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What if everything you needed was right on your doorstep? Celebrating the best of Shipley #15minuteShipley What do we need to make our town more liveable, healthy, connected and fun?!

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Nov 12

❓ What if everything you needed was right on your doorstep?
👀 What might that look like?
☀️ Join us in celebrating the best of Shipley #15minuteShipley
🗨 What do we need to make our town more liveable, healthy, connected and fun?!
🤝🏾 What can we do to make it happen?

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Gareth Hooper @garethhooper.bsky.social · Jul 16

Things we're told Councils can't just close:

Roads where are safety concerns

Things we're told Councils can close:

Public toilets
Public libraries
Day Centres
Footpaths
Cycle lanes

It's all choice. We don't have to accept this

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Jul 2

Walking to school was normal when I was at school.
The benefits to children's health, well-being, independence + community connections are immense.
Delighted that the regional mayors have signed up to this active travel plan for schools
@chrisboardman.bsky.social
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social

Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · Jul 2

So pleased the government has listened. I'm totally claiming credit for this one.

Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’

Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Jun 21

Nobody wants lots of people driving on their street and
Nobody wants people speeding on their street.

Yet we continue to prioritize the quick movement of cars.

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · Jun 6

During #NationalWalkingMonth, Living Streets staff walked the rainbow by getting out for a daily walk, wheel, cycle or jog and collecting photos of every colour of the rainbow 🌈

Why not try your own colour spotting walk this weekend? 📘🌺🐤

A close up of a tree with textured bark and yellow lichen

A building covered in bright red graffiti style paint. The text reads: Red Brick Market

A path along a green fence, with bright green trees shading the path

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Richard Hebditch @richard.hebditch.org · May 19

This week is Walk to School Week - more info at @livingstreets.bsky.social: www.livingstreets.org.uk/walk-to-scho...

Walk to School Week

Our brand new Walk to School Week 2025 activity packs are now LIVE! Grab yours now!

www.livingstreets.org.uk

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · May 19

🌻 To celebrate #WalkToSchoolWeek, Micro Scooters UK is gifting 10 of their incredibly popular Maxi Micro Scooters, along with a matching safety helmet 🛴🛴🛴

Simply share your #WalkToSchool to enter the prize draw before midnight on Friday 23 May. Good luck! 🍀 tinyurl.com/43jc53wv

An image of two children wearing helmets, riding scooters through a school playground. Text reads: Prize draw!

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 19

What are the benefits of walking to school?🚶🏼‍♀️Improves children's fitness
🚶🏿‍♀️Reduces traffic congestion
🚶🏻Reduces pollution
🚶🏾Takes the stress out of the school run
🚶🏻‍♀️Reduces dangerous parking
🚶🏻‍♂️It's more sociable and fun!
What can we do to make this possible for more children/families? #WalktoSchoolWeek

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 14

Northcliffe 🙂

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 14

In Shipley we're blessed with some beautiful green spaces.
Just a 10-minute walk a day in nature can
☺️ boost your mood
🤸🏽‍♀️ increase your energy
🍊 improve your immunity
👥️ connect you to your neighbours
🛌 help you to sleep well
Especially on a blue sky day like today 🌞
#worldmentalhealthday

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 13

When I finally read these excellent books I will know what I'm doing, I'll have found my mission, I will be a force to be reckoned with.
The answers are out there
Thank you
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@rutgerbregman.com
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
for the inspiration

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 5

We have the fewest national holidays in Europe and some of the longest working hours. It's been 100 years since we won a two-day weekend, it's about time we were on a #fourdayweek! Imagine if every weekend was three days 💭 ... what would you do?
#mayday

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 5

Celebrating May Day at the Shipley Triangle!
So lovely to see a real life Maypole - let's bring back the tradition and here's to many more and across Shipley too!
Hope you've all enjoyed your long weekend 😊
While May Day has pagan roots, it's also a workers' holiday of course ...
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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 2

Happy Bank Holiday weekend Shipley!
What's on?
📚 Toddler story and crafts at Shipley Library
🏃🏽‍♀️ Mr C's running club
🍔 Burgers at Saltaire Brewery
💿 80s night at the Ring O'Bells
🎛 Pull Up to the Bumper at The Beehive
🌼 May Day celebrations at Shipley Triangle - there may even be a Maypole!

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 1

Not sure how local this is to you but the link was posted to the original thread 😊

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 1

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Apr 30

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T-Shirts in Unisex, Women's and Youth Sizes

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · May 1

"No big conspiracy, just lazy"
🤣
Sums up my approach
Who wants to get in a car, sit in traffic for half an hour just to buy some milk?
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Apr 30

"Don't Wanna Go Far For Stuff"

The 15 Minute City rebrand t-shirt.

Me wearing a tee shirt with the words 15 minute cities in blue.
No big conspiracy just lazy below.
Don’t wanna go far for stuff in Orange at the top

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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · Apr 24

Walking to school is already a common practice in many European cities. BUT, numbers could be higher if routes to school were safer for children.

Join our #StreetsForKids action days this May (or organise your own!) and let's reclaim our streets for kids! 🤸

cleancitiescampaign.org/stre...

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happy St George's Day from Shipley!
What could be more English than an allotment, dry stone wall and gathering clouds?

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you for sharing these, I'll be reading, listening + learning. I started @15minuteshipley.bsky.social to start some conversations - what would a 15-minute town look like? What are the benefits? healthier, happier more connected communities (more successful on Instagram at the moment!)

15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Apr 22

On #worldearthday imagine the impact if we
🚶🏼‍♀️Walk, cycle, wheel more
🛍 Shop local
🌳 Spend time outdoors everyday
👥️ Join a local class/group
📣 Share what's great about where we live + what's going on
♻️ Let's create a Belonging Improvement District
This Totally Locally list seems a good place to start!

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Clean Cities @cleancitiescampaign.org · Apr 6

🌳 Living in a green city is a gift 🌳

🌡️ Cooler summers 🌬️ Cleaner air 👶 Healthier kids 💧 Less flooding

And there’s more... biodiversity, stronger communities, happier lives.

Let’s give less space to cars and more to nature - starting with school streets!

cleancitiescampaign.org/stre...

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Express your interest in becoming a Play Street Pioneer!

Play Street Pioneers is an idea to supercharge opportunities for street play across Shipley facilitated by Street Space. We will recruit, support and mentor parents to set up their own playing out ses...

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Mar 25

Do you remember when children used to play on the street?
Don't just like a photo on a Facebook group, make your own memories + join Play Street Pioneers!
Contact @streetspace for more info + how to get involved
Let's return Shipley's streets to us. Safe for kids, safe for play, better for everyone.

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · Mar 19

A picture of scary town with the animals and little cute village

The text is about how I’m disappointed to my expectations for life didn’t turn out like I wanted

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15minuteshipley.bsky.social @15minuteshipley.bsky.social · Mar 19

What can we do to promote increased walking and wheeling to school and take the traffic off our roads and away from our schools and vulnerable children?
@greenmattbfd.bsky.social @dutchcycling.nl @cyclopsdave.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social