The KM Walk To School Team
The KM Walk To School Team is part of the registered charity Kent and Medway Charity Team, and provides a link between schools and local authority professionals in Kent setting up or operating walk to school schemes including Walking Bus, Walk on Wednesday (WOW) and Walking Bug.
The Kent and Medway Charity Team organises a range of activities to help the charitable sector with its fund-raising and supports initiatives to promote health and wellbeing, particularly amongst primary school children.
The charity works in partnership with the KM Group, Kent's biggest media organisation. The media group provides free office accommodation for the charity at its offices at Wraik Hill, Whitstable and provides editorial coverage for its shared activities.
The charity provides a range of services under the broad headings of charitable support; health and wellbeing and walk to school services.
Walk to school services
The KM Charity Team started as a children's road safety charity a decade ago and still has a thriving and innovative team providing award winning services to primary schools in Kent and Medway. These include:
- Walking Bus. Organised walks to school where parents collaborate and escort a column of children along a set route.
- Walk on Wednesday. Wow is a starter service with families walking to school once a week and children receiving stickers and rewards.
- Walking Bug Scheme. Families walk every day to school with class milestones set and in-class activities earned.
Charitable support
- Treasure Chest. Kent-based causes can receive free prizes to support their fund-raising raffles and auctions through this initiative.
- Charity of the Year. We can help and advise charities on how to apply to become the KM Group's charity of the Year in one of seven locations in Kent. Causes selected receive publicity through KM Group media and direct fund-raising support from the KM Charity Team.
- Fund-raising. Charities can receive a block of places at one or more of our adrenaline challenge events to raise funds for their own cause.
Charity challenge
- KM Charity Challenge events raise funds for a variety of good causes. Events include sponsored abseil, zip wire, dragon boat race and water zorbing challenges, all of which are run by professional organisations that have public liability insurance cover.
Health and wellbeing
Our soon to be unveiled healthy lifestyles website will focus on:
- Health and nutrition. A range of recipes including family friendly menus are being created for the new website.
- Pedometer challenge. A competitive virtual race will be staged around the borders of Kent with participants progressing using real life pedometer clicks.
- Recreational walks. The charity is teaming up with the East Kent Health Authority to promote a range of volunteer-led walks in the county.
To find out more about our charitable activities phone 0844 2640293 (lo-call) or email walktoschool@thekmgroup.co.uk