Headspace FC CIC

27/04/2026

Support Mental Health in Our Community — Partner with Headspace FC ⚽💙

Mental health matters — and together, we are making a difference.

Since June 2025, Headspace FC CIC has:
✔️ Supported 200+ members
✔️ Delivered 3 sessions every week (up to 100 people attending weekly)
✔️ Hosted 2 adult & child events at Stoke City FC
✔️ Run 3 social events at KIX FC
✔️ Raised over £3,000 for mental health across our community

But we’re just getting started.

We’re looking for local businesses to help us continue this impact by sponsoring Headspace FC. Your support helps us provide safe, welcoming spaces where people can connect, talk, and look after their mental health.

⚽ Sponsor our charity match (24th May at Bet365 Stadium)
⚽ Sponsor a weekly session (£50 – helps cover pitch hire)
Every contribution directly supports our community.

If you’re interested in getting involved, please contact us.

Let’s work together to break the stigma and build a stronger, healthier community

25/04/2026

Help raise awareness and support for mental health:

Enter our prize draw (£1 a ticket) to help reduce viral funds and support and you could be in with a great chance to win some of our amazing prizes!!!

Prizes include:
* Signed 25/26 season Stoke city shirt
* 2 tickets to Port Vale match for 26/27 season
* 2 tickets to a show at New Vic theatre in June
* 2 tickets for Gladstone pottery
* A golf accessories set for Golfist
* £10 voucher for Inflato
* Crate of cruzcampo
* 2 bottles of Prosecco
* 60 min session for 4 at Ace Padel Milton - rackets and balls included
* Free day pass at Moorville Hall Spa and hotel
* 4 x £25 voucher for The Barbershop in Alsager
* £15 voucher for The Village Kitchen Holmes Chapel
* 5 plays pass for The Ice Cream Farm
* Signed photo of Manchester United player Patrick Dorgu
* £25 voucher for Brickhouse Catering
* Plus more

Enter our prize draw here (£1 per entry):
https://bit.ly/4uQ3Y0D

And this is the donation page.
Donate here https://gofund.me/5b6164521

24/04/2026

An absolutely brilliant night tonight at our social night at KIX FC with 36 people attending. It was great to see so many people of different ages and background socialising and chatting.

Thank you to Man Time and Clean Slate for also coming along it was great to see you all and looking forward to future events together

(Sorry for the lack of photos - spent the night talking instead)

24/04/2026

We are looking forward to seeing lots of familiar and new faces tonight at our social night at KIX FC.

Interested in coming down to meet new people and socialise with an open and supportive group? Feel free to join us tonight - drop us a message to book your space.

At Headspace FC CIC, we’re all about creating connections and building a supportive community—and our next Social Night is the perfect chance to be part of it. Anyone is welcome!

Join us on Friday 24th April at 7:30pm at KIX FC for an evening designed to bring people together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.

This is a chance to connect with others and take time to look after your mental health. Whether you’re already part of the Headspace FC community or thinking of coming along for the first time, you’ll be made to feel welcome.

Expect a great atmosphere with activities, conversation, and plenty of opportunities to meet new people—no pressure, just good company.

Please contact us to book your place

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22/04/2026

We’re incredibly proud and grateful to have been nominated for a BBC Stoke & Staffordshire “Make a Difference Award” in the Community Group category

We’re looking forward to seeing if we make the shortlist this summer, but whatever happens, we’re already so proud. Just being nominated is helping us raise awareness of mental health and the importance of supporting one another in our community.

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported and been involved with Headspace FC CIC — and to those helping us raise awareness of mental health. We’re especially proud of the community that’s been built over the last 10 months!

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21/04/2026

Come and join us Friday night for our KIX FC social. Open to anyone over 18, whether you’ve played in a session or not, who’d like to get out the house and meet new people, joining a connected and supportive community.

At Headspace FC CIC, we’re all about creating connections and building a supportive community—and our next Social Night is the perfect chance to be part of it. Anyone is welcome!

Join us on Friday 24th April at 7:30pm at KIX FC for an evening designed to bring people together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.

This is a chance to connect with others and take time to look after your mental health. Whether you’re already part of the Headspace FC community or thinking of coming along for the first time, you’ll be made to feel welcome.

Expect a great atmosphere with activities, conversation, and plenty of opportunities to meet new people—no pressure, just good company.

Please contact us to book your place

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20/04/2026

A huge thank you to Manchester United Foundation for their very generous donation of a raffle prize - a signed picture of Danish fullback Patrick Dorgu!

Don’t forget, this is just one of the prizes up for grabs… you could also win a signed Stoke City shirt along with other great prizes!

🎟 Entries are just £1 per ticket
The more entries, the better your chances of winning – and every single entry helps us continue providing sessions, support and a safe space for our community as well as supporting local mental health groups

To enter, simply click here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/xnZ9AzbW?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink

Thank you for your continued support – it genuinely makes a difference.

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17/04/2026

A couple of weeks ago Kenny Jon Bshaw and Cliff Barton spoke to Cross Rhythms City Radio 101.8FM and 96.6FM about Headspace FC CIC and the work that we do to raise awareness and support for mental health.

Today the interview was on Chris Mountford’s Breakfast Show. Listen to the interview here: https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/radio/console/?f=3881798 (from about 1:17:00 in)

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16/04/2026

16/04/2026

Earlier today cofounder and director Kenny Jon Bshaw met with Dr Allison Gardner MP to share the work that Headspace FC CIC does to raise awareness and support for mental health across Stoke-on-Trent.

It was great to be able share what we do and the impact it has. We are extremely grateful for the supportive connected community that has been created through Headspace FC.

We are proud to have the backing and support of a local MP and are looking forward to what the future holds.

⚽️ Today I met with Kenny from Headspace FC CIC, a brilliant local organisation who use football as a powerful tool for mental wellbeing.

Through simple, inclusive football sessions, they’re creating safe spaces where people can move more, connect and talk more.

From 12 participants to over 200 in just a year, Headspace FC is making a real difference.

I’m proud to celebrate their work!

Find out more here: https://headspacefc.co.uk/

15/04/2026

We can’t thank Headspace FC CIC enough for the support they’ve shown Man Time. As a group, we provide a safe, informal space for men to come together, talk openly, and support each other with their mental health — something that’s needed now more than ever.

Headspace FC have not only helped raise awareness of men’s mental health and what we do, but have backed us in a really practical way too — from funding essentials like insurance to helping us be more visible in the community through banners and materials in local pubs.

They’re making a real difference, and we’re proud to have them alongside us.