Tesco Beverley’s Dance For Diabetes Raises £112 For Diabetes UK

Tesco Beverley’s Dance For Diabetes Raises £112 For Diabetes UK Tesco Beverley’s Dance For Diabetes Raises £112 For Diabetes UK

staff at Beverley put on their dancing shoes last weekend to raise £112 for .

Tesco stores across the UK took part in the largest simultaneous ‘Cha Cha Slide’ dance at 2.30pm on 25th January with all money raised going towards the £10 million fundraising target for Diabetes UK, Tesco’s National Charity Partner.

Helping with Tesco Beverley’s fundraising were performing arts students from and dancers from Sue Spice’s Club Salsa who joined in with the ‘Cha Cha slide’, as well as performing their own routines.

Paul Armadi, Director of Fundraising for Diabetes UK said ‘’We are delighted so many Tesco staff and customers took part in the Dance for Diabetes event.

‘’Dancing for 60 minutes can burn up to 350 calories and it’s a fun way to keep active and help maintain a healthy weight, which in turn can reduce a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

‘’The money raised will make a real difference to the 3.8 million people with diabetes in the UK and help people at high risk of Type 2 diabetes reduce their risk of the condition’’.

Alex Boak, store manager at Beverley said: ‘’Our customers have been very generous and I’d like to thank them all for donating to what is a very worthwhile cause.’’

For more information about the National Charity Partnership between Tesco and Diabetes UK, please see http://www.diabetes.org.uk/tesco



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