We teamed up with various organizations to deliver health and wellness programs around the UK and establish partnerships to expand MEND's international reach. This included launching childhood obesity initiatives, bringing Olympic athletes to mentor communities, conducting research studies, and adapting programs for families in Canada and the US while delivering nearly 700 local programs and welcoming their 60,000th participant.

1. We teamed up with Diabetes UK to get MEND graduates sharing their
experiences of lifestyle change with their communities at Healthy
Lifestyle Roadshows around the country.

2. We hopped, skipped and jumped to a hopscotch world record with
Tower Hamlets kids, for Bupa’s worldwide corporate volunteering day.

3. We worked with Bupa and NHS Tower Hamlets to launch Building
Powerful Communities, a community wide approach to obesity in
the borough.

4. Alongside Sinitta, we launched the second National Childhood
Obesity Week and the Change4Life Really Big Summer Adventure.

5. We partnered with Rugby Premiership to get six of their
clubs delivering MEND programmes locally, encouraging
their communities to get active and healthy.

6. We teamed up with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust to bring
Former Olympian and Double Commonwealth Gold Medallist
Adam Whitehead to mentor children and families in Tower
Hamlets, helping to build the Olympic Legacy.

7. We established the MEND International Research Group (MIRG), an
independent group of leading academics, to guide MEND’s research
strategy.

8. Our experts got busy developing new programmes and services and
tailoring them to meet local needs - Momenta for adults, under 5s
service for NHS Ealing, MEND SEN and MEND Teens

9. We wrapped up the £8 million Big Lottery Fund Wellbeing
portfolio, after hitting our targets and achieving a status of
‘outstanding’.

10. We were chosen to deliver large-scale contracts for child weight
management services in The Wirral and Buckinghamshire.

11. Our research team continued to build our evidence
base, the 29th MEND publication was published

12. We were awarded a major CDC funded child obesity prevention grant
in the USA to evaluate MEND’s family programmes using an RCT.

13. We presented data on over 15,000 children at the Obesity Society
Conference in Orlando and the World Diabetes Congress in Dubai.

14. We formed new corporate partnerships. We were chosen as one of three
national partners for the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust to
support families in the most deprived areas of the UK, and are working with
Kelloggs Swim Active to fund swimming facilities and train staff for local MEND
programmes.

15. We showcased our fantastic partnerships and spread
positive health messages at the Autumn party
conferences.

16. We grew our international reach by setting up MEND Inc in the US
which has partnered with AmeriGroup.

17. We adapted MEND 2-4 and MEND 7-13 in partnership
with Alberta Health Services for families in Canada

18. The MEND Foundation, a US charity, secured partnerships
with the Colorado Health Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield
and Anthem Wellpoint amongst others.

19. And while we were doing all that... local teams delivered nearly 700
programmes, shared best practice and welcomed our 60,000th
MEND participant, helping children and adults to live fitter, healthier
and happier lives.