Promote existing events and active challenges
Join in with campaigns such as WA Bike Month and Ride2Work Day held in October. These activities all provide opportunities to promote cycling through free workplace events and/or team participation in challenges and community rides.
Walking events can be a good way to encourage people to discover walking facilities and mix with other walkers in the workplace.
Events can tie into broader workplace and community initiatives, such as an annual fitness challenge, or corporate participation in charity events such as the annual City to Surf or HBF Run for a Reason.
Challenges are also a great way to kick start walking habits because it’s a short timeframe, its easy to monitor progress and an affordable option for workplaces to run.
Promote your own events and programs
Promote your initiatives through posters, information boards, brochures, newsletters, and online communications (intranet and internet). Use activities to address barriers staff may have to cycling, help staff build new skills, and to keep it fun and social.
Use staff profiles to motivate staff
Find out about successful walkers and why they do it. What are their motivations for walking more in their working day and what benefits have they achieved? Inspire people by using profiles of what colleagues have achieved.
Offer incentives
An incentive can nudge those thinking about it to give it a go. Incentives can include a bike breakfast, an ‘earn-a-bike’ initiative, or a scheme that provides frequent riders with rewards based on either trips or distance cycled.
Start a BUG (Bicycle User Groups)
A BUG can be formed to bring together employees who cycle to support activities at your organisation, keep members informed, and advocate for better facilities. See the Bicycle network BUG guide
Start a walking group
Group walking helps with motivation and enjoyable getting people to walk regularly.
Walking groups can be informal or more organised, depending on the needs of participants. Check out the Heart Foundation walking website for more details
Promote walking routes
Map walking routes around your organisation to encourage walking for fun and fitness.
Take a look at the variety of Your Move maps available on the resources page for your local area or ask us about creating a ‘Workplace Access guide’.
Walking Meetings and Walking to Meetings
Make the streets your meeting room and get people out of the office with a walking meeting. Walking increases energy and the ability to think clearly – increasing productivity.
You might also hold your meeting outside the office for an opportunity to get some steps in on your way to a meeting.
Public Transport
Walking, scooting and riding is an integral part of the journey for regular public transport users. Check out the Transperth Journey planner to find out how easy it is to get there.
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