We are delighted to announce as main sponsor of Run for the Children's 2008 programme.  Nationwide will play a major part in contributing to the success of the 20 Run for the Children events organised for this year and help encourage local communities into fitness and better family living. 

They produce one of the finest quality bottled waters you'll ever taste which is now enjoyed in countries right around the world and, thanks to a generous donation, at every one of our runs.

We would also like to thank Runner's World for their continued support of Run for the Children.

Runner's World publishes the UK's best selling running magazine (88,567 audited circulation) and also produces the country's most popular website (www.runnersworld.co.uk)  which currently has over 370,000 members. Both products are practitioners products designed to inform, educate and motivate runners of all ages and abilities to achieve their personal health, fitness and performance goals. 

Established in the UK in Sussex, in 1996, ABC is the free local parenting magazine offering practical parenting advice to everyone with young children.  From babies to big kids!

Every issue of ABC Magazine is packed full of local information and practical advice to help you find what you need and where to buy it, ideas on what to do and where to go, where to find this and that - all child related and child friendly! Loads of articles, great competitions, true-life stories, health updates, all sorts of parenting advice, facts and figures, ideas to fill your days and masses of useful practical parenting tips to help put you on the right road for early parenthood.

MEND is a fun, effective and practical lifestyle programme for families with overweight or obese children aged between 7 and 13.  The programme is designed to deliver sustained improvements in families’ diets, fitness levels and overall health, placing equal emphasis on: 

MIND: understanding and changing unhealthy attitudes and behaviours around food 

EXERCISE:  adequate, safe and above all, fun exercise 

NUTRITION:  enjoyable, practical activities that teach children about healthy eating and daily meal planning to improve the whole family’s diet 

DO IT! As on of the UK’s most innovative and effective obesity prevention and treatment programmes MEND continues to grow and will be running at over 300 locations across the UK by the end of 2008.