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Turn active travel into a charity walk with the trundl app

By July 12, 2024July 15th, 2024activities
man walking with trundle the walking for charity app

Turn active travel into a charity walk with the trundl app

There’s undoubtedly a lot of talk and research around active travel these days. But what is it and how can it relate to the walking for charity app trundl?

 

In essence, active travel means getting around in ways that make you physically active, like cycling or walking. Realistically, this is for short journeys, like local school runs, trips to the shop or as part of a commute. Given that many car journeys are less than 5 miles, there’s real potential to swap the car for active travel.

Encouraging active travel is becoming a big priority for urban planning as there are some clear benefits.  For instance, according to recent research, if active travel in England matched levels seen in Denmark, it could be worth as much as £17 billion to the NHS. And by turning your active travel into a charity walk with trundl, those benefits go up even further.

Benefits of active travel

Health.  Adding even 20-30 minutes of extra activity a day can improve cardiovascular health, reduce obesity, and enhance mental well-being.  Being a trundl member brings the extra incentive of knowing that your healthy walk is helping great causes too.

Environmental impact.  Active travel produces zero emissions, helping to reduce air pollution, ease congestion and combat climate change. By walking with the trundl charity app, you can also track the CO2 you’re saving. Furthermore, when trundl membership saves over 1,000kg of CO2, trundl plants an orchard in a UK school with The Tree Council. This creates a wonderful legacy for generations to come.

Cost-effective: Walking and cycling are generally more affordable than motor transport. Even leaving the car behind for just some trips will bring savings in fuel, wear-and-tear and parking that add up over time.  And by trundling rather than driving, you also create funds for great charity causes without having to make the donations yourself. Another win-win for trundl

Community engagement: Regular active travel can foster social-connections and strengthen community bonds.  For company trundl members, committing to regular active travel not only brings the benefits shown above. It will also help to support the company’s own carbon-reduction targets, as measured under Scope 3 emission tracking.

Without question, creating the opportunity and infrastructure for more active travel will bring huge personal and societal benefits. And turning active travel journeys into charity walks with the trundl app will add even more.

There are some great links and resources about how you can bring active travel into your life, including this one from Active Together

 

Happy active trundling!