Football Against Dementia

Aim

To help anyone affected by dementia to become more financially secure and give the tools and guidance to help their wellbeing.

Football Against Dementia CIC is a not for profit community interest company which aims to bring ‘the football family together’ to help anyone (not just footballers) affected by dementia.

We aim to provide practical help and guidance to people, families and carers and help them through the dementia journey.

On Sunday 25th September, with the support of The Aviva Community Fund, we held our second dementia awareness football match, which, through the incredible support of Norwich city Football Club, was held at Carrow Road. It was a day we will, hopefully, never forget and has given us a strong foundation to build upon and help people.

Over 1500 people attended the event which was in memory of Paul Chick a former non league manager who sadly passed away from dementia and brought together a team of legends from the Ken Brown, Milk Cup Winning era to face a Paul Chick Allstars team…

We were delighted to be joined by former Norwich City Legend John Deehan, who is living with dementia who began our precession of Young Footballers Against Dementia, holding the name of someone they know who has been affected by the disease to show that dementia can and does affect anyone.

FOOTBALL AGAINST DEMENTIA CIC - AIMS

1. Provide online support and guidance sessions with professionals such as GPs, Solicitors

2. Provide essential food assistance to anyone needing financial support during cost of living crisis

3. Create an online directory of dementia aware service providers to help people stay in their own homes, if this is what they wish.

4. Raise awareness of dementia for all ages

5. Provide activities and employment support including face to face sessions

We are now in a growth stage of our project and require support in purchasing new IT equipment and support, activity equipment , essential items and food for service users and technical support.

Due to the current Cost of Living Crisis we will also be filling and delivering Christmas stockings and food to people living with dementia to show that the community cares and create some happy memories and provide support at a difficult time of year for many people.

Football Against Dementia is driven from personal experience of my Mum who has had dementia for 8 years. As a family we have worked together through the ups and downs to help Mum have a dignified and fulfilling life. It has been a challenging journey, but we have learnt a lot and hope to be able to share the experience we, and many others have had to help others on the same journey.

Dr. Rupert Talboys

As well as being a keen footballer our Ambassador Doctor Talboys (seen here with our other Ambassador Chris Sutton) will be holding zoom guidance sessions for anyone wanting to attend.

Dementia can be a be a really tough experience for all involved. We want to create some magical memories….like the one and only..Grant Holt did at our Aviva Community Fund supported game…

Please support us and help us grow.

We brought The Milk Cup home to Carrow Road and created some fantastic memories…we want to create more..

Food and Essential Item Distribution

To help contact the cost of living crisis and help people attain financial independence we provide free of charge food and essential items to anyone affected by dementia, their carers and families if they are in need of support, plus we provide the same to anyone via professional referrals from GPs etc. from our base in Great Yarmouth.

Thank You

This project successfully funded on 18th January 2023