Children taking part in KM Walk to School schemes could live up to 13 years longer by avoiding childhood obesity through regular exercise. Exercise reduces the risk of death from diseases associated with excess weight and obesity by up to 50 per cent, according to research...

Blows will be struck to the blights of traffic congestion, pollution and obesity thanks to a new scheme embraced by pupils in Canterbury. Love Your City is a push to convince parents of the numerous benefits to their children of walking to school instead of travelling by car....

Green travel heroes from across Kent and Medway have been honoured at the KM Walk to School Awards. Schools which have shown an active commitment to green travel – which includes walking cycling and scooting – nominated the staff and volunteers who enable it to happen...

Sittingbourne pupils are to be gifted with enrolment to the KM Walk to School project thanks to a local benefactor. Children at Regis Manor Community School and Milton Court Primary School will feel the full benefit of the green travel schemes, which not only make roads around...

Kent’s problem with childhood obesity could be tackled if more children walked to school as part of an active lifestyle, says our KM Charity Team chief executive. It has recently been much-reported in the local news that almost one in five Kent children is obese accordin...

It’s less than a month until our Walk to School Awards! Excitement is building ahead of the ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, February 11 at The Gulbenkian Theatre on the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus. Nominations for the Walk to School Awards –...

Voting has now closed in the Walk to School Song Contest, with the winning school choir to be announced on this website on Christmas Day. Four primary schools battled it out in the professional recording studio of Independent Music Productions in Canterbury, singing their own...