© Jets Foundation Site Map Terms & Conditions Privacy Design by Mortimer* Video Our Partners Jets Foundation PO Box 3594, Chester CH1 9JP Tel: 01244 302010  Fax: 01244 300266 Contact Us Follow Us! Helping Hand.....Meet the Volunteers helping make a difference There are four stations of the road-show that were delivered by the Jets professional players and coaching staff in to two schools local to Carlyle Finances head office. These stations included the benefits of healthy eating, fitness, basketball skills and the dangers of smoking. Astonishingly, World Health Organisation found that most smokers begin using tobacco products well before the age of 18 years.  However, they suggest that physically active children are more likely to adopt other healthy behaviours and avoid smoking, so it is important to encourage them try different sports. Peer pressure is thought to play a significant role in children and adolescents, particularly with pressures such as trying a cigarette. The latest Cancer Research figures show that by the age of 15 years, 15% of children in England and Wales report being regular smokers.  They state, "The adolescent years are extremely important in establishing an individual's lifetime smoking or non-smoking behaviour". Rachel Sharp, Marketing Executive at Carlyle Finance says, "While these figures from Cancer Research are worrying we hope that by introducing the Cheshire Jets team and in particular the Jets players to the children, that the children are more likely to listen to the information presented to them. Jets player Matthew Schneck joined the Carlyle team over the two days of delivery. You could see that the children not only looked up to Matt as a professional sportsman but also as a role model. If your role model says smoking isn't 'cool', you are more likely to listen and overcome peer pressure". Having now visited over 100 schools to deliver Hoops4Health across Cheshire, look out for the Cheshire Jets and Carlyle Finance as they could be coming to a school near you!