Join us for Monash's Steptember fitness challenge!

Steptember, our annual step challenge, brings us together to support individuals living with cerebral palsy, while celebrating our own power of movement and fitness. Every step you take raises awareness, strengthens your body and helps build a community that values inclusion, understanding and health.

10,000 Steps

From 1 to 30 September we’re asking you to step up to the challenge with your colleagues, family and friends. And it’s not just about walking — you can swim, ride, wheel or spin your way to reach the goal of 10,000 steps each day. As a virtual initiative, you can complete Steptember anywhere, anytime.

A great way for everyone to get active and keep our community connected. Over 40 activities can count towards steps – some you might do inside, others outside. Steptember is all about inclusivity.

Raise money

About one in six Australians has a disability, and every 20 hours an Australian child is born with cerebral palsy due to damage to the developing brain.

The Cerebral Palsy Alliance has raised over $89 million for babies, children and adults with cerebral palsy. Thanks to early detection, therapy, research and support, they’ve reduced the rate of cerebral palsy in Australia by 40% over the last 20 years. Any fundraising your team might do will boost this life-changing support.

You’re under no obligation to donate money, and you’re welcome to just participate in the step challenge.

How to register

Check back in June for more details on how to register for Steptember.

1. Get your team of four together.
2. Appoint one person as the team captain. Team captains must be a Monash student or staff member.
3. Agree on a unique team name (the funnier, the better).
4. Agree on a team fundraising goal – aim high, it’s all for a great cause.
Team captains must register the team before other members can join. Team captains must be a Monash student or staff member.
If you participated in the Steptember challenge in the past, log in with your previous account information.
1. The team captain registers your team at https://www.steptember.org.au/join/monashuniversity, which will automatically link your team to Monash University.
2. Select your faculty/divisional area.
3. Enter your unique team name.
4. Enter your own details. Log in with your Monash email address, but do not use your Monash password.
5. Enter the names and emails of the team members.
  In submitting your team registration, you may be providing the personal information of others (e.g. the names and contact details of your team members). You’re encouraged to make your team members aware of this Steptember privacy collection notice.
6. Once your team captain has completed the team registration, each team member will be emailed an invitation link in order to complete their own registration.
Before you join, make sure your team captain has registered your team and sent you an invitation via email to join.
- Once your team captain has registered your team, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Accept your registration by clicking on the invitation link.
- Enter your details. If you’re a Monash student or staff member, log in with your Monash email address but do not use your Monash password.
- Enter your personal fundraising goal.
- Select how you will track your steps. If you’d like, you can select one of the apps recommended below.
- Make your own personal donation to this great cause (if you’d like).
To track your steps, you can use a pedometer or a fitness app on your phone or watch.
Add your activities on the Steptember app or log them online.
If you have any questions about the challenge, please email wellbeing@monash.edu.
Keep up to date with the latest information on our M-Space Wellbeing group.
When you register to participate in the Monash 10,000 steps challenge through Steptember, you’ll register directly with Steptember who’ll collect your personal information in accordance with their privacy policy, which may include use of your personal information for Steptember purposes, including scientific research conducted by Steptember and its research partners.
Steptember will provide Monash University Health, Safety & Wellbeing with access to data about the teams participating in the challenge, including results and demographic information, for the purpose of sponsoring those teams to participate in the challenge, as well as to evaluate the success of the program and design future programs.
In submitting your team registration, you may be providing the personal information of others (e.g. the names and contact details of your team members). You’re encouraged to make your team members aware of this Steptember privacy collection notice.
For more information about the handling of personal information by Monash University, or other organisations acting on our behalf, please see Student Data Protection and Privacy Collection Statement, the Employee Data Protection and Privacy Collection Statement or the Visitors and Enquirers Data Protection and Privacy Collection Statement, depending on your interaction with Monash University.
Monash University values the privacy of every individual’s personal information and is committed to the protection of that information from unauthorised use and disclosure except where permitted by law. For more information about data protection and privacy at Monash University, see Data Protection and Privacy Procedure.
If you have any questions about how Monash University is collecting and handling your personal information, please contact our Data Protection and Privacy Office at dataprotectionofficer@monash.edu.

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Join us for Monash's Steptember fitness challenge!

10,000 Steps

Raise money

How to register