Keep Well - Let’s Get Ireland Walking into 2021 with New App
Date: 11-12-2020
New Keep Well Walking Challenge launched to encourage people to walk for 30 minutes every day for three weeks
The Keep Well campaign is aimed at showing people of all ages how we can mind our own physical and mental health and wellbeing by adding healthy and helpful habits to our daily and weekly routine.
Sport Ireland, Get Ireland Walking, Healthy Ireland and Mayo Sports Partnership are encouraging people of all ages to walk into 2021 by taking part in the Keep Well Walking Challenge, which gets underway today.
Walking is the most accessible form of physical activity with no special equipment or locations required. Sport Ireland, Get Ireland Walking and Healthy Ireland are looking to get as many people as possible out and active for at least 30 minutes a day for the remaining 21 days of December, bringing a healthy habit forward to the New Year.
To support this, Get Ireland Walking has produced a new app that will allow users to keep a record of their walking and help all participants to stay motivated. The handy app will provide useful tips on advice on how to build walking into every day routines. It can be downloaded at https://www.getirelandwalking.ie/app/
Over 800 adults and 20 Primary / Secondary Schools are currently involved in Mayo Sports Partnerships Run, Walk, Jog Up to Christmas Challenge https://www.mayo.ie/run-up-to-christmas-challenge-2020 and this app is a welcome addition in assisting participants to record their activity targets.
As part of the 21-day campaign, well-known people from across Ireland will share their favourite walk of 2020, whether it is a socially distanced walk with a loved-one or simply a lunchtime escape from the bedroom office.
The Keep Well Walking Challenge is part of Keep Well. The Keep Well campaign is aimed at showing people of all ages how we can mind our own physical and mental health and wellbeing by adding healthy and helpful habits to our daily and weekly routines. It provides guidelines, information, and tips on how we can make a plan to do things that will help us keep well through the coming months.
https://www.getirelandwalking.ie/app/