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Table 1 Fitter for Walking projects by region and local authority

From: Evaluation of the implementation of an intervention to improve the street environment and promote walking for transport in deprived neighbourhoods

Region

Local Authority

Project statusa

Number of projects

Primary groupsb

Secondary groupsc

Total

Number of groups registeredd

Plannede

Completedf

In progress/ongoingg

On holdh

Declined to participatei

Withdrew post-registrationj

London

Barking & Dagenham

4

8

12

8

0

7

3

1

0

1

Redbridge

8

3

11

8

0

1

6

4

0

0

TOTAL

12

11

23

16

      

North East England

Gateshead

5

7

12

12

0

8

3

1

0

0

Newcastle

4

2

6

6

0

5

1

0

0

0

Sunderland

5

0

5

4

1

2

2

0

0

0

TOTAL

14

9

23

22

      

North West England

Blackburn with Darwen

11

14

25

8

5

5

9

6

0

0

Bolton

10

6

16

6

4

2

4

5

1

0

TOTAL

21

20

41

14

      

West Midlands

Dudley

7

1

8

8

0

0

5

1

0

2

Sandwell

9

4

13

13

0

3

5

0

0

5

Wolverhampton

6

5

11

8

1

3

3

2

0

2

TOTAL

22

10

32

29

      

Yorkshire

Doncaster

19

1

20

15

3

8

2

0

1

6

Rotherham

15

1

16

14

1

3

5

1

1

5

TOTAL

34

2

36

29

      

TOTAL

 

103 (66.5%)

52 (33.5%)

155

110

15 (9.7%)

47 (30.3%)

48 (31.0%)

21 (13.5%)

3 (1.9%)

21 (13.5%)

  1. aInformation provided on final implementation log (September 2011)
  2. bPrimary groups were the first and main group to be signed up in a community who led the initial activities and environmental changes on the specified route or area
  3. cSecondary groups got involved due to their links with the primary group and then became a project in their own right or got involved at a later stage in promoting the use of the improved routes or delivering promotional and awareness-raising activities
  4. dCompleted an application form to be part of FFW and officially registered with the intervention
  5. ePlanned at the time of the final implementation log
  6. fCompleted and officially closed at the time when the final implementation log was provided
  7. gOngoing/had not been officially completed at the time of the final completion of the implementation log
  8. hOn hold at the time when the final implementation log was provided
  9. iGroups showed initial interest in FFW but later decided it did not fit with their interests or plans
  10. jGroups withdrawn by the coordinator or withdrew themselves after registering