THE co-owner of a Basingstoke trampoline park is backing a fight to beat childhood obesity.

Across the UK the Flip Out organisation is looking to do its bit to tackle the issue, and a new initiative has been backed by Basingstoke branch co-owner Richard Beese.

The scheme is to showcase the benefit of trampoline exercises to get more people active while also encouraging young people to come along with free tickets.

He said: “More and more children are ending up overweight. The issue is getting out of hand and more needs to be done to encourage these kids to exercise.

“Combined our stores cater for over 2.5 million customers a year and we like to think we are playing a vital role in tackling this national epidemic.”

In a bid to help crackdown on childhood obesity Flip Out has already donated more 40,000 free passes to school children locally and nationwide.

For more details, go to flipout.co.uk.