Inside Salisbury: Street Tag Competitive Season is back
Join in Street Tag and get into competitive mode
by Annette J Beveridge
AN INTERACTIVE app is to encourage people to take part in a Street Tag competitive season.
Street Tag encourages people to scan virtual tags at locations across Wiltshire to record the distance they have walked, cycled, or run and can be used by those in a wheelchair.
People will collect points for visiting Street Tag locations and can compete as an individual, team or with their school to win prizes.
Wiltshire Council has funded the app for a second season which will start on Monday, January 27. Last year, more than 1,000 people took part and covered more than 425,000 miles. The app encourages people to explore their local community such as their local library and green spaces to keep active and improve wellbeing.
Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities, Leisure and Libraries, Councillor Ian Blair-Pilling, said: “We’re really pleased that people have enjoyed using Street Tag since it launched last year in Wiltshire. The app supports communities across the county to get out and explore local green spaces and keep active.”
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In addition to the pre-populated tags across Wiltshire, users are encouraged to create their own tags around their community using the ‘create a tag’ feature on the app. Although these self-populated tags will be worth fewer points, they enable communities to improve their Street Tag experience and generate more tags at places of interest around their community.
Cllr Blair-Pilling added: “Although people can use the app throughout the year, with a new competitive season launching, now is the perfect time to give it a go. You can compete as an individual or team or with your classmates or colleagues and climb to the top of the leader board to win prizes.
“To understand more about your health and physical activity alongside the app, you can also borrow a free activity tracker watch or blood pressure monitor for six weeks from most Wiltshire libraries.”
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Competitions within the Steet Tag app will take place at certain times throughout the year, but people can record their progress as soon as they download the app.
The app is free to download from app stores and is easy to use.
You can watch a video here or find out more about Street Tag by clicking here.
People can find out more about borrowing an activity tracker watch or blood pressure monitor on the Wiltshire Council website.
