Partners

The Eastbourne Walking Festival has expanded significantly over the past few years. With joined-up thinking and collaborative working between local and national organisations that all have health, wellbeing, and nature at the forefront of their agendas, the collective output has lead to a dramatic increase in awareness of this event, and for that, the Walking Festival committee is extremely grateful.

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Intelligent Health

In 2020, Intelligent Health, the team behind 'Beat the Street' returned to Eastbourne alongside the Walking Festival. An already well-established event, Beat the Street encourages walking as a fun activity by turning towns into games whereby participants can collect points, prizes and discover more about their area by walking.

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Sport England

Established by Royal Charter in 1996, Sport England are determined to give everyone in England the chance to benefit from sport and physical activity. Their mission is to transform sport and physical activity so that people and places everywhere can benefit. They do this by providing expertise, insight and funding that improves the nation’s long term physical and mental health.

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Public Health England

Public Health England is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom. Their mission is to protect and improve the nation’s health and to address inequalities. It employs approximately 5,000 staff who are mostly scientists, researchers and public health professionals.

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South Downs National Park Authority

The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, having become fully operational on 1 April 2011. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne. The park is administered by the South Downs National Park Authority who have been responsible for a significant amount of community engagement throughout the Walking Festival. This includes, but is not limited to, funding for Beat the Streets, cross-promotion, and offering up some of their knowledgable rangers as walk leaders!

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Eastbourne chamber of Commerce

Representing a large number of businesses throughout Eastbourne, the chamber of commerce have worked with the Walking Festival since 2019 to identify suitable routes and fringe events that could take place in the town centre. The chamber has a busy events calendar of their own and are very active in the community. The chamber offered up funding to bring Beat the Streets back to Eastbourne in 2020.

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Your Eastbourne BID

The main aims of Eastbourne BID are to market the town as a great place to work, live, shop and visit. Providing a voice for the town's businesses, enhancing the area and improving the safety and security of the BID area. The team at Eastbourne BID have worked with the Eastbourne Walking Festival committee to put funding towards Beat the Streets which will see participants visiting the BID area.

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Eastbourne, Lewes District & Wealden 3VA

The 3VA is a council for voluntary services, providing support to voluntary and community organisations across Eastbourne, Lewes District and Wealden through information, advice and training, networking and representation. The 3VA have been instrumental in supporting the Walking Festival by identifying suitable walk leaders and routes as part of the programme of walks.

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Nordic Walking For Health

Nordic walking is a bit like cross-country skiing without the skis. It is a new way of walking that can improve health, well-being and quality of life. As merely an enhanced form of natural walking, Nordic walking is suitable for all abilities and ages of people, who can walk swinging their arms.  Nordic Walking for Health has now been running courses for over 13 years. It’s founder is “One of the longest established instructors in the UK” (British Nordic Walking, June 2011). Nordic Walking for Health covers a large part of East Sussex in South East England, including parts of the South Downs National Park, offering a range of courses and group walks for all abilities and ages.

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