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Pedometer Challenge 2014 Partners Information Session

Pedometer Challenge 2014 Partners Information Session. Sinead Flavin and Siobhan Hamilton 14 th August 2014. Agenda 11:30 Welcome, Refreshments and Introductions 11:45 Overview of the Pedometer Challenge & Role of the Workplace Coordinator

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Pedometer Challenge 2014 Partners Information Session

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  1. Pedometer Challenge 2014Partners Information Session Sinead Flavin and Siobhan Hamilton 14th August 2014

  2. Agenda 11:30Welcome, Refreshments and Introductions 11:45 Overview of the Pedometer Challenge & Role of the Workplace Coordinator 12:00‘How I Did It’ - Experience of a Workplace Coordinator - Irene Gilroy, Health Promotion Officer, St. Vincent's University Hospital 12:15 Registration and Team Captains Role and Leader Boards 12:30 Motivating Employees to be More Active- SlínaSláinte- Active@WorkAward Ann Scanlon, Irish Heart Foundation 12:50 Questions 13:00 Close

  3. What is the Pedometer Challenge?

  4. Pedometer Challenge • Fun & free annual event to promote walking • Teams of 3-6 people • Walk for four weeks (habit-forming) • Steps are logged on a pedometer • Participants aim for 10K steps per day • Encourages physical activity & modal shift

  5. What did we achieve in 2013? 4,250 participants from 56 organisations took more than 1 billion steps, travelling over 900,000 km during the 4 week Challenge

  6. Participant Feedback

  7. Participant Feedback 12% walked to/from work before the Challenge

  8. Walking to Work Participant feedback 45% walked to/from work on a regular or occasional basis during the Challenge

  9. Walking to Work Participant Feedback 45% planned to walked to/from work on a regular or occasional after the Challenge

  10. Participant Feedback

  11. Coordinator Feedback 98% of respondents said colleagues enjoyed the Pedometer Challenge Most coordinators organised some activities and events in their workplace during the challenge 100% would encourage their organisation to take part in future Pedometer Challenges

  12. Participant Photos 'Roadrunners' Team, Cork County Council Martin & The Golden Girls, Cook Medical Waist Watchers, University Hospital Galway The Accelerators, University Hospital Galway 6 Left Feet Team Trinity College Dublin Knicker Walker Glories, Croke Park Happy Feet, Cork County Council

  13. 2014 Prizes Best Workplace Trophy Prizes of tablets for top 3 teams on the final leaderboard for desk and non-desk based Best Coordinator Prize One place worth approx €2,500 on Irish Heart Foundation 2015 overseas walk Spot prizes throughout the Challenge including activity trackers and goodie bags

  14. 2014 Pedometers • Omron HJ005 & Silva Ex Step • Used in previous events • €10 – portion of every sale goes to the Irish Heart Foundation • Retails at approx €12 • Available online through challenge website www.pedometerchallenge.ie

  15. !!!!! NEW THIS YEAR !!!!! Only Steps on Your Pedometer Count! Activities you can record on your pedometer e.g. walking, gardening, jogging, aerobics. Activities where your pedometer is not a reliable measure such as swimming, cycling, rowing can’t be included. The use of an activity converter is no longer permitted for converting effort into steps. Evens up the competition!

  16. How to Purchase Pedometers NO Cash/Cheque Handling • Team Captain buys pedometers online at www.pedometerchallenge.ie • Using PayPal – need a credit or debit card • Print out receipt & gives to Coordinator in exchange for Pedometers • Coordinator returns receipts to NTA Smarter Travel Team If participants already have a pedometer they can use it.

  17. Faulty/ Lost Pedometers • Faulty: replace free of charge– coordinator please test and return to us with completed ‘faulty pedometer form’ • Lost – must repurchase

  18. Pedometers Buying pedometers on behalf of employees: Use a company credit card & PayPal (10, 50 or 100 units) Unsold units: If you have a large number of unused pedometers once event begins – please return most of them (keep some replacements)! End of event – return all unsold units All unsold units and PayPal receipts must be returned by 31st October 2014.

  19. Pedometer Challenge 2014 Participants should aim for 10,000 steps per day. Steps should be built up gradually. Team Pledge Weekly ‘Virtual’ Challenge

  20. Promoting the Event

  21. Publicising to Colleagues • Email all staff (email text provided) • Newsletter & Intranet • Posters in halls, canteens, lifts, toilet doors • Present at management & team meetings • Sign up PC in canteen over lunch – get help • Create internal competition • Give it a last big push in early Sept. - have a launch event, e.g. lunchtime walk! • Promote from next week!!

