2. National Workplace Challenge

Your workplace has the chance to be recognised for outstanding participation in Ride to Work Day 2011.

BWA Corporate Cup

In 2011, again there will also be a Cup awarded to the organisation who has the most employees registered in WA. The Cup will be awarded at the Perth CBD Ride to Work Breakfast on Wednesday 12 October 2011.

National Workplace Challenge

Celebrate the team spirit of Ride to Work Day by being part of the National Workplace Challenge!

All you have to do is register as a workplace coordinator, complete the extra questions about your workplace and encourage your colleagues to also register and participate on Ride to Work Day 12 October 2011. All registered workplaces will receive a commemorative certificate and go in the draw to win 1 of 35 cycling hampers.

There will be one winner in every category listed below. Largest % of staff * riding to work on Ride to Work Day in worksites with:

  • Less than 25 employees
  • 25–100 employees
  • 100–250 employees
  • 250+ employees

How to Get involved

1. Register as a workplace coordinator and fill in the additional details about 'Your workplace'

2. Encourage as many people as possible from your workplace to participate - send emails, put up posters and host lunchtime information sessions for new riders.

Send us in photos or stories of how your Workplace is getting behind Ride to Work Day 2011 for your chance to win some great prizes.

Key definitions

Workplace: This is defined as one organisation on one site. If the organisation you work for has employees at a number of sites, each site needs to register as separate workplace in order to be part of the National Workplace Challenge.

Organisation: All worksites of a business, government organisation or NGO throughout Australia.

Largest percentage: Percentage of participation will be calculated using total number of individual registrations in your workplace divided by total number of employees estimated by Workplace Coordinator on registration. Calculations will be made using the workplace address information supplied as part of the individual registrations.

 

 

Other workplace benefits include:

- Increase staff productivity
- Keeps staff alert
- Reduces cost of parking
- Reduces pressure on parking
- Reduces absenteeism
- Reduces gas emissions
- Bike user groups encourage more socialisation
- Bike User groups brings people  together from all parts of an  organisation
- Breaks down barriers in  organisations
- Being a cycle friendly company key mechanism for attracting and retaining staff
- Riding to work is a time-efficient way of getting daily exercise