meetings for volunteers

Coordinator – Promotion and marketing

This role involves trying to make more people aware of health walks and encouraging them to take part. Tasks that you have the opportunity to be involved with:

Help keep our and other websites up to date
Help gather testimonials, photos and stories relating to the walks
Help write press releases and promote the walks to local community groups
Help provide support with distribution of promotional material

Coordinator – Training and development

This role involves helping to organise training courses and keep our training programme maintained. Tasks that you have the opportunity to be involved with:

Help organise regular training events and maintain the training schedule
Help ensure that training events are well publicised
Help ensure we are regularly recruiting new volunteers
Help liaise with caterers, venues and trainers

Coordinator - Programme and General Administration

This role involves helping to organise our walk programmes and acting as a general point of call for enquiries. Tasks that administration coordinators have the opportunity to be involved with:

Help provide support in terms of typing up documents and correspondence
Help act as a point of call for enquiries
Help ensure records of walkers, leaders and other contacts are up to date and managed through our database
Help to organise and distribute the walk programme three times a year
Help to maintain stock levels of leader first aid kits, backpacks and other resources and help to provide handbooks, manuals and other such resources if and when necessary

How to get started

To register your interest in leading walks please get in touch with us at:

Email: healthwalks.cms@hertscc.gov.uk