Coping Through Football (Leyton Orient Trust)

Coping Through Football is a social inclusion project run by Leyton Orient Trust with the London Playing Fields Foundation, working with the NHS, that uses football to engage adults and young people experiencing mental health issues. Most players have experienced social exclusion, unemployment, poor physical and mental health or a lack of social support. The aim is to help people get fitter, increase self-esteem and confidence, make new friends and get their lives back on track. The project has been recognised by the Department of Health as a model of best practice in recovery for people with long-term mental health problems. Alongside weekly sessions, players can watch, socialise or join social activities such as going to Leyton Orient FC matches.

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A short referral form, completed by a health care worker. No waiting list or cost. Referrals accepted from mental health and drug and alcohol services in Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Weekly sessions at Douglas Eyre Sports Centre (Walthamstow) and Fairlop Oak Playing Field (Hainault). Contact Sonia Smith on 07538 101450.

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