Regular exercise is an essential part of looking after your wellbeing. It is widely known that a weekly exercise routine can make vast improvements to your physical health and recent research has also shown that physical activity has a positive impact on mental health. The Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) promotes physical activity as an essential part of a healthy lifestyle though education and programs as follows:
The Global Corporate Challenge 
(GCC) is the world's largest corporate health and wellbeing event, starting on 24 May, 2012, and running for 16 weeks. It combines exercise, fun, team based challenge and 'virtual' interactive experiences in some of the most amazing places on earth. The challenge is to team up with seven other people, track the number of steps each person takes and try to increase that amount each day. Each participating team member enters their daily steps online. The website then converts steps to distance and takes participants on a 'virtual' tour of the world. This program is an innovative way of motivating people to increase their daily exercise.
In 2011, the department achieved its goal to increase the number of teams that participated in the challenge. Participation increased by 40 per cent and the average step count per day was an outstanding 12,544 steps. This year, the department aims to surpass the 323 392 km travelled in the 2011 challenge.
For every DETE registration, GCC has agreed to provide a free entry for one state school student in the 2012 Global Children's Challenge, to be held later this year. This is a great opportunity to give students a chance to be part of the fun!
Funding for participation in this program is the responsibility of individual business units, schools and TAFE institutes. All participants in this year's challenge will receive a GCC pack, including two pedometers, a backpack and tailored nutrition plans.
Register your team for the challenge before Friday 4 May by visiting the GCC DETE registration portal . For more information about the program visit the GCC website . For entry fee information use the GCC cost calculator .
To help recruit a team, distribute the GCC poster 
1.3M at your workplace.
Each year, the Department supports a Queensland Government joint team entry in the Queensland Corporate Games. The Games were established in 1992 to encourage companies to support employees' pursuit of a more active, healthier lifestyle and each year over 20,000 Australians compete in Corporate Games nationally. In 2011 the Queensland Government broke the world record of being the largest team ever to compete in a corporate games event which is an outstanding achievement.
The department is participating in the Queensland Corporate Games for 2012. The games run over three days from 18-20 May and includes 15 sports for participants to choose from, ranging from volleyball, soccer and badminton.
Entry for Queensland Government employees and payment can be completed online .
More information is available on the Queensland Corporate Games website .
DETE encourages local initiatives to support active lifestyles such as the availability to use stairwells instead of lifts and shower/locker facilities in Central Office. For more information about active lifestyle initiatives please email the Organisational Health Unit in Central Office or your local regional office.
This page was last reviewed on 17 Apr 2012 at 11:53AM
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