Healthy Places activities consider the physical, policy, and cultural environments within the workplace, to create environments that support healthy lifestyle behaviors. Activities are the day-to-day actions that sit under each strategy within your workplace wellness programs.
Fitness Activities:
- Offer on-site classes during lunchtime such as Pilates, meditation or healthy cooking
- Hold a walking challenge like 10,000 Steps Workplace Challenge (10000steps.org.au)
- Introduce walking groups, see Heart Foundation (heartfoundation.org.au)
- Set up an information station with public transport, walking and cycle path info and maps
- Remind employees through emails/screensavers/posters to get out of their chairs & stretch
- Hold work events in active places (e.g. parks and bowling clubs)
- Establish a walk/cycle to work day, week or month
- Organize an employee corporate rate with local health and fitness services
- Sponsor fun-run entry fees or corporate games teams
- Hold information sessions on defensive cycling
- Set up a basketball hoop or table tennis for employee use during breaks
- Make the stairwells attractive & put up motivational posters to promote stairs to employees
- Provide wireless telephone headsets so employees can move around while on the telephone
- Seek management commitment to offer ‘flexitime’ to participate in physical activity
- Encourage staff to have face-to-face conversation rather than sending emails
http://workplaces.healthier.qld.gov.au/media/2013/04/ideas-for-activities.pdf
