Ramblers Scotland: Supporting community path projects

tCV’s colleagues at ramblers Scotland are looking to support footpath development, which may be of interest to groups belonging to our Community network, as outlined here by Heath Brown, ramblers Scotland Community outreach officer: the ramblers are looking to support groups and organisations to access funding and develop projects that create changes in local path networks. We are looking to work with groups to improve their local path networks, create walking routes and develop local signage. every step we can take to improve our path networks helps everyone take a step outdoors. at the ramblers we have developed an online mapping tool that helps individuals and groups review their local path networks and working together we can establish what can be done to improve the network.

Whether it’s a path disappearing under vegetation, erosion due to weather or barriers restricting access – local groups know where improvements could be made. let’s make the most of that local knowledge.

We’d like to help groups to develop local partnerships to explore ideas and potential projects that could apply for funds and make real change in your community.

We can help you develop ideas, from taking the first walk along the path to see and understand the issues, to creating partnerships with local authorities and other local groups, to potentially develop a fully costed project application.

We can support a wide range of projects to:

• Improve accessibility and resilience of existing paths between homes, community facilities, active travel routes and public transport facilities

• Remove barriers to make existing paths more accessible to more people

• Create short links from existing paths to community destinations such as homes and public transport

• Create routes to aid the development of 20-minute neighbourhoods you may know of lots of path projects, big and small, but are unsure how improvements can be funded. With your knowledge about local paths, together with the right support from ramblers Scotland and others, including tCV, we can make a real difference to our local path network. if this is of interest to your group, please get in touch