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A Soccer Club For Bereaved Dads Started With Two People And Has Just Won A National Award

When two bereaved fathers first showed up to kick a soccer ball around in Blackburn, England, the idea was simple: give men who had lost a child a place to come together through sport, something uncomplicated and human, where grief did not have to be explained or performed. That modest beginning has since grown into Blackburn Rovers Dads FC, a free weekly soccer session now 25 members strong, run by qualified coaches from the Blackburn Rovers Community Trust and designed as an informal space where fathers who have experienced child loss can play, talk, and find their way back to one another. The group has just been named the EFL Championship Community Project of the Season by the English Football League, an award that recognizes outstanding club charity work that creates meaningful and lasting change far beyond what happens on a pitch. The founder, Sarah Bernasconi-Parsons from Maggie’s Stillbirth Legacy, said she built it around a simple truth: men and sport go hand in hand.

What began as two dads showing up for a kick-around has expanded into something far richer, with many members staying connected long after the sessions end, organizing social events together, sharing fundraising efforts, and building friendships grounded in a shared experience most people around them cannot fully understand. Participants have described the group as a lifeline, a word that says something specific about how much the absence of spaces like this costs people quietly and invisibly. The Blackburn Rovers Community Trust CEO said the award was a testament to the compassion and commitment the project brings to bereaved fathers in the community. It is, at its core, a reminder that sometimes the most powerful intervention available to a grieving person is the simplest one: someone to play alongside.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy415143d3yo

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