Shout out for Mental Health!
Whitehawk Football Club The TerraPura Ground, East Brighton Park, PRESS RELEASE Brighton, East Sussex BN2 5TS Date: Friday, January 29, 2021 EMBARGOED UNTIL 9AM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SHOUT OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH! Two of the country’s most progressive Non-League Football Clubs have joined forces to raise awareness and funds with a series of events in February for the charities Mind in Brighton and Hove and Lambeth and Southwark. Dulwich Hamlet of the Vanarama National League South and Whitehawk of the Pitching In Isthmian League South East announce a series of joint initiatives during February, culminating with a very special ‘zoom’ evening with current Hamlet striker Danny Mills, who spent five years at Whitehawk during one of the most successful periods in the club’s history. Launching on ‘Time To Talk’ Day on Thursday, February 4, and using the hashtag #shoutout, ‘SHOUT OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH’ is a campaign to raise funds via a JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/shoutout, as well as encouraging anyone currently feeling anxious and alone in the current climate, to talk to someone; to call a friend, work colleague or family member, and to reassure them that they are not alone. The campaign includes a TV show, Whitehawk’s own TV show on local channel Latest TV, a ‘Virtual’ match, played out on Twitter between the two sides, a radio request show on local London station K2K, a fans quiz night, and an ‘Evening with’ zoom event featuring Danny Mills and some very special guests. Mental Health issues, particularly amongst young men, have risen sharply since the pandemic began.
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