Private schools urged to joint fight against obesity

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 28 March 2008

A local government think tank has called for independent schools with charitable status to open their sport facilities to local clubs for at least 10 hours a week to help reduce obesity.

Weighing Up the Advantages: why obesity matters , by the New Local Government Network, assesses what councils can do to fight obesity. It reads: “The Charities Act 2006 states that all charities must be established to promote, for the benefit of the public, one of a number of ‘charitable’ purposes:...

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