Liverpool Football Therapy

We are fundraising for LFT, a Merseyside based charity that helps support adults affected by mental ill health through the power of football.

LFT is a Peer Led organisation that has over 70 active participants from a wide range of backgrounds, all have one thing in common that is that they have been affected by mental ill health. The aim of the charity is to help improve the Physical, Mental, Emotional and Social Wellbeing of all participants.

The programme is open to All Abilities & All Genders 18+.

One of our participants Matt Lyon is taking on a huge challenge on Sunday 27th August by cycling from the Liver Building in Liverpool to The Deep Museum in Hull in one day, a journey of approximately 145 miles, he has taken on this challenge in the hope of raising some much needed funds for LFT, money that will be used soley for the hire of the playing facilities.

Please note that no one at LFT takes a wage/salary or expenses, it is run purely by volunteers.

The programme has been running since 2019 and since then has had in excess of 100 people access the programme, many have used the programme as a way of helping them to cope with and manage their overall mental wellbeing.

Your donation no matter how much will make a difference to so many people's lives, we believe that early intervention can have a huge impact on the long term effects of mental ill health, it can help reduce the risk of becoming suicidal, this is the main reason we do not look for participants to have to wait for any form of referral, each and every participant referrs themselves. Several other mental health support services throughout Merseyside including other charities and the NHS regularly advise their clients to get in touch.

Liverpool Football Therapy cannot just make a difference to the participants lives, several have stated publicly that the LFT intervention has saved their lives.

Founded by Colin Dolan who himself is Bipolar has used football for many years to help cope with the many episodes of mania, the stages of depression, recovering from suicide attempts, self harm and anxiety, he has gone on record as stating that it's #footballtherapy that has saved his life, now using all his life experiences, his mental health journey and love of football to help as many others as possible.

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