Beat the Street North Lanarkshire 2017

Community Group Information Package.

About Beat the Street

Beat the Street is a real life walking, cycling and running game for a whole community. Beat the Street is being delivered on behalf of the National Charity Partnership – a collaboration between Diabetes UK, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Tesco.

Beat the Street is a twelve-month community-wide programme which improves health and wellbeing by getting people moving.

Beat the Street is evidence-based and leads to long term behavior change by creating a social norm around walking and cycling.

Beat the Street North Lanarkshire 2016

Beat the Street was played by 23,800 participants across North Lanarkshire last year, travelling more than 78,000 miles.

The most commonly reported main benefits of Beat the Street were spending time with friends and family, getting fit and having fun.

Nine out of ten people thought that Beat the Street helped them to be more active (87%). Nine out of ten said Beat the Street helped them walk more than usual (86%) and about one fifth said they were motivated to cycle more (22%).

Half said Beat the Street helped them travel less by car (53%).

The Department of Health suggests that adults should aim to do 30 minutes or more of physical activity at least five days per week. The proportion of adults reportedly meeting this target increased from 48% to 66%. This is a statistically significant change, meaning it is not likely to have happened by chance (p<0.05).

People with long-term conditions were just as likely to report benefits as everyone else.

92% said they would recommend Beat the Street to friends and family.

How to play

The game is played by the person, who will have been giving a Beat the Street fob or card, tapping Beat the Street boxes in their area. There will be many Beat the Street boxes throughout the area and people will be giving maps to see where they are or they can download it from the website. Children will be giving fobs in primary school, which will also include a family package so that parents can take part. In this family package the adults will be given a card and able to walk, run or cycle with their son/daughter. As long as they tap two different boxes in the space of an hour and they are registered on the website their points will be registered. The children’s points will also go towards the school’s total and if the school is in the top 3 they will win a prize. There is a leaderboard where people can check up to see how they and their school/community group are doing. For adults and young people, there will be distribution points located throughout the area (Most likely at your local leisure centre or library) where you can go and pick up a card to take part. This is for people who may not have young children but still wish to take part.

This is a short video on how to play Beat the Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJbOghMQ5ZM

A player taps their Beat the Street card or fob at various points on their way to and from work, school and to the shops. Registered players can win regular spot prizes for a ‘lucky tap’ on a Beat Box. To be eligible to win a prize, players must be registered. The more Beat Boxes you tap, the further you travel and the greater your chance of winning a prize. Groups of people can also come together to form a community group on the leaderboard where they will be able to take part as a team.

Community Group Participation

As mentioned anyone can take part in Beat the Street. We look to bring groups of people together so we strive to create groups of at least 25 participants. Staff at these groups can also take part along with the participants in that group. People who may not be directly involved in the group but have some relation to it can also take part for example other family members. If you are still struggling to get to 25 participants, we can look to join groups together from other community groups in the area. There may be incidents when groups of less than 25 are formed due to circumstances. However, this would

have to be discussed with the Engagement Manager first as to wither this would be a possibility.

How do I sign up?

Once your team sends over the details to the Engagement Manager then that team will be created on the website.

In the top right hand corner of the website will be a register button that you can press.

There will be details that you need to fill out in order to register. You will be handed some materials such as a Beat the Street card which will have its own specific number that you need to fill out as part of registering.

You will get to a section, which is called ‘select a team to support’. If you click on other teams and then go through the list below you will then be able to select the team you wish to join.

What if the majority of our group consists of primary school children and they are already assigned to their school?

The majority of primary school children will already be assigned to a group i.e their school. This means that the child would not be able to join another group such as their local community group they attend. However, that does not mean that the community group can’t take part in the games. Your groups can schedule walks, cycles, run’s etc that involve the kids scanning the boxes and taking part. This would mean that the kids points would go towards the school overall total on the leaderboard. You can send to us information or stories of your involvement in the programme and we can highlight this through our media outlets to show your enthusiasm to promote health and wellbeing through physical activity.

How do I get the materials to take part?

Distribution points are areas you can go to pick up materials. Our distribution points are located in local libraries and leisure centres. We will let you know your closest distribution point once you sign up. If your group struggles to get to these facilities, then please contact the Engagement Manager and they can arrange to drop materials off to you in a more suitable location.

Why should my group take part in Beat the Street?

Beat the Street is a great way to get people out and being active. This will help with any health and wellbeing outcomes that your group may have. There is a fun competitive element to Beat the Street so you can check your score to see how you are doing compared to other groups or you could just try and get the best score your team possible can. The games also provide an opportunity to bring groups together and work collectively as a team. As boxes are located

throughout North Lanarkshire it will also be a great opportunity to explore the area and learn more about what’s going on.

When does the games start?

The games begin in North Lanarkshire on the 3rd of May and will run until 21st of June 2017.

What happens after the games is finished?

We look to work with as many groups as possible to ensure long term physical activity is achieved in the area. This would involve networking and establishing plans to promote long term activity.

Who should I contact for more information and to sign up ?

Tony MartinEngagement Manager – North Lanarkshire

Email: anthony.martin@intelligenthealth.co.ukPhone: 07825 278951

I hope this information pack was useful for you. If you have any questions please contact the details listed above.

The next page is a short application form that we wish for you to fill out if you are keen to get involved you can complete and send this back to the Engagement Manager.

Beat the Street – Sign up community groups

Name of Team Leader

Name of Community Group

Number of Participants

Email Address

How did you find out about Beat the Street?

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Any comments you wish to add?

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A brief description of your group

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Thank you for your time in filling out the form. We hope you have a great time and enjoy taken part in Beat the Street 2017.

Good Luck!