Health Secretary announces additional £100,000 for the initiative.
A programme which uses football to promote mental health and wellbeing has received additional funding from Scottish Government.
The Changing Room – Extra Time initiative has been awarded £100,000 for a fourth year.
It builds on The Changing Room – a 12-week programme which takes place at football stadiums across Scotland and supports men to open up as they participate in walking football games, stadium tours, pitch-side walks and talks from a motivational speaker.
Extra Time aims to give people the chance to speak in more depth about their mental wellbeing and explore areas which are giving them particular challenges or concerns.
The programme is delivered by SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) in partnership with the SPFL Trust and associated community trusts at Aberdeen (AFC Community Trust), Rangers (Rangers Charity Foundation), Heart of Midlothian (Big Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibernian Community Foundation) football clubs…
READ MORE at source: https://www.gov.scot/news/support-for-football-focused-mental-wellbeing-programme/
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