6th February 2020
Cheltenham Town Ladies FC join in as football unites to kick off the biggest ever conversation on mental health.
The Robinesses are uniting with football clubs across the country to kick off the biggest ever conversation on mental health.
For two weekends in February, every football team from across the Premier League, English Football League, The National League, The Barclays FA Women’s Super League, The FA Women’s Championship and The FA Women’s National League will dedicate their matches to Heads Up, a partnership between The FA and Heads Together.
Spearheaded by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Heads Up aims to harness the influence and popularity of football to normalise the conversation around mental health.
The Heads Up Weekends will highlight the power of talking as a way to support one another and dispel the stigma, with activity planned at fixtures across the men’s and women’s football calendar.
On February 9th, CTLFC will join clubs across the nation to display the Heads Up emblem across social media, stadiums, programmes and player kit, in a major unifying moment that aims to get the nation talking about mental health.
With over 15 million football fans in England, Heads Up aims to use the power of football as a way to show the nation that we all have mental health and it is just as important as physical health. Over the Heads Up Weekends, the aim is to reach every single football fan to raise awareness that we will all face ups and downs in life which will affect our mental health, but we can all do more to support each other – and that starts with talking.
The simple power of conversation – talking and listening – can be the first step to better mental health, and to making it OK to say we’re not OK.
