Oxford United face Bristol Rovers on Saturday 7th October at the Kassam Stadium with the U’s celebrating the upcoming World Mental Health Day by holding their own Mental Health Awareness Match Day with chosen charity YoungMinds.
World Mental Health Day is being celebrated globally on Tuesday 10th October and United will use the fixture with the Pirates to raise awareness around mental ill-health.
Supporters will be familiar with the club’s chosen charity YoungMinds, which is a charity that fights for young people’s mental health and has the vision of a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
In the week building up to the game between the U’s and the Pirates next week, you can expect to see initiatives to spread awareness of mental health across our social media platforms.
YoungMinds will have a presence outside the South Stand on the matchday next weekend, handing out key information about the charity and having bucket collectors outside every turnstile at the ground to raise money for such an important cause.
Oxford United players will also be wearing YoungMinds branded t-shirts during their warm-up before kick-off, with the club using one of these shirts to be signed and auctioned to raise additional funds for the charity.
Director of Development at YoungMinds, Vanessa Longley told us, “We’re incredibly grateful that Oxford United are supporting YoungMinds. The money raised is needed now more than ever in our fight for the mental health of children and young people across the UK."
You can buy tickets for the game in one of three ways and show your support for our Mental Health Awareness Matchday:
- Buy tickets at OUFCTickets.co.uk
- Call 01865 337533
- Visit the Ticket Office in Person
To support the work YoungMinds does, you can donate here.
You can find out more about the excellent work YoungMinds are doing HERE