Step Into the Feet First 5 Day Challenge!
Supporting healthier, happier, and more active school journeys across Cumbria!
The Feet First 5‑Day Active Travel Challenge returns for the 2026/27 academic year, and schools across the county are gearing up for three fun, rewarding, and impactful challenges that encourage families to choose active ways of travelling to school.
Challenge weeks are taking place during the Autumn Term (Monday 19 - Friday 23 October 2026), Spring Term (Monday 22 March - Friday 26 March 2027) and Summer Term (Monday 24 May - Friday 28 May 2027).
Whether it’s walking, wheeling, cycling, scooting - or even parking a little further away and striding the final stretch - every active journey counts. The challenge is designed to inspire long‑lasting healthy habits while improving safety and reducing congestion around school gates.
Why take part?
The Feet First Challenge brings a whole host of benefits for pupils, families, schools, and the wider community:
- Health & wellbeing boost. Active travel helps children and families build regular movement into their daily routine, supporting physical and mental wellbeing.
- Better for our environment. Fewer cars on the school run means better air quality and a smaller collective carbon footprint - an impact every school community can be proud of.
- Safer, less congested school gates. Reducing traffic at drop‑off and pick‑up times helps make the school environment safer and more enjoyable for everyone.
- It’s fun!. Children love the challenge element - earning stickers, collecting prizes, and encouraging each other to get active.
How to get involved.
Schools can sign up to take part by e-mailing the Active Travel to School team