Briefing
Moving More, Living Better HOW JUNIOR PARS IS HELPING MANCHESTER KIDS THRIVE
A
national company specialising
Born out of Leeds Beckett University in
in weight management,
1999 (as Carnegie Weight Management)
MoreLife, runs a 10-week
MoreLife was founded by Professor Paul
Junior Physical Activity
Gately, a visiting Professor at Leeds
Referral Service (PARS)
Beckett University and one of the UK’s
in Manchester. The service, commissioned
most respected experts in obesity and
by Population Health at Manchester City
exercise. MoreLife’s initial focus was
Council, supports children and young people
Rebecca Hellyer
tackling obesity in children. Services have now
aged 5-17 years old who are above a healthy
expanded to adults, young people and families.
weight and not engaging in physical activity.
“As we continue to evolve and branch out our
“Our Children’s Healthy Lifestyle Practitioners
lifestyle-related support services, the challenge has
connect families to fun, budget-friendly activities
been proving how successful our services really are,
in their local area,” says MoreLife’s contract
to help us build relationships with stakeholders and
manager for the Greater Manchester and Sheffield
identify gaps in our provision,” says Hellyer. “In the
services, Rebecca Hellyer. “We also offer Tier 2
Manchester City Locality, we use ReferAll to manage
children and family weight management services,
our Junior PARS – I think it’s one of the most user-
signposting people towards local offerings that
friendly databases for administration I have ever
can help improve their health and wellbeing.”
worked with. We use ReferAll’s software to monitor
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