The HHC would be launched on 1 June as the start of GRFW month and run for 10 weeks until mid August.  While participants are encouraged to commence on 1 June, flexibility will allow commencement in the Challenge at any stage during that month.

 

The website will play an important role in information dissemination, communication and motivation.  A new landing page would be created for the HHC branded GRFW campaign with links to the Heart Foundation website for more detailed healthy weight and clinical information. Participants would be supported with:

·       Planners for choosing and tracking their goals

·       Weekly e-newsletters – with dynamic content tailored to the goal

·       Interactive website – with increased functionality such as personal profile page (with ID numbers), weekly diary (scope to be confirmed)

·       Heart Champions blog their personal experiences to engage and motivate other participants (probably via Facebook)

·        Health Information Service for personal advice and support by phone

·       Five major prizes during the 10 week challenge, with smaller prizes as incentives for completion of the on-line surveys.

 

Current physical activity, nutrition, clinical and quit smoking messages would be used and communicated through a range of different channels including media, HHC e-newsletter and the GRFW website.  Different themes are proposed each fortnight on a range of topics including mythbusting, nutrition, physical activity, quitting smoking and know your numbers.  We could also work some national and local advocacy strategies into the relevant week’s theme.

 

The participant list would be segmented according to the selected goal with dynamic content provided in the e-news updates linked to this goal. Participants would be encouraged to keep a weekly diary of activity to record their progress, and trigger segmentation with regular email contact is planned for motivation and reducing attrition.