Changing Steps Cardiff

Want to earn rewards and win prizes for travelling to and around campus on foot, by bike or by public transport? Download the free BetterPoints app and find out how.

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Changing Steps Cardiff

Want to earn rewards and win prizes for travelling to and around campus on foot, by bike or by public transport? Download the free BetterPoints app and find out how.

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Get started, it's as easy as 1-2-3

Pop the app in your pocket and earn BetterPoints for getting around. It can track you automatically so you don't even need to press start and stop.

Step 1

Download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.

Step 3

Get out and travel sustainably! The app will record your trips and you will automatically be credited with BetterPoints to spend or donate.
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Step 2

Register with your @cardiff.ac.uk email and join the Changing Steps Cardiff challenge (make sure auto tracking is toggled on).

Get started, it's as easy as 1-2-3

Pop the app in your pocket and earn BetterPoints for getting around. It can track you automatically so you don't even need to press start and stop.

Step 1

Download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.

Step 2

Register with your @cardiff.ac.uk email and join the Changing Steps Cardiff challenge (make sure auto tracking is toggled on).

Step 3

Get out and travel sustainably! The app will record your trips and you will automatically be credited with BetterPoints to spend or donate.
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Earn BetterPoints for every trip then treat yourself or donate them to charity

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Reward yourself and your world

The BetterPoints you earn are a digital currency that can be spent on campus, redeemed for high street vouchers, or donated to charity.

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What rewards can you earn?

There are lots of rewards on offer for tracking your active and sustainable travel with the BetterPoints app.

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Join Changing Steps Cardiff

Getting to the University in a way that is good for the environment and your neighbourhood deserves more than just a pat on the back. With the BetterPoints app your sustainable journeys can earn you rewards every time you walk, wheel, run, cycle, or use public transport.

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Challenge FAQs

Changing Steps is a free to join rewards programme for staff and students at Cardiff University, designed to help you get around more sustainably. It rewards sustainable travel for commuting and leisure trips to and from campus, and encourages regular walking, running, wheeling and cycling activity for health and wellbeing. The programme will run until 16 June 2023, with points earned and prizes awarded primarily during semester dates.

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