How we achieved our goal for Mind

The football tournaments came about as I realised the increasing mental health issues among my friends. My friends and I had just left university and started our new jobs.

As result, we were really struggling on how to prioritise our time. We were desperate to do well at work, keep fit, and still have time to socialise, but we were struggling to fit it all in.“I’d started playing five-a-side football with my friends every Tuesday, and I realised it was a great way to tackle my mental health.”Personally, I was feeling my anxiety increase and as I talked to my friends about it, lots of them said they felt the same.

I wanted a way to overcome that tight feeling in my chest I was experiencing way too often.I’d started playing five-a-side football with my friends every Tuesday, and I realised it was a great way to tackle my mental health.

I got to exercise, play competitive sport and spend time with my friends every week. It made sense to me that if I started fundraising, this was the way to go.In October 2022 I organised the first tournament, which I called the FAB World Cup Series – FAB stands for ‘find a balance’.