Welcome

Slimming World is the most advanced slimming organisation in the UK. It was founded in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell, who remains the driving force behind the company to this day. With the experience of a lifetime's weight problem, it is her enthusiasm and unique vision that has made the Company so successful.

In 2009 we celebrated our 40th Anniversary and during those four fabulous decades, over 5 million slimmers attended our groups and lost a total of 60 million pounds. There are now over 10,000 groups held weekly on a nationwide basis via a network of around 3,500 Slimming World trained Consultants.

Charity work and fundraising

SMILES, Slimming World's own charitable foundation, was born in 1997. SMILES stands for Slimmers Making It a Little Easier for Someone, and each year a special charity is chosen to benefit from the enormous generosity of our members, Consultants and Head Office staff. So far, SMILES has raised £3.7 million for worthwhile causes, most recently for Cancer Research UK and the Marie Keating Foundation.

Support and services to members

During January 1998, Slimming World magazine was launched and sold in-house to members. It was a runaway success and the magazine went on to newsstands right across the country in January 1999 where it immediately became a leading diet magazine with sales in excess of 260,000. Fourteen years on and it continues to hold its number one position. Slimming World magazine is currently one of the top 10 actively purchased magazines in the UK.

In January 2004, Lifeline Online, an exclusive members-only website, was introduced providing Slimming World members with a free, 24/7 support, motivation and inspiration resource. It was followed shortly by Slimming World's bodyOptimise, renamed Slimming World Online in 2011 - an online weight loss programme to help those people who can't get to a warm and friendly Slimming World group.

Our Head Office and purpose-built conference centre, where all our Consultants are trained, is in Alfreton, Derbyshire – just a few miles from where the company started, over 43 years ago.