Sport and physical activity news
May 2020
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Due to the current government social restrictions, the Southwark Council sport and physical activity team is offering an online physical activity initiative called Race to Health, to be delivered in partnership with Southwark libraries.
The initiative was created by Camden Council to encourage children and their families to do everyday health enhancing physical activity within the social distancing guidelines (achieving the recommended 60 minutes a day for children).
Each participant will choose a Southwark library to compete for to try and become Southwark Race To Health Champions!
Race to Health at home: Where the Wild Things Are
25 May to 7 June 2020
What is Race to Health?
Race to Health is an award-winning online physical activity challenge that helps children and their families be more physically active at home as part of a team - in this case, a library team.
How it works
The game theme is following Max’s magical journey from the classic book, Where the Wild Things Are (by Maurice Sendak). Each minute of physical activity completed by children and their families will be converted into miles and will contribute to their chosen library team total. This helps Max to move around a game map visiting some cool places and getting back in time for his supper whilst it’s still hot! The winning library will be the one with the highest total active minutes completed.
Children and their families need to log their physical activity minutes on our fun interactive website, which provides tips on how to increase your daily physical activity. On the website, children will be able to track their activity progress and compare this to other members of the same library team. Children and families will also be able to customise their page, collecting medals and points.
As a family you'll be eligible to win a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal in three areas - participation, improvement and time:
- participation relates to how often you enter your physical activity data
- improvement relates to increases in physical activity levels for that week compared to the previous week
- time relates to how close you are to achieving 60 minutes of physical activity per day, recommended to boost health and wellbeing
Once completed, children will be able to download their personalised participation certificate and a digital trophy will appear in their trophy cabinet!
How can I take part?
Email us with the information below (copy and paste the table). It may take up to 24 hours to receive your login pack.
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Preferred email to receive game communications: |
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Chosen Southwark Library to represent: |
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Family information |
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Adults (aged 18yrs+) |
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Youth (aged 12-17yrs) |
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Children (aged 4-11yrs) |
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Registered with a disability or other sensory impairment |
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A Southwark council officer will send your login for the game with an information guide on how to navigate the site and build your character. During the game you'll receive occasional emails to keep you and your library team moving around the game map and news of how your library is doing in a league table - please note the game will not begin until Monday 25 May!
If you're concerned about how the council is using your data, email our Data Protection Officer or phone 020 7525 5000. Find more information about your rights.
Page last updated: 05 February 2024
