Walk at Work Pedometer Challenge

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1 Caring for You Campaign Walk at Work Pedometer Challenge 18th April 2nd May PRIZE for the Workplace who walks the most steps in 2 weeks

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3 Pedometer Challenge From 18th April 2nd May 2017 we are asking maternity staff from around the UK to take part in the RCM s Caring for You Walk at Work Pedometer Challenge. This information has been designed to help you create a pedometer challenge in your workplace. A pedometer challenge is a great way to get staff more active, boost morale and help everyone get involved with the Caring for You Campaign. The RCM Campaign was launched in May 2016 with the aim of improving RCM members health, safety and wellbeing at work so they are able to provide high quality maternity care for women and their families. Over 50% of NHS organisations have already signed our campaign charter and are working on action plans locally. Ask your local RCM representatives how you can get involved in the Caring for You campaign or if your organisation hasn t signed up yet why not sign up to the campaign now and get members involved by doing the pedometer challenge? The 100 prize money will be paid into the RCM branch Unity bank account and members can decide how it is spent. We have included in this quick start guide: Information on getting started Tips on keeping staff motivated Links to resources Record Sheet Rules You can order your pedometers from your RCM Workplace Representative who has direct access to RCM materials on our website The Royal College of Midwives 3

4 Walk at Work Pedometer Challenge 18th April 2nd May 2017 Getting started How long will it last? This 2 week challenge will run from 18th April 2nd May Teams Getting members to form teams and nominating a Team Captain is a good way of organising participants. The team captain can collate the team s daily step count and submit this at the end of the challenge to caringforyou@rcm.org.uk We suggest teams of 6, although you can have more than one team per workplace. Theme It s good to have a theme or a goal for your challenges, something that participants can aim for. This could be a virtual walk; you will find more information about creating a virtual journey overleaf. Administration Teams can sign up to the Pedometer Challenge by ing caringforyou@rcm.org.uk with the following information; Team Captain address and contact telephone number Team Name Workplace and NHS Trust/Health Board Team Captains will find a record sheet to assist with recording steps from team members. 4 Caring for You Campaign

5 Creating a Virtual Journey Turning your steps into miles and going on a virtual journey is a great way to keep yourselves motivated and gives you a target to work towards. Here are a few steps to creating your virtual journey. Decide how far you re going to walk You ll need to work out a realistic target for the duration of the challenge. Use your pedometer to work out roughly how many steps each team member walks in a day. To do this, record your step count over 3 days prior to the challenge commencing, add up the 3 numbers and divide by 3 and then round up to the nearest 500. For this challenge, we are saying that 1 mile equals 2,000 steps, give or take. Using this information you should be able to work out how many miles each team member could cover over the duration of your challenge. You might want to increase the target slightly to motivate you to find ways of walking more, but remember to keep it realistic! Your destination The destination is up to you. You might want to go international and visit some tourist hotspots. Or perhaps virtually walk to as many maternity units around the UK as possible? Map your route There are a number of website you can use to work our distances. Here are a few; Chart your progress Think about how you could chart your progress, you could pin a route map to a notice board? This is a good way to keep everyone motivated and to spur them to keep walking. The Royal College of Midwives 5

6 Walk at Work Pedometer Challenge 18th April 2nd May 2017 Rules The rules for the Caring for You pedometer challenge are simple and easy to follow; 1. The challenge must take part between 18th April 2nd May Teams must consist of 6 people 3. Each team must nominate a team captain 4. You must record your daily step count using the record sheet. This should include walking in your own time 5. Individual step counts should be given to your team captain every Monday 6. The team captain will us their teams step count at the end of the challenge via caringforyou@rcm.org.uk no later than Monday 8th May 7. If a team member drops out they can be replaced by another member of staff 8. If your pedometer breaks, your battery runs out or you are off sick, an average step count can be taken for that day 9. Keep your pedometers safe as we will have another challenge later in the year with another prize or you can just carry on to your next destination! Prize We will award 100 to the RCM branch who walks the most steps during the challenge which will be paid directly into the Branches Unity Bank account. 6 Caring for You Campaign

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