Our Christmas appeal deadline may have passed but we’ve been able to ensure many children receive gifts and many families can enjoy Christmas knowing they have presents for their loved ones, taking away some of the stresses and strains that come with the current climate and challenging times people currently face. We would like to…
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In a nation coming off the back of a successful, home, European Championship-winning tournament, the subject of women, and that of the beautiful game, has come on leaps and bounds – and rightly so. Here, in the north-east, where several of England’s tournament heroes originate, one ‘grassroots’ footballer has been receiving attention over the summer,…
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100 Miles in August has been a fantastic success with everyone involved completing over 400 miles. As well as fundraising we’ve spent the month talking about mental health, diversity and inclusion. The is still a stigma around these subjects and its been great to see so many people getting involved across social media. Thank you…
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Would you like to challenge yourself to 100 miles in August? Are you looking for a challenge in August? Would you like to raise awareness around mental health, diversity and inclusion and raise funds in the process? Join us by completing 100 miles in August which can be done by any activity/activities of your choice…
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Well it’s certainly been a journey for footballer, Sarah Robson, a journey, and a rollercoaster, both at home, and most certainly, abroad. The Northern Ireland international, who’ll be heading to the Euros this coming summer, against the odds, with her country, also plays in the north-east of England, for Durham Women, in the FA Women’s…
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After some planning and work behind the scenes it was fantastic that Fine and Dandi could run our first Mental Health First Aid England Mental Health Aware course earlier this week. This is something that has been in the making for several months now, after discussions with Chris Wall from Tyne Metropolitan College we looked…
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One of the north-east’s football associations, Northumberland FA, have recently launched a new partnership with Kooth, who are accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is the UK’s leading digital mental health platform. The partnership has been launched in order to aid with the improvement of the mental health and emotional…
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After linking up with Whitley Bay Barbarians towards the end of 2021 we’ve been doing some work behind the scenes as we head into 2022. As everyone is aware Fine and Dandi look to raise awareness around mental health, diversity and inclusion and our focus and goals align perfectly with Whitley Bay Barbarians, they encourage…
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As 2021 comes to an end its time to reflect on how the year has gone. The past year for Fine and Dandi has been a fantastic one. We didn’t expect things to have progressed at the rate in which they have but the year has been fantastic, and we head into 2022 looking to…
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Well done Marie who ran the Great North Run at the weekend and doing so for Fine and Dandi. As well as the run itself Marie has taken time out to raise awareness around mental health, diversity and inclusion as well as funds for Fine and Dandi. When Marie contacted us to do the run…
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Fine and Dandi was started with the intention of raising awareness around mental health, helping someone who maybe struggling and showing everyone, they don’t have to suffer alone. After the success over the past 18 months with Fine and Dandi there have been some talks about “what’s next”. One thing I have always wanted Fine…
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The negative side of social media. We all know that social media can be fantastic, but everything isn’t always as rosy as it may seem. With all of the good there is certainly some bad things around social media and with the tragic news over the past few days I now think it’s time to…
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