The For Everyone Initiative

The For Everyone Initiative is an effective approach developed, piloted and delivered by Home - Walk Wheel Cycle Trust to promote positive actions and behaviour by all users on shared paths such as Greenways.  

The initiative was developed as an alternative to physical signage, and it focuses on behaviour change rather than rules and regulations. 

In partnership with The Department for Infrastructure, Lisburn City & Castlereagh Council and Belfast City Council the Council ran the For Everyone Initiative across two years on the Comber Greenway, in advance of any greenways in the Borough becoming operational. 

During the project, a series of public workshops were held to engage with the user groups to discuss the issues, witt the second year focusing on awareness raising and educational events.

The For Everyone Initiative's core objective is to improve communication and understanding between the people who use the path. It achieves this goal by:

• Understanding who uses the path and their individual needs.
• Improving relations amongst the users.
• Reducing conflict and thereby complaints.
• Avoiding physical interventions and/or permanent signage and the resulting expense.
• Ensuring all the agencies involved in the management of the path deliver a consistent message.

The message promoted is to Share, Respect and Enjoy and all users and agencies involved are encouraged to deliver a consistent message to all users regardless of how they use the path or the purpose of their journey.

The timing on the delivery of the For Everyone Initiative is key to ensure its effectiveness. Council will be running further For Everyone initiatives on the new Newtownards to Bangor Greenway in 2026.  Ongoing events will be continued over the coming years to reinforce the 'Share, Respect, Enjoy' message.