MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to associate 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 received began in 2014, MAN v FAT picked up the oval ball in 2024 to additional unfold the phrase on male wellbeing.
And Castleford is about to develop into 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 underneath his steering the Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis will assist affect constructive wholesome adjustments, and this completely aligns with our personal targets not solely in Castleford, however throughout the nation.”
“It’s additionally a powerful message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in the direction of social impression and utilizing our nice sport as a automobile to do this presently exists, and we could 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, academic, entrepreneurial, well being and wellbeing programmes to learn 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 provides us one other alternative to attach with our city, and supply a brand new alternative that may have a big impression upon well being and wellbeing. It’s additionally a powerful message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in the direction of social impression and utilizing our nice sport as a automobile to do this presently exists, and we could be seen as greater than a sport however a real rugby league household.”
Having launched plenty 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 related achievements can be made in Castleford: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a powerful group really feel and we all know that group is a motive 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 wanting ahead to seeing this unfold in Castleford too.”
As with MAN v FAT Soccer, rugby contributors would have to be aged 18+ with a BMI of 27.5 or larger to get began. Extra particulars concerning the programme and learn how to register could be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To seek out out extra particulars concerning the Castleford membership, which launches on March 25th, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/castleford/
