MAN v FAT, the UK’s main male weight reduction programme, is to accomplice with Northampton Saints 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 almost 1,000,000lbs 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 Saints are set to turn out to be the primary Rugby Union facet 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 mentioned: “We are able to’t wait to carry MAN v FAT Rugby to Northampton. Having a membership the dimensions of Northampton Saints as our first Rugby Union accomplice is good!
“The city is well-known for its rugby each from a primary workforce viewpoint in addition to the superb work Northampton Saints ship locally, so we sit up for getting began in March 2026.
“An added further to the partnership is the truth that the membership will probably 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 variety of impactful initiatives and the workforce there are happy to be including MAN v FAT Rugby to their combine.
Jamie Higgins, Inclusion Officer, mentioned: “Northampton Saints Group 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 enhancing well being and wellbeing. By combining the facility of rugby with structured weight administration and psychological well being help, the programme gives an inclusive, supportive atmosphere that helps males make constructive, sustainable way of life adjustments each on and off the pitch.”
Having launched a lot of golf equipment on the tail finish of 2024, the MAN v FAT workforce are already seeing successes on the scales of their Rugby golf equipment too – and Karl is assured that related achievements will probably 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 cause why rugby golf equipment up and down the nation prosper.
“Now we 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 members would must be aged 18+ with a BMI of 27.5 or increased to get began. Extra particulars concerning the programme and register may be discovered at www.manvfatrugby.com.
To search out out extra particulars concerning the Northampton membership, which launches on March twelfth, go to: https://manvfatrugby.com/membership/northampton/
