Together strong: Company challenge strengthens health and young sports!

Together strong: Company challenge strengthens health and young sports!

The health promotion initiative in the world of work is becoming increasingly important in Austria. Especially today, on June 12, 2025, it was announced that the Corporate Challenge Austria Lower Austria Challenge Challenge will intensify your cooperation. With the aim of winning more companies in Austria for sustainable health promotion, part of the proceeds will flow directly into the Lower Austrian youth sports.

The Lower Austrian Challenge Challenge, which is known for your minutes of movement in spring, and the Austria Challenge Austria rely on gamification elements and a total duration of 50 days. These measures should motivate employees without active and healthy lifestyle. Ultimately, there is movement, nutrition and mental fitness in the focus of this health initiative, which includes over 60 sports, including popular activities such as running, cycling or gardening.

sustainable health promotion for companies

The new cooperation project stipulates that 20 % of the pure proceeds flow directly into the Lower Austrian youth sport. This means that not only the participating companies from улучшением benefit from the health of their employees, but also young talents in the region. In addition, Lower Austrian companies receive a 20 % discount on the first participation in the company Challenge Austria with the discount code NÖFC. In view of the free activity and motivational courses that are offered as part of the initiative, it is good business for everyone involved.

"Health at the workplace is important for employers and employees", according to a central knowledge from the investigations on the company health promotion (BGF). Over the years, it has been shown that companies need powerful, healthy employees to be successful. Subsequently, too high demands without adequate health promotion can lead to high sick leave and a bad working atmosphere. This is where the company challenge comes in and motivates companies to actively take care of the health of their employees.

The program in detail

As part of the company challenge, the participants have services worth around 1,500 euros per person. This not only includes minutes of movement that are recorded in an app, but also health content, expert inputs and a digital training series called "Bene-Fit I-Manager: In". The goal is clear: to support a healthy lifestyle in the areas of food, move and mind.

Andreas OneA, well-known para swimmer, will support the initiative as an ambassador. His fame and experience will help motivate other interested parties to actively participate in health promotion. "The challenge is a fantastic way to integrate more movement into everyday life both in leisure time and in work," says OneA.

The Austrian economic miracle lives not only from innovative products, but also from motivated and healthy employees. Therefore, the company health promotion, which also includes the popular company challenge formats, is becoming more and more a top priority. Demographic change makes it necessary for companies to set up in many ways in order to remain competitive in the future.