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Walking group reaches out to commuters in social isolation -Kent
Kent Travel News ByOliver Kemp okemp@thekmgroup.co.uk 23 January 2020 A walking group set up to combat social isolation is celebrating its two year anniversary this week, but the organiser is on a mission to make an even bigger impact. Sandra Samuels-Allen came up...
Walking out of Loneliness – Sandra Samuels – Allen Promotes the Community Way
By neema kambona All Together – The Walking Workout Group in Medway Sandra Samuels-Allen is the lively founder of ‘Walking Workout with the Difference’ a community based organisation promoting health, fitness and well-being. Initially it started as a way of...
I walked my way out of loneliness… and everyone followed
I walked my way out of loneliness... and everyone followed Meet the small but mighty gathering making a difference By Lisa Walden Mar 8, 2020 As part of the Country Living Loneliness Campaign 2020, we are looking at how to overcome loneliness in the countryside,...
The Joy of Parkrun
I've recently discovered Parkrun, it was the next step in my running journey having completed the Couch to 5k running programme. Prior to May 2019, I hadn't run. Unless you count running for a bus or tube that is. It took a lot longer than 9 weeks to complete the...
Isolation and loneliness
I write this on reflection, taking stock of my nearly five years as a mum. Today my son is happily settled in reception class at primary school. I have some kind of a work/life balance by working part time. I've joined a writing group for mums. I swim. I've just...
And the beat goes on
I have just started running. I call it running but back in the day we called it jogging. I ridiculed joggers growing up. Ladies in dusky pink towelling or velour tracksuits with sweatbands installed across their foreheads. I'd see them as my family headed to the...
