The six‑week Beat the Street active travel challenge that has turned Paisley into a real-life competition has now come to an end. Special sensors called “Beat Boxes” were placed around the area so that participants in the free game could score points for walking, running, cycling, scooting, and wheeling around the game area. 9,003 players took part and covered 74,866 miles over the 6 weeks of the game. 

The game has now ended and the winners are:

Schools – Total Points

  1.  Ralston Primary School

Schools – Average Points

  1. St Paul’s Primary School

Community and Workplace Teams – Total Points

  1. Foxlea ELCC

Community and Workplace Teams – Average Points

  1. S1 Iona House Paisley Grammer

Small teams – Total Points

  1. Soul Mates

Individual leaderboard – gframe287

Through the community’s combined mileage, £450 has also been raised for St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation and will support their ongoing work.

Beat the Street Paisley has been commissioned by Renfrewshire Council and is funded by Transport Scotland. It is being delivered by Intelligent Health.

Councillor Jaqueline Cameron said: “Congratulations to all the winners of Beat the Street Paisley. It has once again proven to be a brilliant way to get people moving more. Regular physical activity has long-lasting benefits for our health and wellbeing, and even small daily changes can make a big difference. We want to keep that energy going and support residents to stay active in ways that fit their lives.”

The winners will shortly be invited to a celebration event taking in the New Year, and all players will receive a survey to measure the impact of the game.

Beat the Street Paisley winners announced!

Players from the Foxlea ELCC team who came first on the Beat the Street Paisley Community and Workplace Teams leaderboard

Beat the Street was created by Dr William Bird to encourage people to walk more and to engage with their local neighbourhoods.  The game has been played by more than two million people in more than 180 places in the UK and beyond. Beat the Street is designed to get communities moving by helping people to make small changes, such as walking or cycling to school every day and ditching the car.