Council spent £5k on staff ‘walking lessons’

You know, for every Indian story, I'm going to give payback by printing a Manchester story. ;o)

But to at least make it of 'local interest': Do you think urban walks would work in Doha?

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A council which may be forced to axe hundreds of jobs spent £30,000 on staff ‘lifestyle’ schemes – including almost £5,000 to teach workers how to walk safely.

Tameside council, which last year warned 800 jobs could be lost over the next four years to save £100m, hired a company to identify six ‘urban walks’ near its offices – and conduct risk assessments to check they were safe.

The firm printed 5,500 leaflets to show staff maps of the routes. Two officers received training on how to lead group walks.

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