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It’s a Goal!: basing a community psychiatric nursing service in a local football stadium

Alan Pringle, RGN, RMN, BSc(Hons)

University of Nottingham, School of Nursing, Dukeries Centre, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 4JL, England, Alan.Pringle{at}Nottingham.ac.uk

Pete Sayers, RMN

Macclesfield Town FC, Moss Rose Stadium, London Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 7SP, England

This paper describes the development of a community mental health project in a local football stadium.

Funded for three years by the Laureus Foundation’s ‘Sport for Good’ initiative, the project provides mental health promotion and mental health awareness input targeted initially at young men, a group who are often very difficult to engage in this type work.

Using group interventions and utilising football as a metaphor, the project helps young men address issues around depression, self-esteem and inclusion, and addresses the subject of suicide which remains the second biggest cause of death in young men in Britain.

The paper describes the development of the project, the structure of the groups and the evaluation of the first two groups to complete the process.

The work takes place in the Moss Rose stadium, home of Macclesfield Town, a team in the English Football League.

Key Words: Football • men • mental health promotion

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 124, No. 5, 234-238 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400522
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