Get in step for the Derbyshire Workplace Walking Challenge
The Derbyshire Workplace Challenge is launching a new Walking Challenge for May.
Business colleagues are invited to sign up for the online activity log challenge, which for the month of May is dedicated to walking, allowing workers to track how much walking they have done and earn activity points for themselves and their team to progress up a special online leaderboard.
The Walking Challenge will run from Sunday, May 1 to Tuesday, May 31, and participants will also be in with a chance of winning great prizes such as 12 tickets to a Derbyshire County Cricket Club home match, a Stand Up Paddle (SUP) taster session for two people at Carsington Sports and Leisure, or a £25 Central Health voucher which can be used for any treatment at Central Physio, Central FootClinic or Central Osteopaths.
The Workplace Challenge is a free and fun activity tracker open to anyone in any workplace. New users can join individually, or with colleagues to give an added element of competition, and track how active they really are in a quick and informal way.
Rachael Dyer, Sport Development Officer at Derbyshire Sport, which runs the Workplace Challenge in Derbyshire, said: “The aim of the Derbyshire Workplace Challenge is to motivate workers across the county to get more active and encourage their colleagues to do the same.
“We want to inspire people to make a few small changes to their working day which could help to make a real difference to their health and fitness. This could include walking to work, getting off the bus earlier or parking further from the office and then walking the rest of the way, holding walking meetings or going for a walk during lunch.
“By logging their walking workers will be able to see how small changes like this can really begin to add up. Activity done outside of work at any time also counts too – just be warned, the Workplace Challenge can be addictive as you watch your points rise and your energy levels soar!”
If you have taken part in a previous challenge or already registered you can log your activity at www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/derbyshire and you will be added to the new challenge leaderboard.
