It’s time to Step Up Sunderland!
Step Up Sunderland is a new campaign which launched on 22nd July 2019 and finishes on 10th May 2020 to make Sunderland the UK city that walks the most steps. It aims to get people more active by walking in their day-to-day lives. Participants count their steps every day and add them to the grand total. It’s fun, easy to take part, there are rewards and activity is great for your physical and mental well-being, so if you live, work or study in Sunderland why not join in?
Step Up Sunderland has been backed by businesses and organisations across the city, and has launched a new app – available on Android and from the Apple Store – where people can add their steps to a city-wide counter, that charts progress towards a more active Sunderland.
Why should you join?
If you sign up you will also be alerted to events and activities you can take part in to boost your steps, and will be rewarded for getting involved with a number of incentives to encourage people to get on board with the challenge.
Sunderland City Council will also be placing new signage around the city – which will remain until the challenge ends at the Sunderland Run weekend (3k, 5k 10k and Half Marathon) in May 2020 – to help people see how far they are, in steps, from places across Sunderland.
The Step Up Sunderland campaign aims to encourage healthy competition between people from right across the city, with the five localities of Sunderland North, Sunderland East, Sunderland West, Coalfields and Washington, battling it out to boost their step-count. Those who commute in the city every day can also compete, and will be able to use the leaderboard in the app to see which area of Sunderland is stepping up most.
How to take part
The app can be downloaded from the Apple Store and Play Store. But if you don’t have a smartphone you can also make a profile and keep track of your progress via their website:Â www.stepupsunderland.com.
