Hastings District Council - Active Workplace Initiative

To stimulate physical activity amongst the Hastings District Council staff a Pedometer Challenge scheme was established this winter (2005)

How it worked:
Over a 6 week period 10 teams of 5 would challenge each other as to which team could walk the greatest distance ( measured in Km's) The challenge was to walk 10,000 steps a day.
A designated co-ordinator within the council keep a tally of the team totals each week, the results were posted on the Council's intranet.
The winning team was provided with a cup and t-shirts.
The pedometer scheme has run for 2 x 6 weeks with 100 staff taking part.

Note the Council provided pedometers free to the teams for the 6 week challenge, these were returned at the end.

Benefits of the Hastings District Council Pedometer Challenge.
( note no formal evaluation was completed)
- Increase in staff using the stairs
-Increase in staff walking at lunch breaks
-Competition between the teams stimulated the work environment
- Large proportion of staff purchased their own pedometers after the challenge
- A summer Pedometer Challenge will be started as interest is high.