Activity Tracker - Everyday Active Challenge May 2024

Description

The Everyday Active 'Travel Your Way' Challenge runs for 4 weeks from 1 - 31 May 2024 and it's all about swapping motorised transport for two legs, two wheels or four wheels, if you're a wheelchair user. If you walk, run, cycle or use a self-propelled wheelchair, instead of using motorised transport for all or part of your journey, for functional reasons such as, travelling to work, to the local shops or to a leisure activity, it can be logged as Active Travel on your activity tracker dashboard.

Making active travel choices is an easy way to fit activity into your day and can help reduce the risk of obesity and many chronic diseases, improve mental health and your overall well-being. There are so many benefits of Active Travel, we hope you'll join us for this new Challenge. All participants will be entered into the end of Challenge Prize Draw so everyone is in with a chance of being rewarded for their efforts. Good Luck!

To take part, all you have to do is sign up to Kent's free Activity Tracker and start logging your everyday activities and active travel from 1 May 2024 - 31 May 2024.

As an added incentive and because May is national walking month, there is an overall Challenge Target of 40 MILLION steps in May. Every activity you log and every point you earn, will go towards this overall target so we're all in this together!

To register your own activities:

• Click 'Log Activity' when you have completed your daily activity. Your activity points and steps, plus any C02 saved through active travel means, will automatically appear on your activity tracker dashboard and the Challenge leaderboard.

Or

• If you use one of the following wearable Apps: Strava, Fitbit or Googlefit you can sync your tracker account to one of these Apps by clicking on the Activity Tracker dashboard next to your name and clicking on the watch icon on the blue bar at the top of the page. Follow instructions to sync your app. Your activity points and steps, plus any C02 saved through active travel means, will automatically appear on your activity tracker dashboard and the Challenge leaderboard.

PLEASE NOTE, if you walk/run/cycle for active travel purposes then you will need to go onto your Activity Tracker dashboard, edit the relevant activity and tick YES to active travel for that activity. The C02 you save by travelling actively will then appear on the challenge leaderboard alongside your name.

To receive our weekly motivational newsletters:

Throughout the month, we'll send out weekly e-newsletters to keep you up to date with the Challenge. To receive these e-newsletters, please update your email preferences:

1. Go to your Dashboard, click on Edit Profile & go to Account
2. Click on Email and Sharing
3. Tick Yes to the following:

• Active at Work Newsletters
• Would like to receive occasional emails about Activity Tracker groups and challenges

Please note, this challenge finishes on 1 June 2024. Activities must be added by midnight on the last day of the challenge for it to count. Points will continue to appear on your activity tracker page after this date but won't be counted in the challenge.

Informed Consent: I understand that participation in this Challenge is entirely at my own risk and I have consulted my Doctor before taking part if I suffer from any of the following: Diabetes, Heart Problems, Asthma, Joint Problems, Back Pain, High Blood Pressure, Previous Injuries. I may withdraw from the Challenge at any time. Neither the organisers nor any partners of the Challenge accept responsibility for any incident, accident or injury sustained in the course of anyone's participation in this Challenge.