*Based on figures from April 2019-March 2020. Players must be 16+.“We thought it was great, so we put a medical form around our club.
What we learned prompted us to do more.“They say around one in four of us have mental health issues and that played out in what we were told.
We have 160 members of all ages and some were really struggling.”Brian got in touch with TAMHI (Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues), a National Lottery-funded mental health programme that works with Belfast’s schools and clubs.Now 22nd Old Boys & Ladies FC use football as a hook to get players to open up. “A few of us have done courses to become mental health first aiders,” says Brian. “We’ve realised that a football club is more than a football club – if we.
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