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The FMHA, Mirfield (2026)

12/02/2026

💙 To every parent/carer/guardian (PCG) standing on the sidelines...

Supporting your child through grassroots football is a journey filled with pride, worry, and everything in between. But who supports you?

Here's a powerful article from Phil Carless reminding us that looking after your own mental health isn't selfish - it's essential.

Whether it's the pre-match nerves, the post-match analysis that keeps you awake, or the worry about speaking to the coach, you're not alone.

Your child isn't the only one who needs support on this journey. When you thrive, they thrive.

"𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 - 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲."

Read the full guidance here 👉 https://vault.thefmha.com/supporting-your-child-and-yourself-in-grassroots-football/

11/02/2026

Every grassroots club has a "Dave." He’s the one who calls neurodiversity a "fad" and treats mental health like laziness.

On Facebook, Dave is rewarded. His conflict creates "engagement," & pushes his comments to the top. It’s time to move the conversation somewhere Dave isn't invited.

Stop the rage-machine. Join the Academy: https://fmha.academy/

11/02/2026

We train technical skills.

We train physical fitness.

Why don't we train mental fitness?

MindStrong FC provides practical mental fitness tools for junior players (ages 8-12) delivered through coaches and parents.

🧠 Mental warm-up activities

🧠 Team reflection exercises

🧠 Pressure management strategies

🧠 Confidence-building tools

🧠 Learning from mistakes

Ages 8-12 is when football can stop being pure joy and start carrying pressure. This is when we lose players.

Not because they don't love the game - because nobody taught them to train their mind like they train their first touch.

Included with FMHA Academy membership.

Find out more → http://fmha.academy

10/02/2026

"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙.

𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚.

𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨."

- 𝙈𝙃𝙁𝘼 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚

90% rated the speaker's knowledge as excellent

97% rated presentation skills as excellent

93% overall session evaluation

Mental Health First Aid Training tailored specifically for grassroots football.

£𝟯𝟵 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 | 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 | 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻

Learn more → vault.thefmha.com/mental-health-first-aid-training

10/02/2026

Documentation isn't bureaucracy.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁.

A parent/carer/guardian complains that you didn't support their neurodivergent child.

You 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 you did. You remember the conversations. The adjustments you tried. The extra time you spent.

But can you prove it?

"We had conversations" - when? with who?
"We made adjustments" - which ones? Did they work?
"We really tried" - show me.

Without documentation:
- Your word vs theirs
- No evidence of what you attempted
- No defence if it escalates
- Looks like you didn't care (even though you did)

With documentation:
- Timestamped observations
- Clear adjustments tried
- Outcomes tracked
- Defensible evidence

This isn't about covering your arse (though it does).

It's about doing right by the player AND protecting yourself.

https://vault.thefmha.com/assist/

10/02/2026

Coaches: how do you document reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse players?

Are you creating timestamped evidence of Equality Act compliance?

Do you know which adjustments are working?

Assist is the first compliance documentation app built specifically for football's neurodiversity support obligations.

⚡ Log observable behaviours in under 2 minutes

⚡ Get evidence-based adjustment suggestions

⚡ Automatic compliance documentation

⚡ Track what works across your team

No diagnosis required. Built for grassroots and academy contexts.

Developed in response to academy documentation failures - providing litigation protection while improving player outcomes.

Find out more → http://vault.thefmha.com/assist

09/02/2026

"𝘼𝙩 𝟨𝟤, 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙄!

𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝘿. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝟥𝟥 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 - 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩."

- Delegate, Understanding Neurodiversity Training

This 3-hour session covers ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, and practical strategies for coaches, referees, and parents.

Next session: Monday 9th March | 6pm-9pm | £49 per person.

𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝘀 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗦 - 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦

Book → http://vault.thefmha.com/understanding-neurodiversity-in-grassroots-football)

09/02/2026

Coaches and club volunteers - important legal stuff (stay with me, it's simpler than it sounds):

The Equality Act 2010 applies to your football club. Doesn't matter if you're:
- A professional academy
- A grassroots club
- All volunteers
- Running on donations

The law requires you to make "reasonable adjustments" for disabled people and here's what most clubs don't realise: Neurodiversity counts as disability.

That means players with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia - even without a formal diagnosis - you have obligations to support them.

The "anticipatory duty" means you should be thinking about this BEFORE parents ask. Proactive, not reactive.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗽:

Can you PROVE you made reasonable adjustments?

Not "we're supportive" or "we care about all our players."

Can you show timestamped evidence of:
- What behaviours you observed
- What adjustments you tried
- Whether they worked
- What you did next

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁.

That's what I've been building.

https://vault.thefmha.com/assist/

09/02/2026

The Mental Health Playbook sends weekly, actionable tips direct to your smart device.

Small changes. Big impact.

Built specifically for grassroots football, the Playbook helps you:

✅ Build mental wellbeing habits

✅ Manage stress and pressure

✅ Support teammates and family

✅ Spot early warning signs

No fluff. Just practical tools you can use immediately.

FREE with your Vault account.

Sign up → http://vault.thefmha.com

09/02/2026

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

Most clubs respond well once a diagnosis or complaint appears.

But the Equality Act doesn’t wait for that moment.

Anticipatory duty means:
• thinking ahead
• spotting patterns early
• supporting players before crisis

This is where many academies fall down: not through negligence, but through lack of systems.

If your support only activates when parents complain, you’re already late.

Assist supports anticipatory duty by helping coaches log what they see, not what they diagnose, keeping practice lawful, proportionate, and football-appropriate.

𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 - 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

https://vault.thefmha.com/assist/

06/02/2026

Football operates in a bubble. The Equality Act doesn't care.

Every club - professional to grassroots - has legal obligations to make reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse players.

The problem? Most can't prove they're doing it.

Documentation isn't bureaucracy, it's protection.

https://vault.thefmha.com/assist/

06/02/2026

One-off tick-box training doesn't cut it.

Facebook groups aren't safe.

Your coaches and welfare officers deserve actual support.

The FMHA Academy provides:

✅ Unlimited seats in core training (ND, MHFA, Anger Management)

✅ Monthly expert-led sessions

✅ Football-specific resources (updated monthly)

✅ Safe, moderated peer community

✅ Parent/Carer Academy (included FREE)

✅ MindStrong FC for junior players (ages 8-12)

✅ Assist App - Document reasonable adjustments, get immediate feedback, reduce legal risk

This isn't just training. It's an ongoing support system.

Club membership from £69/month

Find out more → http://fmha.academy

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