Walk Across The World Walking Challenge 2026
The weather is improving (maybe!) so Get your walking shoes at the ready for the upcoming June walking challenge.
The opening Ceremony will be held on Friday 29th May at midday in C222 of the BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre. Please come along and create your character for the map.
Starting on the 1st of June, keep track of your daily steps (or exercise routines) and submit them to your friendly Walking Challenge Team Members via our online form (online form), and see how far across Scotland you can make it by the 30th of June!
In order to participate in this challenge, all you need to do is fill out the online form with your completed steps (1 step counts for 1 point). There are two races running, one for individual competitors and one for teams of up to 6 people, please feel free to compete in both!
In addition to steps, we are also counting minutes of exercise! For every 10 minutes of exercise (ie, yoga, swimming, rock climbing, biking, physical therapy, etc) will count as 1,000 points for the day.
Also, don't forget about the opportunity to earn bonus points when completing our 'highlighted' walks which you will find on the main walking challenge board outside the coffee room in the BHF GCRC. If you complete a walk through any of these parks and submit a photo from your journey, you will earn DOUBLE points for the entire day! Additionally, if you complete all the walks in a specific area (the West End, the East End, etc) you will also earn an additional 10,000 points to your overall score. Please note that your points will only double once per park.
As part of the challenge, there will be a weekly SCMH walking group lead by one of our enthusiastic committee members, which all are welcome to join. Obviously, we have no control over the Glasgow weather, but we hope it will be kind to us again this year!
Last year our participants walked thousands of miles with our winner Sharon earning 1,096,101 points in June and ‘The Cakewalkers’ won our team prize hitting 3,682,968 points!
The Walking Challenge team are working hard behind the scenes preparing for this year’s challenge, including securing top prizes for our winners! While our challenge was a great success last year, we think this year will be even better! Don’t miss out, join the fun!
Please note that this year we also have pedometers we can lend to any competitors who need them
Please feel free to reach out with any questions to the members of the Walking Challenge organizing team: sara.baumert@glasgow.ac.uk, katie.sutherland@glasgow.ac.uk,
Athena swan Coffee Catch up
- The next coffee gathering will be, Tuesday 16th June from 10:30-11am, GCRC room C222
Please come along and join us for coffee/tea/biscuits! and a good chat with colleagues and an opportunity to raise any Athena Swan related issues/questions you may have. This is a great opportunity for those who are new to the School to meet with colleagues in an informal atmosphere or for those established members of the School to catch up and have a break. Colleagues on maternity or parental are most welcome to come along with baby and give us a chance to meet your new addition. Future Coffee catch up dates/locations for your diary – all at the usual time of 10:30-11am:
- Monday 17th August, Wolfson Link,
- Thursday 17th September GCRC room C222,
- Wednesday 21st October, Wolfson Link.
- Monday 16th November GCRC room C222.
- Tuesday 8th December Wolfson Link.
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- The next coffee gathering will be, Tuesday 16th June from 10:30-11am, GCRC room C222
NERD - Movie night 18th June 4pm Grosvenor Cinema.
NERD are pleased to present Gattaca!
As part of our series of social events, we would like to invite Early Career Academics from across the University to come along to our showing of Gattaca at the Grosvenor Cinema. This will be an opportunity to see Gattaca on the big screen, followed by an opportunity to socialise. This event is completely free with refreshments provided after the movie.
This is likely to be a popular event and spaces are limited. If you would like to join us, please complete the registration form below.
The movie will start from 4pm, Thursday 18th June 2026, at the Grosvenor Cinema on Ashton lane. Refreshments/socialising will be at the Grosvenor Cafe next door (approx. from 6pm). NERD Movie Link
SCMH Relaxation Yoga Class
Come and join us in our week Yoga Class. For those interested in joining, please contact Dr Martin McBride/Jennifer Barrie for further information.
For more informartion please contact Dr Martin McBride or Jennifer Barrie