Occupational Health Annual Step Challenge

During the month of September, the Occupational Health Department will be running their annual ‘Step Challenge’.

Take part in the challenge to help increase the amount of physical activity you do on a daily basis.

Between Saturday 1 September and Sunday 30 September 2018, teams of between 2 and 6 people can compete to win a free lunch. Steps recorded both in and outside of work will count. Any type of pedometer or step recording software can be used to record your steps but you will have to provide this yourself.

At the end of the month, the Occupational Health Department will calculate the average number of steps completed by each member of the team, and the team with the highest average number of steps will win. So if you are in a team of 2 we will divide your total number of steps by 2, if you are in a team of 3 we will divide the total number of steps by 3 and so on.

If you would like to compete in this challenge, please follow the steps below:
1. Get into a team of between 2 and 6 staff members. All staff are invited to take part and staff members do not need to work in the same school or service to form a team.
2. Assign a team leader who will be responsible for recording each team member’s steps at the end of each week.
3. Decide on a team name.
4. Download a registration form from the Occupational Health Department website. 
5. Complete the registration form and return it by 4pm on Wednesday 29 August to Bianca Sykes-Muskett by email at b.sykes-muskett@hud.ac.uk or print it off and bring to the Occupational Health Department on Level 10 of the Schwann Building.
6. The Occupational Health Department will send each team leader a ‘Step Recording Form’ which they will need to use to record the steps for each of the team members.
7. The team leader will need to return their teams fully completed ‘Step Recording Form’ to Bianca Sykes-Muskett by email at b.sykes-muskett@hud.ac.uk by 4pm on Wednesday 3 October 2018.

Good luck with the challenge!