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How clubs help families make healthy choices

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Intensive community programme worked with children and families to teach them about nutrition in a bid to avoid major health risks.

PROJECT

Make, Move & Munch Clubs

PURPOSE

To support women and children living indeprived areas to live healthier lifestyles

FUNDING

The total cost of the programme was just over £1.4m from a three-year fundraising partnership between Tesco, Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation. Local projects received up to £220,831

BACKGROUND

Around four million people in the UK have type 2 diabetes and around seven million have heart and circulatory disease. To tackle this challenge, Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation formed a three-year partnership with Tesco, which included the delivery of intensive community programme Make, Move & Munch in six high-need areas. The scheme ran from November 2015 to December 2017.

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