FIA’s Shift into Sports reaches for the Sky
Shift into Sports, a health and fitness initiative that gives shift workers access to sports, fitness and pay-as-you-play opportunities at low cost and without long-term contracts, has now launched nationwide.
The launch comes as Sky, the UK’s largest entertainment and communications company, becomes the latest organisation to join the scheme – and the first employer to make the programme available to all of its 16,500 employees.
Launched by the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) in 2010 and backed by the Mayor of London, Sport England and London-based mini cab firm Addison Lee, Shift into Sports allows shift workers to take advantage of facilities during off-peak times at a time of the day that best suits them, while also ensuring fitness and leisure facilities no longer lie dormant during the nine-to-five working day.
Ralph Tribe, director of business HR for Sky, commented: “Sky has been instrumental in the national rollout of this fantastic partnership with Shift into Sports as a means of providing flexible and low-cost access to activities for our employees and, in particular, our shift workers.”
Sky employees can now register for offers including those at gyms, swimming pools, organised workouts in nearby parks and team sports such as five-a-side football in their local area.
For more information, visit www.shiftintosports.com
