Table 1 Interventions proposed in RD physical activity pledges under analysis, and the number and proportion of interventions selected by organisationsa, ordered by frequency of selection
Pledge (# signatories) | Interventions proposed in each pledge | Nature of the interventionb | Organisations listing these actions in their delivery plan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | |||
P1- Physical activity in the community (107 organisations) | 1. Promoting community-based events locally, with campaigns targeted at specific groups within the local community (children and young people, older people or black and minority ethnic communities) | Provide information | 44 (out of 107) | 41% |
2. Work directly with local authorities and other local sport or physical activity providers to support or develop community-based sport and physical activity opportunities. (local sports clubs, schools, volunteer-led or other community or third sector groups). | Enable choice | 25 (out of 107) | 23% | |
3. Sponsoring charitable events such as fun runs, cycling events, football tournaments or local walking groups | Enable choice | 20 (out of 107) | 19% | |
4. Offer these physical activity opportunities to your employees. | Enable choice | 8 (out of 107) | 7% | |
5. Making facilities available (at weekends). | Enable choice | 0 (out of 107) | 0% | |
P2- Physical activity guidelines (155 organisations) | 6. Organisations can highlight the key messages in the CMO’s guidelines to their employees, consumers and local communities. | Provide information | 96 (out of 155) | 62% |
7. Organisations could also develop own materials or campaigns targeted at consumers or local communities, supported by on-pack promotions or wider associated marketing activity, for example through website or other digital media | Provide information | 96 (out of 155) | 62% | |
8. Sign up to Change 4 Life and use their materials | Provide information | 16 (out of 155) | 10% | |
P3- Active travel (128 organisations) | 9. Good quality changing, showering and locker facilities | Enable choice | 52 (out of 128) | 41% |
10. Providing secure, safe and accessible cycle parking | Enable choice | 40 (out of 128) | 31% | |
11. Consider offering Bikeability training for employees to give them the confidence to cycle to work. | Provide information | 43 (out of 128) | 34% | |
12. Sign up to the Cycle to Work Scheme | Guide choice by incentives | 38 (out of 128) | 30% | |
13. Provision of training, reward or incentive programmes to achieve targets for more cycling. | Guide choice by incentives | 28 (out of 128) | 22% | |
14. Provide accessible and secure cycle parking/storage or run incentive schemes to reward those who bike/walk to stores | Guide choice by incentives | 25 (out of 128) | 20% | |
15. Encourage more of your customers to walk or cycle to your stores or sites. | Provide information | 20 (out of 128) | 16% | |
16. Promote local walking and cycling routes to your customers, particularly those who don’t drive. | Provide information | 11 (out of 128) | 9% | |
P4- Physical activity in the workplace (203 organisations) | 17. Workplace physical activity challenges | Guide choice by incentives | 77 (out of 203) | 38% |
18. Disseminate information on local opportunities for physical activity | Provide information | 72 (out of 203) | 35% | |
19. Promote physical activity as part of a wider employee health and well-being programme | Enable choice | 66 (out of 203) | 33% | |
20. Adopt policies which encourage active travel among employees | Guide choice by changing the default policy | 46 (out of 203) | 23% | |
21. Workplace champions for physical activity | Provide information | 33 (out of 203) | 16% | |
22. Health checks | Enable choice | 21 (out of 203) | 10% | |