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Growing the Kent Economy 2016/17
monitor your activity levels, reach the
recommended activity target of 150
minutes per week, motivate yourself
and your colleagues to be more active,
earn those much needed points as a
Teamand enjoy some healthy competition
between teams, departments and/or
other workplaces. Activity can be
anything from a lunchtime walk, an
evening run, a zumba class, a family
bike ride, to gardening at the weekend.
Encourage colleagues to sign up too to
see if you’ve got what it takes to be one
of Kent’s most active workplaces in
2016! Join the Challenge by going to
and start using the free online
motivational tool to log your activity
and win prizes.
Over 1,900 employees across 290
workplaces have already signed up to
the Challenge but anyone can join in,
at any time.
Kent Sport – the organisation
behind the Business Games:
Kent Sport is Kent’s County Sports
Partnership and is funded by Sport
England to co-ordinate and promote
sport and physical activity in the county
to improve the health and wellbeing
of Kent’s residents. These initiatives are
supported by Kent County Council and
Medway Council.
Kevin Day, Kent Sport Director said:
“2015 saw the launch of our first
Business Games and, thanks to everyone
involved, it turned out to be a huge
success. The event proved to be a great
platform to promote sport and physical
activity to a wide range of businesses.
It’s fantastic that the Business Games
has gone from strength to strength in
2016 with the support of the Wellbeing
People and National Grid.”
Stuart Clack, National Grid-GrainLNG
commented “We entered a Team into
the 2015 Games and thoroughly
enjoyed the day. As a large local
employer, we’re always keen to support
local community programmes and the
Business Games is an event which
anyone can take part in. We were proud
to sponsor the event this year.”
Ben McGannan, Wellbeing People
commented “Wellbeing People were
delighted to have sponsored the 2016
Business Games. Both physical and
mental wellbeing are at the core of our
business and we think this is a great
way of engaging staff, having fun and
improving all aspects of our wellbeing.”
The 2016 Business Games took place on
Friday 8th July from 12noon-6pm at
Strood Sports Centre, Watling Street,
Rochester, ME2 3JQ.
Why not check out the 2016 Games
short film and see what it’s all about:
You’ll be pleased to hear plans for the
2017 Business Games are already
underway! Online entries will open in
January 2017 via Kent’s Workplace
Challenge website:
Workplace Challenge – a great
way to prepare your workplace
for the Business Games:
To prepare for the games, workplaces
across Kent are encouraged to get
active by taking part in the Kent’s 2016
Workplace Challenge. Employees
across the County are invited to sign
up to the Challenge, log their activity
and earn points for their workplace.
The free online tool can help you to