BOLTON CHILDREN PUT ON THEIR RUNNING SHOES FOR BUPA
5/13/2011 11:06 AM EST
School children in Bolton will soon be donning their running shoes to keep fit and healthy by taking part in the Bupa Junior Great Manchester Run on Sunday 15 May.
Pupils from Moorgate Primary School, in close proximity to Bupa’s Mill View Residential and Nursing Home, Bolton, Lancashire, will be tackling the 2.5km course from 11.00am.
Bupa awarded 10 free places to the school, to encourage the children to exercise, after members of staff from the home delivered Activ-eat, Bupa’s healthy eating initiative which teaches children the benefits of healthy eating through fun and memorable activities.
The school gratefully snapped up the free places and all funds raised will be donated to Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, which is the official charity partner for the run.
This year Bupa also offered free running places to the relatives of all its care home residents.
Sue Kilby, Activity Co-ordinator at Bupa’s Mill View Residential and Nursing Home, said: “We have been delivering Activ-eat to the children from Moorgate Primary School for sometime and they are always excited about getting involved and learning more about healthy eating. I am so pleased that the children have decided to take part in the Junior Great Manchester Run, and I wish them all luck on the day.”
Siobhan Drane, Bupa’s Community Affairs Consultant, says: “As a health and care company, Bupa are keen to help tackle the issue of child obesity and promote nutrition and exercise. I am delighted that the children at Moorgate want to get involved in the run, and it is a great addition to the lessons learnt on our Activ-eat programme.”
For further information or to arrange a photographer please contact:
Sally Brown Tel: 0113 381 6147, Fax: 0113 281 8352, Email:
Bupa Care Services
Bupa Care Services runs 305 nursing and residential homes in the UK and cares for almost 18,500 people. Our homes are open to everyone – with over 70 percent of UK residents receiving state funding. We are the only company to offer Alzheimer’s Society-trained Dementia Champions in our UK specialist care homes and over 25% of our beds in the UK are registered for specialist dementia care. Bupa Care Services employs over 27,000 people and owns care homes in Spain, Australia, and New Zealand
For more information, visit
www.bupa.co.uk/care-homes.
Bupa Group
Bupa’s purpose is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives. A leading international healthcare group, we offer personal and company health insurance, run care homes for older people and hospitals, and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching, and home healthcare.
With no shareholders, we invest our profits to provide more and better healthcare. We are committed to making quality, patient-centred, affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and ageing.
Employing nearly 52,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin America.
For more information, visit
www.bupa.com.