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Challenges to get you walking to work

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Beat the Streets

This May there are TWO walking challenges to encourage you to get on your feet. Walk to Work Week and Beat the Streets.

You could sign up to both and get double points for the same amount of walking!

Beat the Street is a FREE cycling, running and walking initiative.

Players tap cards (like oyster cards) on Beat Boxes placed on lampposts. There are Beat Boxes throughout Reading and in the surrounding villages of Theale, Pangbourne, Mortimer, Burghfield and Woodley. When someone taps the card on the Beat Box it beeps and flashes. Tapping two or more records a journey, earns points for the player, their team and the overall community total.

All players can win prizes for themselves or for their chosen charity or community team (e.g. schools or the University). All players will be contributing to charity if the overall walking total achieved by June is high enough.

Collect your cards from:

  • Whiteknights Reception
  • RUSU reception
  • IOE reception at London Road

Register here 

Please help to promote the initiative by displaying this poster.

 

Walk to Work Week (Monday 11 May - Friday 15 May 2015)

If you fancy a little interdepartmental challenge then walk to work week is for you!

A team has been registered for each department of the University, but if you’d like to enter as a specific smaller team as part of the University then please contact travel@reading.ac.uk with the team name so we can sign you up. You can also register as an individual as part of the University.

Sign up at: http://walktoworkweek.org.uk/

There are many reasons why you ought to sign up

  • It’s the perfect way to introduce some healthy, fun competition into your workplace.
  • It’s a celebration of the best way to commute, bar none.
  • It’s a great chance to win a fantastic iPad.
  • IT’S FREE!
  • Log all your walking during the week
  • Use our live totalisers and leaderboards to motivate you, and see how many calories you are burning and what CO2 you save.
  • Earn badges for all your achievements. 

Walk to Work Week is part of National Walking Month, an annual campaign run by Living Streets which promotes walking for all.

 

Teams registered so far:

Agriculture, Policy & Development
Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Arts & Communication Design
Biological Sciences
Business Continuity
Campaigns and Supporter Engagement
Centre for Quality Support & Development (CQSD)
Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy
Construction Management and Engineering
Estates and Facilities
Finance & Corporate Services
Human and Environmental Sciences
Human Resources
Humanities
Information Management and Policy Services (IMPS)
Information Technology
Institute of Education
Internal Audit Services
Law
Library (&) Collections Service
Literature & Languages
Marketing, Communication and Engagement
Office of Chief Operating Officer
Mathematics, Meteorology and Physics
Planning & Strategy Office (PSO)
Politics, Economics & Int'l Relations
Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
Quality assurance in research and Research ethics
Student and Applicant Services
Systems Engineering
Vice-Chancellor's Office