Steppin Onwards into 2025: The Steppin Sistas Walking Group
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- September 25, 2024
Sophia Brown leads the Steppin Sistas walking group a vibrant community initiative that promotes health, wellness and unity. The group embodies the spirit of togetherness, as they stride together towards a healthier future, one step at a time
We have more planning and collaboration coming for 2025, but before then, this year in October, eight Sistas will be having a breathtaking experience and walking Hadrians Wall, starting at Carlise and finishing at Newcastle, we will spend five days walking between 7 and 10 miles – part of the wall. I thought it would be a great opportunity to keep breaking down those barriers, and to tread in those places where we can gain knowledge and experiences and gain more confidence branching out further afield.
Also, there has been some filming happening, to promote our group even more from
Home – Sustrans.org.uk and https://www.jmpuk.com/
Who have been greatly interested in our work and has help us a great deal with being confident behind the cameras and exploring more of unknown green spaces to the group.
We will be back on board attending another First Aid Survival weekender early November – Outdoor pursuits, offered through Remote Pre Hospital Training, Peter Cook is the main training facilitator and managing Director, https://remotefirstaid.co.uk who has so far offered Bristol Steppin Sistas the opportunity to reach a great potential, so far we have attended 6 weekenders with Peter and his team at different locations in the South West and Wales
November will be our last walk of the year – making it more inclusive for walkers to come together and walk, plus to socialise in beautiful country surroundings all welcome over 18.
So, Next year – Yes !!! were taking bigger steps to hike in Croatia – April 2025 and the Great wall of China – October 2025.
WE GOT THIS !! 😊
In between those dates there will be more walks for men – lead by myself, more family walks and more Steppin Sista walks.
More inclusive taster walks are in the pipeline in collaboration with the Asian Community .
We will have three new walk leaders being assessed for a level 3 low land walk leader qualification, making our walks more often and accessible for the community.
A great article was written by John Craven, giving us a mention – you can read the article here
And a great article from online BBC News – addressing the barriers we sometimes face.
National Trust drive to get more diverse communities walking – BBC News
For more information and how to join us please take a look at our website
www.bristolsteppinsistas.co.uk
