Active Leeds are excited to be partnering up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for World Heart Day on Tuesday 29th September 2020. 

Covid-19 has dominated 2020 and is having a devastating impact world-wide. Recent research has suggested that people with heart and circulatory disease are at a higher risk of complications from COVID-19. Which means more people than ever now need the BHF to continue to provide vital support and fund life-saving research. 

The City Step Challenge is a way to get more active this September and moving a little more each day can help to maintain a healthy lifestyle and a healthy heart. Research has shown that a ¼ of people have exercised less through lock-down and 3 in 10 people admit to walking less. Here in Leeds, Active Leeds have an ambition to be ‘Best City to be Active In’ and we want to support all residents to get active and stay active. 

Join the City Step Challenge and make your steps count! From 9am to 9pm on World Heart Day, we want you to get stepping more than you have stepped before. May that be 2,000 steps, 10,000 or 20,000, we want the people of Leeds to help the BHF step the way forward for heart research and together… Lets see how far Leeds can step on World Heart Day! Can Leeds become the most active city?

For walking routes, please see the Leeds City Council website; https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/parks-and-countryside/public-rights-of-way/key-recreational-routes

Don’t forget to submit your tracked steps on the message function when donating. All submissions will be entered into a prize draw to win one of the following prizes:

x 1 year gym membership to an Active Leeds Gym 

x 1 voucher code for a year’s travel on buses in Leeds

Thank you and lets do this Leeds!