Beat the Street – the game taking place across Swindon – draws to a close this week.
From today onwards, as part of the game’s ‘Go Celebrate week,’ each Beat Box will be giving out double points.
The game will come to an end at 7pm on the 27th October when the leaderboard will then be taken down and the winners announced shortly after the competition.
More than 29,200 people have signed up and have together walked, cycled, wheeled, run and scooted an incredible 284,000 miles so far in the competition.
Haydonleigh Primary School leads the total points leaderboard and Centurion Wolf Explorers is at the top of the average points leaderboard.
Beat the Street is brought to you by Swindon Borough Council working in partnership with Wiltshire and Swindon Sport (WASP), and Swindon Healthy Schools. It is delivered by Intelligent Health.
Councillor Brian Ford, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, said: “The six-week game has gone by really quickly and has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks.
“It’s been fantastic to see everyone getting active as a community and hearing stories of people spending more time as a family, chatting more to their neighbours and players getting to experience green spaces and parts of the town that they may not have known about before.
“The Beat the Street game itself is just the start though – when the game comes to an end, we’ll continue to work with the local community to ensure that these healthy lifestyle habits are here to stay and support our community to continue to reduce their impact on the environment.”
More information including the winning teams will be available at www.beatthestreet.me/swindon.
To find out other ways you can stay active and reduce your impact on the environment beyond the game, visit the Be the Change webpages: www.swindon.gov.uk/bethechange
