For those who need a nudge to help them start their New Year diets, two weight-loss coaches in Deal might just have the answer.

Katie Amos and Natasha Cloke have together been running the Community Weight Loss Challenge – a 12-week programme with cash prizes for the biggest losers – for seven months and they are inviting people to take part in their next one.

Since it was founded, the women have led two 12-week challenges and one six-week challenge, helping more than 70 people collectively shed in excess of 50 stone.

The next challenge will start on Wednesday, January 21, and end on Wednesday, April 8.

Mrs Amos said: “The past seven months have been incredible, helping people reach their goals and seeing them feel happier and healthier is amazing.

“If you are looking for a friendly, supportive and fun way to feel good and lose some pounds for summer, then come along.”

The challenge runs at Deal Spiritualist Church Centre in Mill Hill every Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm.

Each participant will be assigned a personal weight-loss coach who will work with them on a one-to-one basis and assist them in reaching their targets.

Participant Jade Turner, from Dover, feels she is now leading a much healthier lifestyle thanks to the programme she is following, after advice from her coach.

She said: “My eating was getting out of control. I was getting lazier and losing myself until I heard about the Deal Community Weight Loss programme that has completely changed my life for the better.

“I’m healthier, happier and the weight is coming off. I have a lot to thank my weight-loss coaches for. They pick you up from the worse and take you to the better.”

The challenge costs £39 to take part and promotes weight loss and healthy living. It is a not-for-profit programme. All the money raised is reinvested back into the challenge and given in prizes to the participants who lose the biggest percentage of weight.

If 30 participants sign up, the first prize is £300, second prize is £200 and third prize is £100.

Class spaces are limited. To book yours, contact Katie on 07716 344081.