Fitter, healthier and more confident kids
Do you want your kids to be fitter, healthier and more confident? They can do all this and make new friends when they join the free 10 week health and fitness clubs for 7-13 year olds (who are above their ideal weight) that we're sponsoring in your area.
Local parents who want to improve their families' health are encouraged to sign up to Sainsbury's sponsored MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition... Do it!) programmes, which will be run free of charge to participating families. This is one of many ways in which Sainsbury's is committed to improving the health of the community.
At a MEND programme, you and your kids would take part in fun activities and you'll learn about healthy eating, so you can carry on the good work at home. A key benefit for the kids is that they also make friends in the fun exercise session, whilst parents/carers get to know one another and have a chance to ask more questions and share learnings. You just need to agree to come along twice a week for ten weeks.
The 2 hour sessions aim to improve children's fitness, physical activity levels, nutrition and self esteem/confidence. The focus is on simple and effective techniques, which are designed to help you improve your child's overall diet and activity patterns.
The nutrition activities include label reading, understanding a healthy diet, a Food Fest to try new recipe ideas, a healthionnaire quiz and a healthy eating supermarket store tour. The physical activity element of the programme is managed by the Youth Sport Trust. They train 'Exercise coaches' to run sessions which include activities as varied as dance, martial fitness and circus moves, as well as team games. The venues for these MEND programmes are typically local School Sport Partnerships and Sports Colleges.
Programmes run each school term and waiting lists are available for the following term also. Proposed locations for our next programmes, typically starting mid January are as follows. More than one programme may run in some areas and additional venues will be added before Christmas... so keep checking:-
North: Ossett, Sheffield, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Huddersfield, Chesterfield, Hull
Central: Lutterworth, Leicester
East: To be added shortly
South: Hornchurch, Leatherhead, Reading, Twickenham, Peterborough, Sidcup, Farnham, Hamble, Molesey, Biggleswade , Faringdon(Swindon), Aylesbury
West: Bath, Bridgewater, Great Torrington, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Swindon, Steyning, Taunton
Northern Ireland: Lisburn
To find out how to take part, call 0207 231 7225 or visit mendprogramme.org to register.
Take action - Register today!
