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Business staff urged to
The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NC- SEM), the project behind Move More Month, is urging business staffacrossSheffieldtoclockup as many active minutes as pos- sible during June.
The free Workplace Chal- lenge will see hundreds of teams, of up to ten, go up against others to clock up as many com- bined Move More minutes.
The challenge will track participants’ activity on smart- phones using apps like the free Move More app, or Strava, or via wearable activity tracking de- vices such as a Fitbit. Users can also manually input their steps from a pedometer.
Regional independent char-
ity Yorkshire Cancer Research is supporting the initiative with a £50,000 investment as part of its new strategy to reduce the riskofcancerbyencouraging healthy lifestyles.
Research shows four in ten cases of cancer could be pre- vented through lifestyle chang- es, such as not smoking, eating well, drinking less alcohol, be- ing active and staying safe in the sun.
NCSEM director Professor Rob Copeland said: “Evidence suggests being active is a great way to help enhance our physi- cal and mental wellbeing, with lots of benefits for business, too.
“We’re looking forward to
seeing businesses clock up as many active minutes as possible to take the title of Move More Workplace Challenge Champi- ons2017.”
Teams will compete based on the total number of ac- tive minutes they accumulate throughout June.
The software will award ‘medals’ for reaching a certain amount of minutes – 30 min- utes, bronze, 45 minutes, silver and 60 minutes for gold. Those who go the extra few miles to hit 90 active minutes will achieve ‘legend’ status.
To sign up for the Move More Month Workplace Challenge, visit www.MoveMoreSheffield. com/WPCsignup
Ge ing the workplace on its feet through Move More
Pupils across the city taking up the schoolyard challenge
A scheme to get school pupils across the city moving is re- turning following a success- ful pilot programme last year.
The Move More Schoo- lyard Challenge is running with three times as many schools ge ing involved.
The aim is to make it easi- er for physical activity to be- come part of everyday school life by encouraging pupils to enjoy being active through friendly competition with each other.
This year the Schoolyard Challenge is set to reach more than 7,000 pupils after 20 schools signed up – compared with 1,941 pupils across the six original schools in 2016.
In the pilot scheme, schoolchildren were pro- vided with their own spe- cial wristbands which, when pressed or ‘tagged’ against sensors around the play- ground and in the school building, monitored and reg- istered their activity levels.
Collectively the children made more than 100,000 jour- neys, and travelled more than 2,600 miles in two weeks.
Some of the least active children were motivated to ‘Move More’ and the schools devised different ways to in- troduce curricular activi- ties, such as mental maths at Mansel Primary School. Staff at Mansel also noticed the ‘positive impact’ that the Move More activities had on the children’s focus when
they returned to the class- room. Staff at Stocksbridge Primary School encouraged small, low-ability groups to walk courses together and found children fully en- gaged in the trial and enjoy- ing competition. Meanwhile, Hinde House Primary School teachers reported children running about who didn’t normally even walk during PE. Visit www.movemoresh- effield.com/schoolyard-chal- lenges website.
Malin Bridge Primary School children’s Schoolyard Challenge