The following projects were supported by the Cornwall Active Travel Social Prescribing (ATSP) pilot. These were funded using a grant from Active Travel England. The Pilot ran from summer 2023 to until summer 2025. For more information about our pilot, and to view our delivery report, please see our Active Travel Social Prescribing (ATSP) Pilot page. Some of our projects will be continuing in some form after the end of the pilot. Please contact the organisation directly for information.
Cornwall Active Travel Social Prescribing Projects
Health Improvement Practitioners (HIPs)
They supported participants to build walking and cycling into their everyday journeys.
Case-studies:
Active Cornwall:
Wellbeing Walks Cornwall (to support Active Travel)
The ATSP pilot supported Active Cornwall’s free walk leader training with the Ramblers Association. You can join walks across Cornwall or train to become a walk leader yourself.
Bosvena Health:
Walk for Wellbeing Groups
The ATSP pilot supported the Social Prescribers at Bosvena Health to lead an active walk on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. The walk was friendly and fully accessible. It was suitable for beginners and those with mobility issues, walking over easy ground at a steady pace.
British Cycling:
Sofa to Saddle Cornwall – Empowering Communities though British Cycling Participation Programmes
British Cycling support people to learn to ride a bike. Through the ATSP pilot they ran a ride leadership programme (training new ride leaders). They offered Sofa to Saddle sessions, adaptive cycling, guided rides and BMXercise.
Case-studies and in the press:
- British Cycling support women at Treyla to use Beryl Bikes
- Chaos Radio on 21st November talking about the project
Cornwall Life Recycle:
The Active Cycle (Diwrosa) Connection: “Activating Journeys, Transforming Paths: Learn, Connect, Cycle, Change”
Cornwall Life Recycle help people to learn to ride. Through the ATSP pilot they are offered support to people to plan routes, learn to ride and maintain a bike. They have a variety of bikes, including accessible trikes. They also offered bike check/basic service.
Case-studies:
Curious School of the Wild:
Waymaking
The ATSP pilot supported Curious School of the Wild to take people on journeys using public transport.
GLL Leisure:
B.E.A.T. Project (Better Engagement In Active Travelling)
GLL Leisure are based at Bodmin Leisure Centre and St Austell Leisure Centre. They used their ATSP pilot grant to run engagement sessions to support members of the public to get into cycling. They worked in collaboration with Cornwall Life Recycle and other partners. Together, they provided people with the opportunity to ‘have a go’ at cycling for the first time. (This includes using adaptive bikes). They taught people to mend punctures, and have run several bike MOT days.
Case studies and in the press:
Into Bodmin:
Walking Bus Initiative for Bodmin Community Wellbeing
Into Bodmin led walks around Bodmin to areas people would normally drive to. The walks are led by a creative practitioner, enhancing social connections and tackling isolation.
Lanhydrock National Trust site:
Walks and Cycle Rides at Lanhydrock to Encourage Walking and Cycling for Active Travel
The National Trust provided walking and cycling provision around Lanhydrock. They worked closely with the diabetic service and Bosvena Health (GP surgery).
Mencap:
Our Active Community Travel Fund. Supporting People with a Learning Disability to Lead Active Lifestyles
Mencap support people with learning disabilities. Through the ATSP pilot they found out the barriers people face when travelling actively. They created an Active Travel Fund to support people with learning difficulties to access activities in an active travel way.
Parkwood Leisure:
Walx
The ATSP pilot supported Parkwood Leisure in Penzance to run WALX. This is a 6 week lifestyle plan which combines walking based wellness and mobility sessions.
RideOn E-Bikes:
Flexible Term E-Bike and Equipment Loans, and Confidence Training to Facilitate Active Travel
Through the ATSP pilot RideOn had 12 electric bikes available to people on flexible loans (from 1 week up to 3 months) at a massively discounted rate of £1/day.
St Petrocs:
Unlocking Cornwall: Project to Encourage Public Transport for People Experiencing Homelessness
Through the ATSP pilot St Petrocs supported people living in supported housing to use public transport. They built up the confidence of clients to use trains, buses and Beryl Bikes/cycle hires.
Sustainable PNZ:
An Interactive Walking Map of Penzance Supported by Community Workshops & Events
Sustainable PNZ created an accessible walking map of the Penzance area. They co-designed the map with the community. They ran group walks with trained volunteers and created an interactive online version of the map.
The Eden Project:
Routes to Nature Connection. Increasing Awareness about ‘Active Travel’ to Activities at the Eden Project
Through a grant from the ATSP Fund Eden delivered walking events and mapped the different routes into Eden Project. This is to align with where their social prescribing programme is located. The majority of participants had not walked the paths before. This is despite many having lived in the area for some time
Volunteer Cornwall have co-created a user-friendly map with local people. It shows ways of travelling between Roche and St. Dennis without using a car.
Area: St Austell & The China Clay Area.
How to access: The map will shortly be available.
Whole Again Communities:
Treneere Walk
Whole Again Communities support people in Treneere in Penzance to walk for travel as opposed to taking a taxi or the car.
Wild Wonder and Wisdom:
Wellbeing Walk/Talks
Wild Wonder and Wisdom led weekly walks that link local transport with leisure facilities and outside spaces.