Promoting Well Being

Health and Wellbeing Challenge 2010.

Workplaces and Communities take up the health and wellbeing challenge.

Over 700 people from Councils, Community Groups and workplaces completed a six week health and wellbeing challenge.

Sabrina Lynn, Physical Activity Co-ordinator, SHSCT, said, “The aim of the challenge is to encourage healthier lifestyles, by promoting the benefits of regular physical activity and healthy eating”.

Celebration events were held across the SHSCT to recognise and congratulate winning teams.  Rosemary Daly, Senior Health Promotion Officer, Workplaces, said “This challenge enables individuals to work together as a team to promote their own health and wellbeing.  It has been great to get the 30 minutes daily physical activity and 5 a day message to so many”.

Mr Gerard Rocks, Head of Health Improvement, Promoting Wellbeing, SHSCT highlighted, “the Trust is committed to supporting initiatives such as this challenge in order to improve the health and wellbeing of  everyone in the local area”.

The 110 teams who completed the challenge accumulated a total of 974,860 minutes or 678 days of health enhancing moderate intensity physical activity over the 6 weeks.  This averaged out at approximately 40 minutes per person per day which shows that by the end of the challenge participants were achieving more than their daily recommended levels of physical activity.

The teams also consumed 69,358 portions of fruit and vegetables which equated to almost 70 shopping trolley’s full of fruit and vegetables!!

The prize winners were those teams who had shown the most improvement over the 6 weeks:

For information on participating in next years health & wellbeing challenge contact. Rosemary Daly 028 37  520544