Coping Through Football

Coping Through Football is a transformational project that demonstrates how two sporting charities, London Playing Fields Foundation and Leyton Orient Trust, can work with the NHS (in the shape of NELFT) to produce a sustainable recovery model approach to engage with and improve the wellbeing of adults and young people experiencing mental health issues.

The project shows how sport can:

• help tackle stigma and discrimination
• can work together with the health sector on shared agendas to reduce inequalities
• be a tool for engagement with marginalised groups
• assist in the recovery of those with mental ill health

Session times

• Every Tuesday and Thursday from 2pm to 4pm for adults
• Every Tuesday from 4pm to 5:30pm for 12 to 17 year olds

Referral required and eligibility

Open to anyone experiencing mental health needs. You can refer yourself by emailing copingthroughfootball@nelft.nhs.uk for more information

This service is suitable for

Those with mental health needs.