MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to accomplice with the Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis to help males within the city to take steps to enhance their well being and wellbeing.
Having supported tens of hundreds of males to lose over 750,000lbs of weight since they bought began in 2014, MAN v FAT picked up the oval ball in 2024 to additional unfold the phrase on male wellbeing.
And Castleford is ready to turn out to be one of many newest launches in MAN v FAT Rugby, with the membership getting underway in March at Castleford Academy.
Karl White, from MAN v FAT’s HQ staff mentioned: “I used to be enthused to listen to Anthony’s ardour in the direction of desirous to make an actual distinction to males’s lives inside the area people. It’s clear that below his steerage the Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis will assist affect constructive wholesome adjustments, and this completely aligns with our personal aims not solely in Castleford, however throughout the nation.”
“It’s additionally a robust message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in the direction of social influence and utilizing our nice sport as a car to try this at present exists, and we may be seen as greater than a sport however a real rugby league household.” – Anthony Atherton, Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis#
The Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis offers a variety of sporting, instructional, entrepreneurial, well being and wellbeing programmes to profit their native space and the staff there are excited to be partnering with MAN v FAT to deliver weight reduction help to the city.
Anthony Atherton, Basis Supervisor, added: “The programme that Karl and the staff have put collectively is nice, it offers us one other alternative to attach with our city, and supply a brand new alternative that may have a big influence upon well being and wellbeing. It’s additionally a robust message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in the direction of social influence and utilizing our nice sport as a car to try this at present exists, and we may be seen as greater than a sport however a real rugby league household.”
Having launched a lot of golf equipment on the tail finish of 2024, the MAN v FAT staff are already seeing successes on the scales of their Rugby golf equipment too – and Karl is assured that comparable achievements will likely be made in Castleford: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a robust group really feel and we all know that group is a purpose why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“We’ve already seen some sturdy friendships in-built our preliminary Rugby golf equipment and are trying ahead to seeing this unfold in Castleford too.”
As with MAN v FAT Soccer, rugby individuals would have to be aged 18+ with a BMI of 27.5 or increased to get began. Extra particulars in regards to the programme and the best way to register may be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To search out out extra particulars in regards to the Castleford membership, which launches on March 25th, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/castleford/