  22. Getting Management Support 75% of adults & 86% of children in Ireland DO NOT MEET the relevant National Physical Activity Guidelines. Why get involved? Increases physical activity and employee wellbeing Contributes to team building Reduces pressure on parking Positive publicity

  23. Keeping Colleagues Motivated During the Challenge

  24. Sponsor Internal Prizes • Inter and intra-departmental competition • Staff vs Management • Internal prizes – more chance of winning, more local involvement • Great content for newsletters/intranet

  25. My Experience Irene Gilroy, Health Promotion Officer St. Vincent’s University Hospital

  26. St. Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH)Pedometer Challenge 2013 11th September - 8th October 2013

  27. Planning process • Identify a coordinator • Enlist assistance • Set a challenge • Arrange motivational events • Prize giving event

  28. Setting the target

  29. Can your team walk to Westport in 28 days!

  30. Westport SVUH Why Westport? • 268km from SVUH to Westport • 8km = 10,000 steps • SVUH to Westport = 335,000 Steps • Challenge = 28 days • Team would have to average 12,000steps per day to reach Westport in 28 days • Virtual challenge

  31. Seeking participation • Participation – built on each year • Factors which encouraged participation: • Involvement in previous challenges • Interdepartmental competition • Individuals wanted to become more active • Staff wanted to be part of something • Good weather • And of course…PRIZES!

  32. In order for staff to become involved, they have to know about it! Communication, Communication, Communication

  33. Communication methods • All users emails • Newsletters • Posters • Word of mouth • Heads of Department meetings • Staff briefings • “Who took the most steps?” competition • Information stands

  34. Active@work Day • 11th September • Badminton Ireland • Sports clubs from within SVUH and from the local area • Competitions • Prizes!!

  35. Maintaining motivation • Map of Ireland was set up in hospital showing how far each team is along the road to Westport each week. • Encouraged staff to work harder to reach Westport before the end of the challenge. • Served as a promotional tool for the

  36. Maintaining motivation Interdepartmental competition was rife!

  37. Outcome • 34 teams signed up in SVUH • 30 teams finished the challenge • 174 staff took part (up from 77 in 2012) • 23 (77%) teams made it to Westport and some were on their way back to Dublin

  38. The Pedometer Challenge Winners! 939,145 steps – enough to take them to Westport, back to Dublin and back to Westport again!

  39. ‘Walking on the Wild Side’

  40. The Tone Rangers Haematology A

  41. How the winning team did it… “We walked or cycled to work instead of commuting and also scheduled in team lunchtime walks on the Slí na Sláinte walking route around the hospital.  …..We increased (perhaps a little obsessively!) our after-work exercise routines including going swimming, playing tennis, tag rugby, jogging, walking the dog and general walking and cycling. After the first week, an evening did not go by that we all did not complete some form of exercise.”

  42. How the winning team did it… “Two of our team did a lot of cycling, on average 2 hours each evening. Another team member reported to really increase their dog walking activities!! ….At weekends, the two cyclists targeted a very lengthy and challenging cycle.  ….On one particular night out, we all avoided using taxis, to instead walk home!!  ….From an early stage we used weekends to target big scores, initially, 40,000 was the target, but that soon increased to 55,000 and over on a few occasions.”

  43. How the winning team did it… ….As we were doing well, we kept an eye on what the top team was achieving and calculated what we needed to do to be in with a chance and set targets as a result, again our approach was definitely obsessive!” ….We walked a lot, laughed a lot, and felt an enormous sense of achievement in completing such a strongly supported national challenge. We genuinely hope to be involved again in 2014.”

  44. Another “regular” participant…. “Since I started the pedometer challenge I am much more conscious of what I am doing walking-wise on a daily basis. ….We have a circle route around our hospital campus that I enjoy traversing to get air and relaxation and exercise, and I  cycle to and from work. ….All in all it is proving to be a very worthwhile exercise in every way.  I generally feel a lot better, and it is very good for relaxing given the stressful nature of my work at times.”

  45. Key Learning/Tips • Make it fun!! • Make it achievable! • Make it easy to participate! • Events to maintain motivation through out the four weeks.

  46. Registration/ Step Logging/ Leader Boards/ FAQs All online!

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