Northampton Town FC launch “Keep Calm and Cobbler On”

Northampton Town FC launch “Keep Calm and Cobbler On”

Supporter of Each Other Northampton Town Football Club and the Northampton Town Community Trust keep supporting their community through the coronavirus outbreak with the ‘Keep Calm and Cobbler on’ programme.​

Northampton Town Football Club and the Northampton Town Community Trust have organised 6 different programmes to help and support their local community during these difficult times.

•  A helpline service for older and vulnerable people in the community. This can be used to have a general chat or to ask informations about the virus.
• A free mental health first aid hotline for those who teach in the Club’s partner schools. Its aim is to support and provide them with coping strategies at this very uncertain time.
• Guidance and support for their network of mental health first aiders who they have trained over the past few months by sending out tips and advice for supporting other staff within their school or business.
• The Club has offered its spare coaching staff to attend for additional hours in their partner schools free of charge from normal contract costs to support the gaps and issues they are facing with staffing.​
• Online content to support families, older adults and vulnerable people to stay mentally and physically active over the coming weeks.
• They are delivering their Fit Cobblers (men’s health) programme digitally using Google hangouts for the participants to check in and continue the healthy lifestyle programme on a weekly basis.

“Football may have temporarily stopped on the pitch but we have ramped up our work in other areas and we will be doing all we can to help and support those in Northampton and the surrounding area who may be feeling vulnerable and in need of assistance,” Northampton Town Chairman Kelvin Thomas said.

If you want to learn more about the #SupporterfEachOther campaign and what other Supporters are doing to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, visit the website.