MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to accomplice with the Castleford Tigers Neighborhood 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 acquired 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 change 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 group mentioned: “I used to be enthused to listen to Anthony’s ardour in direction of eager to make an actual distinction to males’s lives inside the local people. It’s clear that below his steering the Castleford Tigers Neighborhood Basis will assist affect optimistic wholesome modifications, and this completely aligns with our personal goals not solely in Castleford, however throughout the nation.”
“It’s additionally a robust message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in direction of social affect and utilizing our nice recreation as a car to try this at the moment exists, and we will be seen as greater than a recreation 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 group 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 group 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 affect upon well being and wellbeing. It’s additionally a robust message for the rugby league group {that a} shift in direction of social affect and utilizing our nice recreation as a car to try this at the moment exists, and we will be seen as greater than a recreation however a real rugby league household.”
Having launched plenty of golf equipment on the tail finish of 2024, the MAN v FAT group are already seeing successes on the scales of their Rugby golf equipment too – and Karl is assured that related 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 motive 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 wanting ahead to seeing this unfold in Castleford too.”
As with MAN v FAT Soccer, rugby members 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 how you can register will 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/