The aim of Beat the Street is to get the whole community moving – you can play by walking, running, cycling, wheeling, scooting or even skipping. We want you to feel healthier, happier and more connected to people in your town or city. We feel it's important that everyone can enjoy the competition and feel a sense of pride in what they are achieving. It’s for this reason that we ask all participants to play fairly and lead by example – don't try to cheat the system.
There are two methods that we class as cheating.
1. Using a car or motorised vehicle to drive between Beat Boxes.
Not only is this against the ethos and integrity of the programme, it can also be very unsafe and you are putting others at risk by pulling up at Beat Boxes to swipe them.
2. Swiping more than 1 card per person or using someone else’s card as well as your own.
Beat the Street is about getting active so players should be there participating in the activity to get points.
What Beat the Street will do:
If we suspect players to have done any of these, we will contact them directly to discuss their activity. Activity we consider to be suspicious can relate to children’s cards being active late at night or in the early hours of the morning, swipe times being very close together, together with reports from members of the public.
Anyone found to be cheating risks their points being wiped, which will impact not just on their points total but also their team’s total. Team leaders should discourage this kind of behaviour in their teammates if they think they might not be playing by the rules.
What players should do:
Report any incidents of cheating to the Beat the Street team via our helpdesk (support button) on the website or app. If you play with a card, swipe your card on the same Beat Box directly before or after they do. Then let us know the Beat Box number, the time you swiped and your card number. If you use the app, please let us know your username and the time you swiped. It will help us trace the person suspected to be cheating.
Please do not take photos or video of other players without their consent. Any cheating complaints containing footage or images of players that have not consented will be deleted immediately.
E-bike and e-scooter use
E-bikes are allowed as part of Beat the Street as they do require the rider to pedal, but e-scooters are not permitted. According to the government website, using privately owned e-scooters on public roads and pavements is currently against the law and could result in a fine. Some exceptions to this exist where trials are taking place but strict rules apply. Find out about E-scooter trials: government guidance. We will keep this under review as rules are updated.