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Mental Health Kickabout - Scawthorpe

Next: Monday, 9 February 2026

Runs until Monday, 7 February 2028 (See all dates)

Time
19:00 - 20:00
Venue
Don Valley Academy, Doncaster, DN5 9DD
Price
£3 - https://group.spond.com/ANEOX

Casual and relaxed mental health kickabout for all adults.
Weekly kickabouts to help people in Doncaster improve mental health through playing football.

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Mental Health FC CIC is an MULTI-AWARD WINNING registered non-profit based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire that is bringing people together to play the sport they love while helping and improving their mental health throughout the UK…. everyone is welcomed and supported!!
We currently help and support 180+ people a week at our sessions and we also arrange MHFC Surprises and MHFC Experiences for people as and when we can.

We currently have 6 weekly mixed kickabouts across 2 areas, 5 in Doncaster and 1 in Scunthorpe, with hopefully more starting in other areas of South Yorkshire and the UK soon.

ALL adults are welcome…. it doesn’t matter about your gender, age, religion, sexuality, race, background, fitness, football ability, appearance etc.
Relaxed kickabouts with NO SLIDE TACKLES at any of the sessions.

**ALL SESSION LEADERS have at least DBS Checks (Basic), Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Awareness and Adult Safeguarding certificates**

We primarily hope it helps, supports and improves people’s mental health, but also people’s fitness, getting people out for an hour, socialising, combating 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 there to make you feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible, as you spend time seeing 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 try and go to a local clubhouse or pub for refreshments and chat (not all sessions do, but we try our best to make it happen), 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 support, we point people in the right direction and introduce them to local and nationwide support groups, organisations and charities, who can help them further.

If it goes well, we plan to roll it out across England and 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.

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Venue

Don Valley Academy
Stonehill Rise
Doncaster
DN5 9DD

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