Ditch the car this summer and take the Active Travel Challenge
People across Northern Ireland are being urged to leave the car at home this June and take part in the Active Travel Challenge.
The joint initiative encourages our staff and the public to try walking, cycling and taking public transport as an alternative to the car for an entire month. They will not only be in with the chance to win prizes, but to create new habits for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable lifestyle.
Translink, the Department for Infrastructure, Public Health Agency (PHA), Sustrans, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, and Belfast City Council are all backing the challenge and are encouraging large and small businesses across Northern Ireland take part.
With the rising cost of living, an appetite to make greener choices that benefit the environment, and a return to the office, even in a hybrid model, there is a unique opportunity this year to try out new ways to not only get to work, but to take a break from working at home and get moving outdoors.
It’s free to register and participants can log their ‘active travel’ journeys online throughout June, with a different theme each week of the month and a range of prizes up for grabs, including a range of vouchers, travel tickets and rewards with national and regional retailers.
This June why not take on a new challenge? We’re encouraging everyone to sign up to the Active Travel Challenge and #GetMeActiveNI for a healthier and greener lifestyle. Want to know more? Check out www.atc.getmeactive.org.uk
Staff can find out more about Being Active by visiting the B Well site B Active | B Well Belfast (hscni.net)
Picture below includes: Fiona Meenan, BHSCT Health Improvement Team Manager (far left) helped to launch the Challenge.
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