Mend (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition ... Do it!) has been credited with helping children lose weight and improve their fitness and self-esteem. It operates in more than 200 locations across England and Wales and has worked with more than 25,000 families.
The social enterprise is the official "national third sector partner" of the Department of Health's (DoH) Change4Life campaign, and was developed in partnership with child health experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London's Institute of Child Health.
Uncertain future
But Rachael McGrath, partnership development director at Mend, told CYP Now that budget cuts and uncertainty over the future of public health threaten to derail its work.
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