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UK company 08509910, incorporated on 30 April 2013.
Mend Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 2013 based in East of England.
Company number 08509910
Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49
Financial period: 1 May 2023 to 30 Apr 2024
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The 'Mind, exercise, nutrition and do it!' (MEND) programme tackles childhood obesity. The MEND programme is for overweight and obese children aged between seven to 13 and their families. The intervention combines all the elements required in an effective response to child obesity including: increasing physical activity family involvement practical education in nutrition and diet behavioural change.The programme emphasises practical, fun learning to deliver sustained improvements in families' fitness levels, diets and overall health. The MEND programme complies with recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). This guidance is approved by the Department of Health (DH), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education and Sport (DfES). Unlike other responses to obesity, it is not a diet and does not encourage rapid weight loss. The MEND programme is about empowerment and it puts the child at the centre. It offers a range of ways to make life changes in physical activity, food, self-confidence and personal development. By following the MEND principles, participants grow into their weight or lose it naturally. They also build a foundation for healthy living - for life. Richard Caborn, the Minister for Sport, launched 'London on the MEND' in February 2007. It demonstrates a financial model that is replicable throughout England and Wales. Councils and PCTs each contributed one-third of project inputs - either in cash or in kind - to meet total project cost of £452,000. The remaining third was financed with a grant of £171,800 from the Community Investment Fund, administered by Sport England.
We are working closely with our spin-off company MEND - the most extensive child obesity treatment programme in the UK After the successful start of 'London on the MEND', the Big Lottery Wellbeing Fund awarded £8 million to support a larger initiative throughout England over four years. This funding allows 75 local partnerships to deliver the MEND programme from 231 sites. Partnerships are primarily combinations of local authorities, PCTs, schools and leisure centre operators. Almost 20,000 families will participate in the MEND programme. More than 5,000 frontline staff will receive one-day training in childhood obesity awareness. Both projects will review the effectiveness of different models of partnership working and disseminate their findings. Best practice will be highlighted in a series of articles on the IDeA website. http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=6283972
