Heads Up Therapies Football Club

When:
Wednesdays, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Where:
Fives Trafford, 11 Trafford Way, Manchester M41 7JA.

Run by: Sessions are led by a qualified Occupational Therapist alongside a Level 2 Football Coach, ensuring activities are safe, inclusive, and rehabilitation-focused.

Our weekly football group is designed to support adults with acquired brain injuries through meaningful activity, shared experience, and structured rehabilitation.

Football provides far more than physical exercise. Group-based sessions create opportunities for connection, routine, and a sense of belonging—key factors in long-term rehabilitation and wellbeing. Participants are encouraged to work together, build relationships, and be part of a supportive community where progress is recognised and celebrated.

Sessions combine therapeutic movement with the social and cognitive demands of the game, supporting rehabilitation in a way that is engaging, purposeful, and enjoyable.

Benefits include:

• Improved confidence, motivation, and self-esteem

• Increased sense of community, belonging, and peer support

• Development of communication, teamwork, and social interaction skills

• Improved balance, coordination, endurance, and overall physical fitness

• Support for cognitive skills including attention, planning, processing speed, and decision-making

• Opportunities for problem-solving and adapting to dynamic situations

• Proprioceptive and gross motor sensory input to support regulation and body awareness

• Structured routine to support consistency and engagement in rehabilitation

Eligibility:

• Adults aged 16+

• Participants must be ambulant

• This group is not suitable for wheelchair users