Beat the Street
Beat the Street – a real life walking, cycling and running game for a whole community – is coming to North Lanarkshire in 2017 and community groups, schools and other interested teams are being encouraged to get involved.
The initiative is being delivered on behalf of the National Charity Partnership – a collaboration between Diabetes UK, British Heart Foundation and Tesco. People score points and win prizes by walking, cycling or running from point to point and tapping a registered and activated Beat the Street card or Fob on Beat Boxes, which are placed on lamp posts across the dedicated routes where the game is being played.
Over 23,000 participants played the game across North Lanarkshire, travelling more than 78,000 miles, in 2016. Game organisers are looking to better that score this year and Beat the Street will return to North Lanarkshire this year on Wednesday 3 May 2017. If you have 25 or more participants who would be keen to get involved, then please read the attached Community Group Information Package document (which contains sign-up instruction) or contact North Lanarkshire’s Beat the Street Engagement Manager, by e-mail: Anthony Martin.
Please note that primary school aged children (5-12) may already be signed up to their school and can’t be assigned to another group (if you are unsure about this, please contact Anthony as noted above).