National Walking Month

Mental Health / Men's Health / Women's Health

To mark National Walking Month which takes place throughout the month of May we are delighted to launch our EA May Movers Step Challenge(link is external).

Let’s enjoy the start of Spring, by getting together with friends and colleagues and taking part in our EA May Movers Step Challenge(link is external).

Each week there will be a new theme, and we will offer you encouragement and motivational tips to help you and your team achieve your goals and have some fun along the way.

EA May Movers Step Challenge(link is external) will begin on Thursday 1 May 2025 and will end on Saturday 31 May 2025.

Each team will be made up of 4 members from any department or school across the Education Authority.

The challenge will finish on a Sunday each week. Your Team Leader will then forward us the team total Via this form(link is external) on a Tuesday by 12.00 noon at the latest.

Challenge yourself to be the best version of YOU! - Registration is easy:

  1. Nominate your team leader
  2. Choose your team’s name
  3. Register your team and list your team members here(link is external).

team with the most steps in total by the end of the challenge AND the team with the most creative team name will all receive a Health and Wellbeing Goodie Bag, now if that’s not an incentive, what is!

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