Table 1 Fitter for Walking communities where focus groups and interviews were conducted

London

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Marks Gate Older People’s network

Focus Group (Oct 10)

7

4

3

Redbridge Borough Council

Seven Kings & Newbury Park Residents’ association

Interview (Oct 10)

1

0

1

North East

Gateshead Council

Gateshead Jewish Nursery (Bensham)

Interview (June 10)

1

1

0

Local Felling Residents

Focus Group (Mar 11)

4

2

2

Newcastle City Council

Friends of St Lawrence Park (Byker Link)

Focus Group (June 10)

5

2

3

Trinity Gosforth

Focus Group (Mar 11)

3

0

3

Sunderland Council

Plains Farm and Humbledon Residents’ Association

Interview (Mar 11)

1

1

0

North West

Blackburn with Darwen Council

Taylor Street

Focus Group (Nov 10)

6

1

5

Empire Theatre

Interview (Nov 10)

2

0

2

Bolton Council

Hallith Wood / Pixmore Paths

Focus Group (June 11)

7

2

5

Our back field (Larkfield Grove)

Focus Group (June 11)

3

2

1

West Midlands

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

–

–

–

–

–

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Friends of Thimblebrook Mill

Focus Group (June 11)

5

1

4

Wolverhampton City Council

Lanesfield Tenants & Residents Association/Hilton Hall Management Association

Focus Group (Oct 10)

14

6

8

Weddell Wynd Residents

Focus Group (Oct 10)

4

2

2

Yorkshire

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Friends of Hexthorpe Flatts Park

Focus Group (Apr 11)

5

2

3

Latin Gardens/Emley Drive Area Tenants & Residents Association

Focus Group (Nov 10)

5

1

4

Friends of Martinwells Lake/Edlington Royal Tenants & Residents Association

Focus Group (Nov 10)

6

3

3

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Cliff Hills Community Action Group

Interview (Aug 11)

1

1

0

Chinatown Tenants & Residents Association

Focus Group (Apr 11)

6

2

4

Total

86

33

53