Northampton Town Football Club’s Charity Arm Receives Children in Need Grant

The charitable division of a football club has been awarded a grant from Children in Need. Northampton Town Football Club’s Community Trust is set to receive £27,000 from the BBC charity, which will be distributed over a period of three years. This funding is allocated to an early intervention mental health initiative, named Team Talk, designed to support children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Lorna Stockwell, the schools manager at the trust, remarked that witnessing the transformation in children’s confidence after completing the project was “incredible”. The trust operates in 35 schools throughout Northamptonshire, utilizing “the appeal of football” to engage with the community. Team Talk is a 12-week program conducted in small groups within schools, primarily targeting 10 to 11-year-olds who “struggle to identify their own emotions”. Ms Stockwell further elaborated: “The values of football are used heavily: fairness, understanding, teamwork. “A lot of the sessions are about working together as a team to achieve an end goal. “We’ve had children who wouldn’t ever speak in class and now they’re confident.” For updates on Northamptonshire news, information is available on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram, and X. Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC bears no responsibility for the content found on external websites. Details regarding our policy on external linking are available.