Kickabout regulars Hai Le, Mo Hammad, Folajimi Odukomaiya and Carlos Magalhaes, along with their teammates Charlie Gamble, Tony Young, Francis Clarke and Joe Johnson, are playing in the London Football Marathon 2024, on 8 June 2024. Their team “Raging Kaboul” will play around 20 matches. This 12 hour non-stop football marathon, running from 8am toContinue reading “KICKABOUT REGULARS IN MARATHON FUNDRAISER”
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CHARITY GAMES RAISE £2K
On Sunday 12th May 2024 we used the brilliant facilities at the Focus Community Arena, home of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town FC, for Mind Games, a family friendly charity fundraising football day. Proceeds from “Mind Games” will benefit Herts Mind Network, a vital organisation delivering mental health support across Hertfordshire. In HemelContinue reading “CHARITY GAMES RAISE £2K”
FIRST FULL GAME FOR OUR WOMEN’S TEAM
On Sunday, our women’s Recreational Football group played their inaugural 11-a-side match during our Mind Games charity football event at the Focus Community Arena, against a Herts Police women’s team. Our women and girls have been playing small-sided games for two years but this was the first time they played together in a full game;Continue reading “FIRST FULL GAME FOR OUR WOMEN’S TEAM”
WALKING FOOTBALL TRIAL
We’re exploring the possibility of adding a game of Walking Football to our weekly schedule, or at least trialling a couple of games – most likely at Hemel FC on a Monday at 7pm, before our usual football sessions start. There would be no age or gender restrictions to this game. Whilst following the usualContinue reading “WALKING FOOTBALL TRIAL”
NEW KIT SPONSOR
We’re celebrating generous sponsorship from BAR Electrical and Mechanical Services Ltd! In a display of community support, BAR have provided new kits for both our Women and Men groups ahead of the upcoming Mind Games, a charity fundraising event which will see our recreational football regulars compete in 11-a-side games. Club officials expressed profound gratitudeContinue reading “NEW KIT SPONSOR”
MARCH ROUND UP
Latest news and events from March 2024. We played 33 games of football in 13 sessions – we’ve now passed 650 games in total since we kicked off in 2020. While our first session of April will be out 250th! Thank you to everyone who contributes making this community initiative a success. Here’s the otherContinue reading “MARCH ROUND UP”
PREMIER LEAGUE AWARD FOR KICKABOUTS DAVE
At Hemel Hempstead Town FC’s home game against Hampton and Richmond on Saturday, a presentation was made to Community Kickabout volunteer session organiser Dave Bradbury, who was nominated as Hemel FC’s Premier League Community Captain. The Premier League launched the “More than a game” campaign to showcase how its wide-ranging investment into all levels ofContinue reading “PREMIER LEAGUE AWARD FOR KICKABOUTS DAVE”
WOMENS HEALTH MANUAL GIVEAWAY
This week’s participants can pick up a free Women’s health manual at our sessions. The 36 page full colour A5 booklet is full of simple, practical tips that will improve the health of pretty much anyone. This isn’t just for our women’s group, our men are welcome to take a copy for family or friends.Continue reading “WOMENS HEALTH MANUAL GIVEAWAY”
EQUIPMENT HIRE AVAILABLE TO OUR PLAYERS
We have purchased some training equipment for our members to use (restricted to block-booked players only at this stage), to encourage people to be active outside of our sessions. The use of this equipment isn’t necessarily restricted to the use of only our members, if you know of groups or clubs that could make useContinue reading “EQUIPMENT HIRE AVAILABLE TO OUR PLAYERS”
ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES
Regular Kickabout participants can access the extra service of accessing mental health eBooks! We have a 12 month licence to access Mind’s eBook guides to supporting good mental health. The eBooks give an introduction to a wide range of mental health topics, that we hope you might find useful for supporting your own wellbeing orContinue reading “ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES”
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