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Dave is the Walk Leader with South Ayshire Walking Development, who runs a weekly Health Walk in Troon.
On a Wednesday night every week, Dave checks the weather forecast for the following day and plans the route for the Thursday morning walk. The aim of the Health Walk is to improve the fitness levels of the people taking part, increase their confidence and create social connections.
Dave always arrives early to meet everyone. There are normally between 15 to 20 people on each walk. The walks usually last around an hour and everyone then splits into smaller groups to go for coffee.
Keeping fit is important to Dave and he walks every day, so this was the ideal volunteering opportunity for him.
“It has been really rewarding seeing how much the walks mean to people taking part and making friends (I include myself in this). As a Walk Leader, I like the fact that other people benefit from me giving up a little bit of my time. So, if we have 15 walkers say, that means 15 other people benefit from my hour walk every Thursday. There’s enough rubbish in the world just now, and it’s just nice to do something good.”
“It has been really rewarding seeing how much the walks mean to people taking part and making friends (I include myself in this).
As a Walk Leader, I like the fact that other people benefit from me giving up a little bit of my time. So, if we have 15 walkers say, that means 15 other people benefit from my hour walk every Thursday. There’s enough rubbish in the world just now, and it’s just nice to do something good.”
Published: November 2026
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