Football Fans in Training 2021-22 report
Written By Jake Gray
Our FFIT 2021-22 Project Report is now live.
Flagship health and wellbeing programme Football Fans in Training (FFIT) has now been running for over twelve years, with more than 7,000 people completing the programme. In that time an enormous 29,000 kilograms of weight has been lost, but for many participants it is more about what they gain in confidence, friendship and overall wellbeing.
The delivery of Season 2021-22 started on a high with FFIT back in the grounds we all know and love. However, challenges were just around the corner. The emergence of the omicron variant last December once again resulting in further restrictions.
Despite this, we ran three successful cohorts in communities across Scotland, and worked hard to ensure that FFIT would come back stronger as restrictions were lifted – which happened in the latter part of this reporting period.
In the 2022 season:
- 26 clubs took part
- 818 people toom part in the programme
- The grand total of weight lost was 2328kg
- On average participants lost 4.2kg each
Read our full report here.