Newcastle clash dedicated to Inside Matters campaign

Newcastle clash dedicated to Inside Matters campaign

Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Leeds United are back in action this weekend as they take on Newcastle United at Elland Road, and the match is being dedicated to the Inside Matters campaign.

Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (May 15th to May 21st) all clubs are reinforcing their commitment to supporting the mental wellbeing of players, supporters and those in our local communities.

This Premier League initiative encourages people to keep up the conversation on mental health by talking and listening to others, with our very own defender Max Wober taking part in visit with one of the Leeds United Foundation programmes earlier this week to do just that.

In 2020, the Premier League signed up to the ‘Mentally Healthy Football Declaration’, committing to make mental health a key priority at all levels of the game. Through the Declaration, the League and other football bodies are working to create a mentally healthy culture across the game by supporting those involved with raising awareness, training and education to embed mental health within existing policies and practices and drive progress in this area.

As part of the Inside Matters campaign, the Premier League has collaborated with Shout, a free, confidential 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope. The service was launched in 2019 and has since helped hundreds of thousands of people.

This new collaboration should now offer support to Premier League fans across the UK. Anyone experiencing anxiety can text the word 'TeamTalk' to 85258 to be connected with around-the-clock support from trained volunteers, supervised and supported in real time by an expert clinical team.

The Premier League has also teamed up with Shout to produce the Inside Matters Handbook, which will be made available online ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week to provide people with tips and advice for managing symptoms of anxiety. This includes input from a number of well-known players and managers, as well as advice from Shout clinicians.

To find out more about the mental wellbeing work carried out by the Premier League and clubs, please visit: https://www.premierleague.com/stay-well/mental-health

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