BBC Radio Lancashire Sport

On Tuesday 19th February, BBC Lancashire Sport broadcast the first episode of a two part programme exploring football, sport and dementia. BBC broadcast journalist Andy Bayes visited the weekly Sporting Memories club at Leyland, run in partnership with the Lancashire Football Association. The club has been established through funding provided to Sporting Memories by the National Lottery and Sport England, as part of their innovative Active Ageing Programme.

Listen again: 💻 https://t.co/oahGha8iEP📱

Part one of our special on how @SportsMemNet, a sporting reminiscence charity that runs sessions in #Chorley & #Leyland,, is helping people to “tackle dementia, depression and loneliness” pic.twitter.com/dhaDLv4mbU
— BBC Lancashire Sport (@BBCLancsSport) February 20, 2019

Interviews include volunteers, including group leader Keith McIntosh, along with club members and Sporting Memories Co-founder, Tony Jameson-Allen

Listen to part one at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zvtw4 (commences at 22 minutes)

Part two will be broadcast at 6pm on Tuesday 26th February

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