MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to companion with the Castleford Tigers Group Basis to assist males within the city to take steps to enhance their well being and wellbeing.
Having supported tens of 1000’s of males to lose over 750,000lbs of weight since they obtained 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 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 eager to make an actual distinction to males’s lives inside the local people. It’s clear that beneath his steering the Castleford Tigers Group Basis will assist affect optimistic 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 neighborhood {that a} shift in the direction of social influence and utilizing our nice sport as a automobile to do this at present exists, and we will be seen as greater than a sport however a real rugby league household.” – Anthony Atherton, Castleford Tigers Group Basis#
The Castleford Tigers Group Basis gives a variety of sporting, academic, 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 carry weight reduction assist 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 powerful message for the rugby league neighborhood {that a} shift in the direction of social influence and utilizing our nice sport as a automobile to do this at present exists, and we will 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 can be made in Castleford: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a powerful neighborhood really feel and we all know that neighborhood is a purpose why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“We’ve got already seen some robust friendships inbuilt 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 larger to get began. Extra particulars concerning the programme and learn how to register will be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To search out out extra particulars concerning the Castleford membership, which launches on March 25th, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/castleford/
