Mental Health FC CIC is a registered non-profit based in Doncaster that is bringing people together to play the sport they love while helping and improving their mental health – everyone welcomed and supported!! We currently help and support 100+ people a week at our sessions.

We currently have 4 weekly kickabouts in Doncaster (one being Women only) and 1 launching in Scunthorpe with a further 3 hopefully being added in Doncaster soon, for session details including venue info, day and times please see the map below.

We plan to start more sessions around the country to help and support more people.

After all kickabout sessions we go for refreshments and chat at a local clubhouse or pub but it’s completely up to players if they want to join or not and how long they stay if they do join.

For updates on when and where we’re adding new sessions in new locations, days and times please click here to like our Facebook page 🙂

ALL adults are welcome…. it doesn’t matter about your age, fitness, football ability, appearance etc.

Relaxed kickabouts with NO SLIDE TACKLES at any of the sessions.

**ALL MHFC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS have at least DBS Checks (Basic), Mental Health First Aid certificates, Suicide Awareness and Adult Safeguarding certificates**

We primarily hope it helps and supports people’s mental health but also people’s fitness, getting people out for an hour, socialising, combatting loneliness and hopefully making new friends.

While football will help improve people’s mental health on it’s own (read our article on how it helps mental health here) we also encourage people to talk about mental health however it’s completely up to you if you’d like to talk about mental health, while playing football, after football or not at all, nothing is forced and everything is relaxed and stress free.

As we know each person has their own struggles, triggers and stresses and each person will respond to different approaches differently so we’ll be their to make you feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible as you spend time figuring out what helps and works best for you.

We’re all there to help and support each other and hopefully by sharing stories and experiences it helps everyone in knowing you aren’t alone, you never know other people in the team may be able to help and give advice from their personal experiences and everyone has the support of this TEAM!!

Everyone who is on that pitch during the kick-about is there for the same reasons and knows what it’s about so there’ll be no judging at all.

We work with the FA being a registered FA Just Play Centre to attract more people who’d like a local casual kick about.

After each session we go to a local clubhouse or pub for refreshments and chat, it’s completely up to players if they want to attend or not and how long for if they do.

It’s just another way to socialise after football, make friends and chat about anything, football, your day, your week, work life, home life, stresses, worries, share experiences etc

During chats people have been able to share their own experiences and knowledge in order support, advise and guide others in their journeys with mental health which has helped others massively.

If anyone needs more in-depth help and tailored support we work alongside Doncaster Mind, Doncaster Talking Therapy and UK mental health charity Trauma Research UK who can provide this.

If it goes well I plan to roll it out across the UK….. If you’d like to start a weekly MHFC session in your area please get in touch and we’ll try and help to make it happen.

The money raised by this JustGiving page will go towards maintaining and improving current sessions as well as starting new sessions in new locations and developing MHFC!!

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You can see our website here https://www.mentalhealthfc.org/

You can read how mental health can be improved through football https://www.mentalhealthfc.org/how-football-helps-mental-health/