The Ramblers has launched A Walk in the Park, a new programme of short health walks in London’s parks, in collaboration with the Rain Trust.

Using Walking for Health’s tools and processes, Ramblers will recruit, train and support volunteers to deliver a programme of 10 walks each week in the capital’s parks.

Tom Franklin, chief executive of Ramblers, said: “For decades the Ramblers has been helping people to help themselves, by offering more than 28,000 volunteer-led walks through our extensive Group structure across Great Britain.”

The latest initiative is aimed at encouraging people to walk through some of the greenest spaces.

Earlier this month, Ramblers announced that it was looking for mystery walkers from across the country to walk their local footpaths and complete a short survey about the condition of the paths. Ramblers said the information collected would help them work with councils to improve the footpath network.