Our Partnership with Dunfermline Athletic FC Highlighted in The House of Commons
Our local MP, Graeme Downie, highlighted the work of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club and their choice of the Samaritans as their main charity partner in Parliamentary Questions yesterday in the Houses of Parliament - you can watch the speech through his facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2605613223251024
The transcript is below:
"For nearly a decade, Dunfermline Athletic football club has made Samaritans its main charity partner. Through matchday messages, pitch-side advertising and an annual awareness day at East End Park, the Pars tell fans that it is always good to talk, reaching people who might never walk into a GP surgery. Will the Minister join me in congratulating the Pars on the work they do, and will she ensure that the Government’s own work on mental health learns from such community partnerships?"
The reply from the Minister is (Bridget Phillipson) is here:
"I commend Dunfermline Athletic for a powerful example of what can be achieved in that kind of partnership with Samaritans. It is important that we are all able to seek help when we are experiencing mental health challenges. Suicide is one of the biggest killers of men in our country, which is why the work that the Minister for men and boys, my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Jake Richards), is leading is incredibly important in ensuring that everyone can access timely support, so that we do not see a single person lost to suicide wherever we can prevent it."