Health & Wellbeing: GetFit Wales

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GetFit.Wales aims to increase physical activity levels for those individuals on the project, reduce obesity, and make residents aware of the local services in the area in order to make positive changes to their social outlook and become more involved in community activities.

GetFit.Wales is a platform that rewards people for being active. It works by linking the individual’s profile to their step tracker e.g Fitbit account and allocates points on the amount of steps achieved over the mutually agreed steps per day with the aim of reaching/exceeding the NHS Choices recommended 10,000 steps per day. Please note that for the GetFit.Wales algorithm to award the relevant number of points, the participant will need to sync their Fitbit through the Fitbit app daily.

The step-up challenge

Our Getfit.Wales step-up challenge provided young people with an opportunity to try something new and show others what is possible.

Over 100 young people took part in March 2022, which for many was their first-time taking part in a 10K challenge. We hope that following the success of this challenge, we can continue to support local schools, community groups and individuals to build upon their success by developing strong positive habits through our website Getfit.Wales.

Partners in the community 

Getfit.Wales explores the use of step trackers and incentivises attainment of personal targets. Points credited from such success, allow the participant to spend on vouchers providing free access and use of local health and wellbeing goods and services. Our findings to date have shown improved physical activity and a strong desire to access local services that improve their wellbeing long after their participation on the project has ended.

Therefore if you are an organisation which provides goods or services which support or improve people’s physical and mental wellbeing, we would love to for you to be part of this journey with us.