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MEND Services
MEND collaborates with a wide range of organisations to improve child health and wellbeing. We support local partners to deliver childhood obesity treatment and prevention services in their communities. From May 2008 there are three different services which MEND can offer local partners to improve child health
- One Day Childhood Obesity Awareness Raising Seminar: For professionals and volunteers who work with children.
- The MEND Programme: Childhood Obesity Treatment and Prevention services for children aged 7-13 and their parents / carers.
- The Mini-MEND Programme: Healthy Lifestyle Support for toddlers aged 2-4 and their parents / carers
Partnering to Deliver Results
MEND addresses health inequalities, is aligned to NICE guidelines, and delivers the policy objectives of Every Child Matters. Service delivery combines centralised support, resources and monitoring & evaluation with local staff training. MEND effectively engages “at risk” families, in a community setting, using clinically effective programmes, which are standardised, replicable, and underpinned by strong quality assurance processes. MEND can be quickly and successfully integrated into care pathways, for example many PCTs have implemented MEND as part of their referral system following height and weight measurements in reception year and year six. For local organisations MEND is an ideal vehicle to deliver:
- Public Service Agreement Targets: PSA 12, 18, 21 and 22
- Outcomes of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children initiative
- The 2008 Cross-Government Strategy for England "Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives”
Collaborating with MEND
MEND and Mini-MEND has a dedicated Partnership Development team who build robust collaborations with local organisations to improve child health across the United Kingdom. The team is organised geographically, according to the Geographic Regions of the UK:
For projects in the West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England please contact: adele.adams@mendprogramme.org
For projects in London or Northern Ireland please contact: carol.morgan@mendprogramme.org
For projects in Yorkshire & Humberside, the North West, the North East, and Scotland please contact: gordon.macmillan@mendprogramme.org
For projects in the South East, South West and Wales please contact: raeanne.miller@mendprogramme.org
For national or international inquiries please contact the Partnership Development Team on: +44 (0)20 7231 7225