WELCOME Good afternoon and welcome to Ainslie Park,
We are thrilled to see fans from across the city and beyond come to watch the first ever Edinburgh Charity Derby between Big Hearts Community Trust and the Hibernian Community Foundation kindly powered by Utilita Energy! As charitable organisations of our respective Clubs, we believe in the power of football to create positive change. In the stands or at home, football connects people together. It’s about sharing the good and the bad times, and supporting each other. Today, to mark World Mental Health Day we are joining forces to raise vital funds and share a very important message: it’s okay to not be okay and it’s okay to ask for help. One in three people will experience a mental health issue each year. Everyone has mental health, whatever football team you support. The donations collected at the game will go to support essential community programmes, including The Changing Room: a wellbeing project for football fans running weekly at Easter Road and Tynecastle Park. We would like to thank the Utilita Energy team for their outstanding efforts to bring Big Hearts and the Hibernian Foundation together and offer a fantastic family day out for football fans and charity supporters alike. With a host of football legends taking to the field, under Gary Lockey and John ‘Yogi’ Hugues, this afternoon’s match is set to make history!
Thank you for your support and enjoy the game. Debra Clason, Utilita Energy Hub Leith Lewis Melee, Hibernian Community Foundation Craig Wilson, Big Hearts Community Trust
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THE CHANGING ROOM
The Changing Room is using football to bring men together to tackle mental health. In the stadiums, in the stands, in fan forums, even in the queue for a pie and Bovril if you want. We just need guys to open up. We all love a blether about the football, whether it’s pre-match tactics, the team selection, or post-match analysis with your pals. But men also need to get the stuff that’s bothering them off their chests. The Changing Room is here for you.
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Hibernian Community Foundation are delighted to be part of the first ever Utilita Charity Challenge Cup. The match played on World Mental Health Day not only celebrates the work of both Hibernian Community Foundation and Big Hearts but also shares the opportunities open to members of our communities. Through the attraction of football and the use of Easter Road Stadium, Hibernian Community Foundation deliver programmes on Health & Wellbeing, Education, Employment, Social inclusion and Sport. The Foundation is also very proud to work with a number of partner charities, notably SAMH through the delivery of the Changing Room and Changing Room Extra Time.
We are delighted to have some community participants within the Hibernian Community Foundation squad today in addition to some familiar face’s past and present from Hibernian Football Club and Hibernian Women’s Football Club. Utilita, todays hosts and the club sponsor of Hibernian Football Club for season 2021-22 have been a fantastic support to Hibernian Community Foundation and our community activity in recent years. Earlier this year the Foundation worked with Utilita to reduce social exclusion, food poverty and clothing shortage. We would like to place on record our thanks to Utilita with a special mention to the team at the Leith Hub for all your ongoing support. We look forward to continuing our partnership into 2022. Thank you for your support today, we hope you enjoy the game! Come on the Hibees!
Big Hearts Community Trust is a non-profit operating from Tynecastle Park in Gorgie. We are the official charity of Heart of Midlothian FC and we believe in the power of the beautiful game to reach out and engage with people who need our help most. As a well-established football charity, Big Hearts brings community resources together to offer adults and children free opportunities to help them live a safe and fulfilling life.
Earlier this year Big Hearts initiated a ‘listen and learn’ consultation to identify key-learnings from our work during the pandemic and better understand what matters the most to the people we support and work with.
Our new strategy #BigHearts2024 sets out our ambitions for the next three years. We are committed to deliver programmes of activities across three areas: - Mental health: bespoke advice and peer-support promoting positive mental health at all ages. - Social connections: a safe and welcoming environment to build meaningful social connections. Equal opportunities: access to essentials for a brighter future, regardless of background. A massive thank you to all the Hearts’ fans and Big Hearts Supporters in the stands today. Your continued support means a lot and keep us going. Enjoy
the
game!
To find out more about Big Hearts, visit www.bighearts.org.uk
MORE THAN FOOTBALL
From our facilities at Tynecastle Park in Gorgie, Big Hearts run programmes of activities aimed at various age groups. Our staff team works closely with local agencies, football organisations and volunteer Hearts fans. Last year, amidst the pandemic, we supported over 8,000 adults and children.
- The Changing Room (weekly): Football-based project promoting positive mental health of Hearts fans aged 30 to 64.
- Football Memories (weekly): Reminiscence sessions for isolated older people and those at risk of dementia.
- Welcome Through Football (weekly): Social inclusion programme for refugees and asylum seekers aged 15-25.
- Kinship (weekly): port for ing in
Care After School Club Advice and peer supadults and children liva kinship care setting.
- That’s Me! (weekly): Wellbeing group enabling teenagers to make new friends and be themselves without any judgement.
- School’s Out! (holidays): Free meals and engaging activities for local young pupils during the school holidays.
NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE? Samaritans Call 116 123 or email jo@Samaritans.org 24 hours, 365 days a year NHS 24 Mental Health Hub Call 111 24 hours, 365 days a year Breathing Space Call 0800 83 85 87 MON - THU 6pm-2am FRI - MON 6pm - 6am NSPCC Childline Call 0800 1111 MON - FRI 8am - 10pm SAT & SUN 9am - 6pm The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) samh.org.uk Health in Mind health-in-mind.org.uk Clear Your Head clearyourhead.scot See Me - End Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination seemescotland.org The Mental Health Foundation mentalhealth.org.uk/scotland Tiny Changes tinychanges.com
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! ADVERTISING McRaes of Gorgie – Framers The Athletic Arms The Murrayfield Sports Bar Thomsons Bar The Marksman Bar Tynescastle Arms Jessie Mays The Greys Mill The Ardmillan Hotel The Calley Sample Rooms The Central Bar The Spey Lounge Victoria Bar The Bier Hoose The Persevere The Arches The Harp and Castle Strathies The Brass Monkey The Iona Bar Tamsons Robbies The Alhambra Bar The Depot The Newkirkgate Barbers The Card Factory Sky Sports News Boogie in the Morning RAFFLE DONATIONS Charlie Millar The Royal Yacht Britania Camera Obscura & World of Illusions Alan Abstract Diggers
Utilita are pleased to be able to support this fundraising charity match to raise monies for the amazing work that the Hibernian Community Foundation and the Big Hearts Community Trust do at a grassroots level. We have a really great relationship with locals across the Edinburgh community, and we often hear wonderful things about both of the club charities and the work they do. Additionally, a survey undertaken by Utilita Energy during lockdown revealed the importance of attending football matches for fans’ positive mental health, and how much people struggled without the beautiful game.’ Debra Clason, Utiltia Leith Energy Hub Manager
HIBERNIAN John Hughes Ian Murray Derek Riordan Kevin Harper Colin Nish Rhonda Jones Stuart Lovell Graham Harvey Stevie Harrold Alistair McGregor Alan Reid Davie Nettleship James Anderson Pher Nicolson Harry McGregor Lewis Melee Kieran Power Murray Milligan Arran Ponton Kerr McLernon
HEARTS Andy Webster Ryan Stevenson Ian Black Neil Janczyk David Knox Claire Crosbie Paul Mccloy Nick Murby Leighton Herriot John Matear Joris Van die Wier Stuart Currie Duncan Thomson Liam Clark Darran Thomson Mark Martin Paul Gallacher
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