MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to accomplice with Northampton Saints to assist males within the city to take steps to enhance their well being and wellbeing.
Having supported tens of hundreds of males to lose practically 1,000,000lbs 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 Saints are set to change into the primary Rugby Union aspect to affix up with MAN v FAT Rugby, with the membership as a consequence of get underway in March on the Northampton Saints Excessive Efficiency Centre.
Karl White, MAN v FAT’s Rugby Lead stated: “We are able to’t wait to carry MAN v FAT Rugby to Northampton. Having a membership the scale of Northampton Saints as our first Rugby Union accomplice is sensible!
“The city is well-known for its rugby each from a primary staff standpoint in addition to the wonderful work Northampton Saints ship locally, so we sit up for getting began in March 2026.
“An added additional to the partnership is the truth that the membership shall be working from their Excessive Efficiency Centre, I’m certain it will entice a couple of extra guys to mud off their boots and get entangled.”
Northampton Saints have a large reaching neighborhood programme, supporting a spread of impactful initiatives and the staff there are happy to be including MAN v FAT Rugby to their combine.
Jamie Higgins, Inclusion Officer, stated: “Northampton Saints Neighborhood are proud to accomplice with MAN v FAT Rugby to ship the MAN v FAT weight reduction and wellbeing programme.
“This initiative sits firmly inside our Inclusion Programmes, reinforcing our dedication to bettering well being and wellbeing. By combining the ability of rugby with structured weight administration and psychological well being assist, the programme offers an inclusive, supportive surroundings that helps males make constructive, sustainable way of life adjustments each on and off the pitch.”
Having launched a variety 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 shall be made in Northampton: “MAN v FAT Soccer succeeds off the again of a powerful neighborhood really feel and we all know that neighborhood is a motive why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“We now have already seen some sturdy friendships in-built our preliminary Rugby golf equipment and are wanting ahead to seeing this unfold in Northampton 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 register could be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To seek out out extra particulars concerning the Northampton membership, which launches on March twelfth, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/northampton/
