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We're Ryan, Dan, and Ant, three 20 something lads, from Birkenhead, who love football. 24% of women and 13% of men in England are diagnosed with depression in their lifetime. But men are three times more likely to die from suicide than women. We wanted to know why. Join us every Monday and Friday as we speak to people from the wide world of football, all about Mental Health, in an attempt to learn more about it, and encourage men to feel more comfortable talking about their health and wellbeing, and attempt to remove the stigma that still surrounds the topic.
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Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Football without everyone is nothing #5 Karen Dobres (Lewes FC - Men and Women)
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say the proposed Super League was met by little more than a shrug in my house. In all honesty I was happy that the cat was finally out of the bag. Take your ball, and sod off I thought. My allegiances with football have always been less about the sport, and more about everything good that comes with it. The friendship, the camaraderie, the sense of unconditional inclusion. Now, it would of course be disingenuous of me to suggest that I, as a white, heterosexual man in my mid 20’s has ever had to truly deal with exclusion in any real world sense. It would also be naive of me to suggest that football has always been a place where everyone feels welcome. Far from it. But I firmly believe that football, more so than anywhere else, has the power to enact social movements that encourage better inclusion for all.
With that in mind, I introduce to you, to the ‘Football without everyone is nothing’ series.
Every day this week I will be speaking to different individuals, and organisations, all of whom have used football as a vehicle to improve social inclusion. As we well know, social inclusion is a key component of improving our collective mental health, so that will be a crucial part of our focus as well.
Today, in episode four, we're speaking to Karen Dobres. Karen is an elected board member at Lewes FC. Back in 2017, Lewes made the brave decision to become the first football club in the world to split their playing budgets equally between their men's and women's teams. 2021 marks 100 years since the FA banned Women's football, a ban that stood for the next 50 years. Lewes' bold decision four years ago to put faith in their principles has seen the club become known around the world as Equality FC.
You can find out more about Lewes FC via their two Twitter feeds @LewesFCMen and @LewesFCWomen or head to their website https://www.lewesfc.com
If you want to get involved with Man Marking, then find us @marking_man on twitter, and use the hashtag #FootballWithoutEveryoneIsNothing
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