Today marks the launch of Make Ways, a new citizen-led project that aims to make Britain more accessible by mapping paths, routes and ways that are not currently available to the public.
Co-founder Dan Raven-Ellison said “dodgy roads, private land, grumpy cows, noise, pinch-points, pollution, muddy paths, fences, stiles, darkness, lack of signage to help us find our way, going a really long way around, there being no path at all – take your pick! All these things and more stop millions of us from walking and wheeling as much as we’d like”.
Make Ways is being developed by the team behind Slow Ways, the grassroots initiative to create a national walking network that connects all of Britain’s towns, cities and national parks, for which volunteers have shared 9,000 routes stretching for over 130,000km.
The organisers now plan to encourage even more “citizen-power” for Make Ways. They believe there are people in every “hamlet, neighbourhood, village, town and city” that will want to contribute to and benefit from the effort.
The project kicks off this week with the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to help develop a web platform, mapping, and a national conversation on the need for new and better paths. Those who support the campaign are able to claim rewards such as limited edition black and gold maps of Britain or Scotland.
Raven-Ellison concluded “the ultimate aim of Make Ways is to generate a giant map and national conversation that leads to a healthier and more accessible future for millions of us”.
A new citizen-led project, Make Ways, has been launched with the aim of making Britain more accessible. Led by Dan Raven-Ellison, co-founder, the project is being developed by the team behind Slow Ways, an ambitious grassroots initiative to create a national walking network.
Make Ways will use a web platform and mapping to engage people across the country to share routes and paths they would like to go, but currently can’t, as well as those that are more accessible and sensitive to local wildlife, crops and people.
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help the organisers develop the project and those who support it will be rewarded with limited edition black and gold maps of Britain or Scotland.
Raven-Ellison said “We need to make more ways for people to be well, active and enjoy themselves. Inaccessible, undesirable and non-existent paths limit our access. And by limiting access they limit our health, our wellbeing, and our opportunities. They fragment and divide communities. And by stopping people from travelling under their own steam, create unnecessary costs for both their pockets and the climate.”
The ultimate aim of Make Ways is to “generate a giant map and national conversation that leads to a healthier and more accessible future for millions of us”.
Today marks the launch of Make Ways, a citizen-led project that seeks to make Britain more accessible by identifying and mapping paths and routes that are not currently available to the public.
Co-founder Dan Raven-Ellison said “dodgy roads, private land, grumpy cows, noise, pinch-points, pollution, muddy paths, fences, stiles, darkness, lack of signage to help us find our way, going a really long way around, there being no path at all – take your pick! All these things and more stop millions of us from walking and wheeling as much as we’d like”.
Make Ways is being developed by the team behind Slow Ways, an initiative to create a national walking network that connects all of Britain’s towns, cities and national parks, for which volunteers have shared 9,000 routes stretching for over 130,000km.
The organisers now plan to encourage even more “citizen-power” for Make Ways, with people from every “hamlet, neighbourhood, village, town and city” invited to contribute to and benefit from the effort.
The project kicked off this week with the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to help develop a web platform, mapping, and a national conversation on the need for new and better paths. Those who support the campaign are able to claim rewards such as limited edition black and gold maps of Britain or Scotland.
Raven-Ellison explained “the ultimate aim of Make Ways is to generate a giant map and national conversation that leads to a healthier and more accessible future for millions of us”.
A new citizen-led project, Make Ways, has been launched in Britain with the aim of making the country more accessible. Led by Dan Raven-Ellison, co-founder, the project is being developed by the team behind the
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