AYF theme: Transport and walking routes - Including 'safe' walking routes.

Image by Graf Global - Illustrated extract of  conversations from AYF Re-Launch

 At the AYF Re-Launch, March 2025, Young People identified some common themes impacting young people across Aberdeenshire that warranted exploring to try understand better the experience of young people and, if anything, what could be done to improve things. 

Some of the topics are complex and could take a long time to change but the first step is having a better understanding of the experience, perception from more young people so AYF members volunteering in the Thematic Groups can then raise and discuss with subject experts and organisations involved, particularly those that are involved in decisions about the topic or that have knowledge or other resources. This will help us all work together to understand if, where, with whom and how we could improve things. 

This themed discussion is around Transport and walking routes, including 'safe' walking routes.

If you are 12-25, living in Aberdeenshire, please help young people in this Thematic working group by sharing your views and experience of transport and routes that work well or that you think could be improved. 

Are there routes you use for work, learning or leisure that work well for you? What makes them work well?

Are there routes you would like to, or need to use, that could be improved? How could they be improved?