SCHOOL TRANSPORT
Can you
beat the
street?
The streets of Southall
will become a threedimensional board game
for school pupils this
autumn as they attempt to
‘journey around the world’.
B
eat the Street is a communitywide initiative by Ealing
Council and its partner
Intelligent Health to
encourage people to get walking,
running and cycling. The aim is to get
local schools, community groups and
teams of residents to compete for
prizes and have fun in the process.
Special ‘Beat Boxes’ will be going
up on lampposts across the area for
the six-week challenge between 21
September and 2 November. People
taking part will be given special cards,
or fobs, which they can tap against
these Beat Boxes as they walk or cycle
past. This will log their journey and
they will receive points for how far they
have travelled. The aim is for each team
member to keep racking up their own
distance to help build up an overall
‘journey distance’ for the team.
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around ealing
Autumn 2016