Our free BeUpstanding toolkit is designed to raise awareness and build a supportive culture to create a ‘dynamic’ workspace where sitting less and moving more is the norm
Be guided, step-by-step
Here is how the BeUpstanding Champion Toolkit works: once you sign up, you will get access to a free online step-by-step guide created by world-leading researchers. There are tools and resources to help your workspace champion get buy-in, deliver, and evaluate BeUpstanding
1 – 2 months
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Plan
Get your organisation ready to BeUpstanding! It usually takes around one to two months to complete the foundation phase
2 months
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Do
Launch and promote BeUpstanding using our guide and resources. We recommend you run the activation phase for at least two months
Ongoing
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Review & Sustain
This is the ultimate goal: environmental, organisational and individual change where sitting less and moving more is the norm
The BeUpstanding messages
Stand up
at least every 30 minutes
Stand up is a prompt to break up long periods of sitting. The recommendation is to interrupt sitting at least every 30 minutes by changing postures
Sit less
throughout the day
Sit less focusses on reducing overall sitting time by swapping some sitting with either standing or moving
Move more
take every opportunity
Move more means increase physical activity throughout the day; primarily through opportunistic, incidental activity like taking the stairs instead of the lift
The BeUpstanding strategies
BeUpstanding strategies are designed to address organisational structures and the work environment (i.e. places), and support individuals (i.e. people) to create and sustain a dynamic workspace where sitting less and moving more is the norm.
Organisational
Establish supportive organisational policies and practice (e.g. regular standing breaks; standing meetings; wear your sneakers to work day)
Environmental
Make environmental changes to the workspace to encourage less sitting and more movement (e.g. fewer chairs in meeting rooms; move bins/printers to a central location)
Individual
Provide education on the benefits of sitting less and incidental activity; facilitate self-monitoring of prolonged sitting
The results speak for themselves
Here is what others have said:
“I thought the Toolkit was fantastic, the actual concept and just the positive way that it was put together. It was such a dynamic interesting topic, the content was really vibrant and happy and positive. I thought that it was really, really good. ” – Champion – Senior Adviser Government Sector ACT
“I actually think there was a bit of a shift in just how happy and productive people were. Certainly a lot more laughing, and that’s always a good sign for me, if I can hear laughing in the room, that’s great. ” – Champion Small Business Regional QLD
““I feel like we are at the beginning of a revolution…It’s already snowballing” – Champion – Call Centre, QLD
“It has an impact on culture…and showing that we actually think about staff health and we’re interested in them being healthy. In reality it’s good for work as well” – Champion – Senior Leader Government Sector QLD
When you need an extra hand to stand
Our free toolkit gives you resources and tools to BeUpstanding. But we understand that sometimes you might need an extra hand to maximise change
Whenever you see this premium symbol, it means the BeUpstanding team at The University of Queensland can offer extra support to help you on your BeUpstanding journey. Any paid services are used to support and sustain BeUpstanding research.
