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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”

We have secured the brilliant facilities at the Focus Community Arena, home of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town FC, on Sunday 12th May 2024 for Mind Games, a family friendly charity fundraising football day. There will be matches for both Community Kickabout’s Women and Men’s teams; our Women’s opponents will be the HertsContinue reading “DATE SET FOR CHARITY GAMES”

It’s International Men’s Day ♂️ To support them theme “Making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys”, we have a batch of Man Manual‘s to give everyone who plays in our games this week. One man in five will die before he reaches 65, two in five before the ageContinue reading “MAN MANUAL GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK”

Next Monday’s session, 9th October 2023, will be three years since our first recreational football game kicked off at Hemel Hempstead Town FC. From one game of 5-a-side, our initiative has grown to 9 games each week across three days, including a women only game. The success and continued growth of our sessions is mainlyContinue reading “£300 GIVEAWAY ON OUR 3RD ANNIVERSARY”

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Barclays Community Football Fund, being delivered in partnership with Sported, to support the growth of our Women’s recreational football sessions. Women and girls are underrepresented in the local grassroots football scene, despite football being England’s fastest growing female team sport. This grant allows usContinue reading “NEW GRANT SUPPORTS GROWTH OF OUR WOMENS GAMES”

We’re adding another day to our weekly sessions, with a new 9pm game for Men Over 30 on Wednesday’s at the Focus Community Arena, Hemel Hempstead Town FC. The first game will be Wednesday 13th September 2023; booking opens this Weds, 6th Sept. The game will be in the “cage” at Hemel Hempstead Town FC,Continue reading “NEW DAY ADDED TO WEEKLY SESSIONS”

Tonight is our 150th session since we kicked off in October 2020, with the five games scheduled in the 8pm and 9pm slots taking us up to 364 games in total. It’s been quite a journey, from ten Men playing a 5-a-side game on a wet Monday night nearly three years ago to eight gamesContinue reading “£150 GIVEAWAYS FOR 150TH SESSION”

We organised a series of fundraising events arranged in May and June 2023, supporting Herts Mind Network, who deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, Mind’s services are available to all residents inContinue reading “OVER £1K RAISED FOR MIND”

We played our third 11-a-side game on Saturday (24th June 2023), against Lads Speak Out FC, a North Herts based team set up to support positive mental health. The game was part of our series of charity fundraising events for Mind; it was played at Adeyfield School and the match was sponsored by Stein Contractors.Continue reading “LATEST FRIENDLY ENDS IN DEFEAT”

Starting today, bookings will go live on the Spond app one week ahead of the games – so tonight at 9pm, next Monday’s 8pm games will open for booking; at 10pm, next Monday’s 9pm games will open for booking, etc. Make sure you have your debit card ready to complete the booking – once you’ve used itContinue reading “REMINDER, CHANGES TO BOOKING PROCESS STARTS TODAY”