Andy Munns
Street Tag, an interactive app encouraging people to explore their community parks and greenspaces while keeping active and earning prizes, is coming soon to Wiltshire.
Street Tag launches on Monday (29th January) and encourages people to scan virtual tags at locations across Wiltshire to record the distance they have walked, cycled, run or used a wheelchair between virtual tags.
People will collect points for visiting Street Tag locations and can compete as an individual, team or with their school to win prizes.
The app encourages people to explore their local community and green spaces and keep physically active. People can see their points add up on the app and get inspired to climb to the top of the leaderboard.
In addition to the pre-populated tags across Wiltshire, users are encouraged to create their own tags around their community using the app’s ‘create a tag’ feature. 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.
It will also help the Street Tag team to consider and design new official tag additions to the app. Street Tag will review self-populated community tags to ensure they are placed in locations that are safe to access.
Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cabinet Member for Public Heath, said: “We’re really excited for Street Tag to launch in Wiltshire. It supports communities across the country to get out and explore local green spaces and keep active, and it’s fantastic that the app will be now available here in Wiltshire as well.
“We’re encouraging everyone to give it a go and see what they can discover while out and about. You can even compete as a team with your school, workplace or with family and friends to climb to the top of the leaderboard and win prizes.
“In addition to the Street Tag app, and to understand more about your health and physical activity, why not try an activity tracker watch or blood pressure monitor? These are available to borrow for free for six weeks from Trowbridge or Chippenham libraries, or the North and South mobile libraries”.
“Street Tag will also support the local economy by encouraging people to spend more time in their community and visit local businesses while earning points by visiting tags.”
“I’m excited to get out and about and explore Wiltshire using the Street Tag app with my golden retriever, Chino, and I hope to see many of you on my travels.”
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 and start using the app.
The app is free to download and easy to use. It is now available in app stores and officially launches on 29 January 2024.
People can find out more about Street Tag by visiting https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/physical-activity or watching the Street Tag introduction video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MzOA08LWtM&t=1s
