Harrow Striders

04/02/2026

How durable is your waterproof jacket? 🌧️

Do you rely on your waterproof jacket for daily errands, park walks, or Nordic or Total Body Walking sessions, even when it’s just drizzling?

You might not be climbing Everest, but your gear still needs to last!

This quick read from Rab breaks down how quality waterproof materials are tested for durability.

A durable jacket is a smart investment that keeps you dry and comfortable for longer, step after comfortable step! ✨

https://rab.equipment/uk/rab-lab/how-durable-is-my-waterproof

How is your shell jacket designed to withstand mountain environments? Find out how we test for durability in the lab and in the field.

03/02/2026

Regular walking does more than keep you fit. ⬇️

It can help protect your future health.

Just a few walks a week can lower your risk of stroke and type 2 diabetes by up to 40%. 🌿

Take a walk with us.

Join our group by emailing 📩 sue@harrowstriders.co.uk

02/02/2026

The next steps for Harrow? 💡

Prevention through partnership is likely to be the future of Harrow.

We are training new walk leaders, opening more routes, and reaching more residents across Harrow and Hillingdon. 🥰

With continued support from London Sport, Harrow Council and Healthiernwl, we can make this happen together.

01/02/2026

Let’s go Harrow Striders. Day 1 of the February Squat Challenge. Just 10 today.

01/02/2026

Walx with Harrow Striders are joining in this year Denise. We’ll keep you posted with our progress.

29/01/2026

There’s a lot of health and wellbeing work happening across Harrow that’s built quietly, week by week. 💪

Community groups, volunteers, and local organisations continue to support residents through movement, connection, and shared space. Being part of networks linked to Voluntary Action Harrow and Healthy Harrow helps strengthen that collective effort.

As a group rooted in Harrow, and supported locally by Harrow Council, we’re proud to contribute to that wider picture and to work alongside others who care about making wellbeing accessible to more people. 🌳

Community-led health support only works when people keep showing up. And that’s what we’ll continue to do.

28/01/2026

The science of connection 🧠🌿

Walking does more than improve fitness. It builds friendship, confidence and a sense of belonging that lasts long after the walk ends.

According to Dr Arran Davis at Social Body Lab, in partnership with Oxford University, exercising with friends delays fatigue because our bodies sense safety and support in community.

That’s the real power of walking together. 😊

We are proud to work with Harrow Health, Healthiernwl and WALX to show how movement supports wellbeing.

27/01/2026

This free local event invites men, families, and carers to talk openly about prostate cancer, mental wellbeing, and support.

Burrows Real Talk is a community-led afternoon focused on listening, learning, and breaking down the silence that often surrounds men’s health.

Hosted by Patrick Burrows, the event brings together lived experience, healthcare voices, and community connection in a welcoming space.

📍 Wise Social Centre, NW10
🗓️ Saturday 7 Feb 2026
⏰ 3pm–7:15pm
🎟️ Free to attend

Save your place:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/prostate-cancer-awareness-event-burrows-real-talk-tickets-1976466457379

With thanks to Brent Council's Brent Health Matters, Chalkhill Community RADIO and Radio Harrow for supporting community wellbeing.

22/01/2026

Harrow’s diversity is one of its strengths! 🙌

And Healthwatch Harrow is looking for Community Ambassadors who can represent the many different voices across the borough.

They’re especially keen to involve volunteers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, ages, and lived experiences, including people connected to community groups, faith organisations, youth projects, wellbeing groups, and neighbourhood networks. ✨

WALX is proud to share opportunities that strengthen community voice, and this role aligns with the work done by organisations such as Voluntary Action Harrow Co-operative, Healthiernwl and The Restart Project, who help amplify local lived experience across London!

Learn more about becoming a Community Ambassador:
🔗 https://healthwatchharrow.co.uk/news/2025-11-11/healthwatch-harrow-ambassadors

Representation matters - your story could help shape how health and social care improve for future residents.

21/01/2026

A key part of our work has been supporting stroke recovery through guided, community-based walking sessions. 🚶

By working alongside partners and programmes funded through organisations such as Watford FC CSE Trust and connecting that work back into Harrow through networks like Healthy Harrow, we’ve helped create calm, supportive spaces where people can move at their own pace.

These sessions focus on confidence, routine, and reassurance, using walking as a practical way to help people reconnect with movement after a stroke or during recovery from long-term conditions. 🌳

It’s a good example of how community activity, supported locally by Harrow Council , can complement wider health and wellbeing support.

19/01/2026

It’s still walking. It just does a lot more. 🦯🚶‍♀️🌲

Nordic walking uses poles, with arms and legs moving in opposite directions and the poles pushing behind you to help move you forward. The technique comes from cross-country skiing, adapted so people could train during the summer months.

Today, it’s a full-body workout. It gets the heart rate up, uses the upper body, and reduces strain on the knees and hips by sharing the load through the poles. It works uphill, downhill, and on the flat.

Do that outdoors, across Harrow’s parks and green spaces supported by Harrow Council, and you’ve got an activity that’s practical, effective, and easy to stick with. 🌳