3 April 2020

With the suspension of our Clubs due to COVID-19, we are encouraging everyone, no matter where you are, to #TalkAboutSport

We all know someone who loves to talk about sport. Talking about sport is the bedrock of our community Clubs for older people. It’s a powerful, emotive and often joyous topic that engages people on all levels. We use sport to tackle social isolation and improve physical and cognitive well-being and resilience.

Now that so many of us are isolated from our loved ones and friends, we want to encourage as many people as possible to talk about sport. To engage by whatever means we can with our family and friends of all ages, spark lively conversations and bring to the fore all those positive memories.

That’s why we have launched #TalkAboutSport. We want to demonstrate to as many people as possible the health, wellbeing and social benefits of talking about sport. We will give you a taste of what happens at our Clubs and demonstrate how to bring this into the home and over the telephone

The campaign will evolve over the coming weeks and days, as we open up new channels of communication, gain coverage, and add new resources to our website and to use at home.

How you can help

• Please support us by encouraging as many people as possible to #TalkAboutSport – whether by social media or starting those sporting conversations!
  
  
• Visit our Let's Talk Sport section of this website to use our resources and bring the joy of sporting memories to friends and family. Our resources include a video about using one-to-one reminiscence over the telephone – for some older people their only means of connection to family and friends.
  
  
• Sign up to the fun and informative weekly digital version of our iconic Sporting Pink publication - it's available to everyone
  
  
• Of course, don't forget to follow, like and re-tweet us on social media! #TalkAboutSport
  
  
• Have you thought about volunteering for us? Find out more about volunteering and how more than ever you can help us to tackle social isolation
  
  
• We urge you to support and donate to our ongoing work during the COVID-19 crisis – as we continue to support older people at this time of necessary social isolation and find ways to encourage everyone to #TalkAboutSport.

Thank you from everyone at Sporting Memories for your continued support and for finding ways every day to #TalkAboutSport

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