Ramblers
“I’m using my organisational skills to work for the community.”
Name: Len Banister
Current role: Essex Area Secretary
Length of service: 9 years
Biggest achievement: Len set up a women’s walking group with the Asian Health Network in Waltham Forest. Partly funded by the fee Len earned for a local newspaper column, the walks forged new relations between the Ramblers and the Asian community in the region, and provided many women with the opportunity to walk alone for the first time.
Most rewarding moment: “I developed good relations with the BBC promoting a walk of the Essex Way. Now they always come to us for comments and interviews, giving the audiences a very sympathetic view of the Ramblers.”
Reasons for volunteering: “I’m using the organisational skills I gained as a headmaster to work for the community.”
