Are you interested in getting your walking shoes on more?
“Walking The Block” offers the opportunity to take some daily exercise right on your doorstep in the shape of a pre-planned half mile walk either as a group or by yourself at a pace and time of your choosing.
Taking a short break from your desk combined with a bit of exercise is a great opportunity to recharge your batteries. Check out the benefits of getting outdoors in Lanarkshire in the video. You can plot your own route from your home or work base and distance you want to cover using a route mapping tool .
If you were to do a half mile distance, that’s around approx. 1,000 steps, for most the walk can be completed comfortably within your lunch break, with plenty of time (before or after) to actually eat your lunch. For the more energetic if you walked a mile it would amount to 5 miles or approx. 10,000 additional steps per working week … a healthy addition to your current fitness regime!
More ideas for walking more often
Like the idea of walking more as part of a group? There’s a variety of 35 weekly Get Walking Lanarkshire groups and plus many other local walking groups.
There’s so much to see and do in Lanarkshire. Make the most of the great outdoors at one of the area’s fine country parks and estates with this guide on ten top walks.
For walking and cycling routes not far from your door step check out this NL walking and cycling routes map.
On the map below you’ll find routes around Strathclyde park or check out the app store and search for walking cycling Lanarkshire.
walk highlands for great short and long walking routes across North Lanarkshire and Scotland.
Cycle2work is a salary sacrifice scheme. The discount comes from paying off the bike cost straight from your salary. This means you save on tax and national insurance with the bike cost going through as a non cash benefit.
The mylifestyle portal provides colleagues access to wide variety of savings all in one place.
Got a query or a question then check out the supports that are available:
By the end of the 90-minute session you will:
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Hundreds of NLC colleagues are riding bikes they initially got through Cycle2work. In the video Claire Grierson from the Craigneuk Family Learning Centre shares her experience of getting a bike through Cycle2work and on the right Mairi MacVicar a Active School Co-ordinator also shares her experiences.
Clients will be required to arrive at their designated appointment time. There are no waiting areas open.
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With modern technical clothing, staying warm and dry on the bike, no matter how bad the weather, has never been easier. Below British Cycling provides you advice on choosing the correct clothes, getting your layering right and other practical tips for staying warm through the worst of the British winter.
Non-vented aero style road helmets can keep your head warmer, especially when paired with a windproof skullcap or traditional Belgian style winter hat.
Put your trainers on and catch up with a colleague for a walking meeting following socially distancing guidelines. Even if you aren’t working close to colleagues geographically just plug your headphones into your phone and you can get walking and talking 🙂
Agree a lunch date with the team and have a blast with a virtual team lunch cook along. Take your digital device into the kitchen to enjoy everyone’s company over lunch whilst you cook up and eat in the comfort of your own home!
Many colleagues now working remotely have really missed the chance office encounters with team colleagues they maybe didn’t directly work with. That’s those brilliant brief conversations with team members who you hot desked next to or had a chance discussion with in the lift or at the water cooler.
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
Can I keep using reloadable discount cards I have with the previous shopping discounts platform?
There are four different ways you can get a discount depending on the retailer:
eGift cards
Online codes – instant discounts
Discounted retailer websites
