Last weekend the SPFL Trust welcomed supporters of the four clubs in the Betfred Cup semi-finals for the Football Fans In Training Ten Second Challenge! Both games were a huge success especially the half time challenge in which six participants from each team had 10 seconds to run from the halfway line and take on the opposition keeper….
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The promotion of unhealthy food and drink is to be restricted as part of Scotland’s new diet and obesity strategy. Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell has launched a consultation on ambitious plans to help people lose weight, including: Measures to restrict the promotion and advertising of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt…
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The SPFL Trust & the SPFL today (Thursday 26 October) reveal that both organisations have signed up to the Equality Network’s Scottish LGBT Sports Charter, a move welcomed by the Scottish Government. Launched this summer, the charter has been developed in consultation with sports governing bodies, other stakeholders and LGBT people. It seeks to promote…
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The SPFL Trust are pleased to reveal the fab four mascots who will lead out their respective teams at this weekend’s Betfred Cup semi-finals at Hampden Park. Each have been nominated by their club’s community trust for their involvement in a range of key programmes. For the Hibernian Community Foundation 8-year-old Scott Marr will walk…
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The SPFL Trust today announces the appointment of Nicky Reid as its new chief executive (CEO). In doing so, Nicky becomes the first women appointed to a top job at the national stadium, Hampden Park. Nicky takes up her new role having served as general manager for the last two years, a period during which…
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The SPFL Trust’s partners at the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) have today launched a recruitment process to secure a “Changing Room Manager” to lead our pilot project with Hibernian, announced earlier in September. The Changing Room is a partnership between SAMH, the (SPFL Trust) and Hibernian Football Club. It is funded by the…
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A key adviser to the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland has described the SPFL Trust’s Football Fans in Training (FFIT) programme as a “shining example” of best practice. First piloted in 2010, and established as a fully-fledged programme in 2012, thousands of people across Scotland have benefited from FFIT’s approach which brings men and women to…
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Last week, the SPFL Trust held its latest Mental Health First Aid Training course at Hampden Park. Over two highly intensive days, delegates from across a range of SPFL clubs worked to understand how to help those they work with in the event that their mental health requires immediate support. This latest tranche of training…
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The Scottish Government has recognised the importance of Football Fans in Training (FFIT) as it sets out plans to launch a new Active Scotland Delivery Plan. Last week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled its new Programme for Scotland, which sets out planned legislature over the next 12-month parliamentary period. As part of the announcement, the…
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Men are in trouble. They are two-a-half times more likely than women to die by suicide each year with the biggest group at risk being men in their forties and early fifties. Men aren’t great at talking about how they feel, and we know that talking is one of the first steps to better mental…
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