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It's a Goal! reaches the House of Commons! |
 6th November 2009 and It's a Goal! finds itself the subject of an Early Day Motion tabled by the MP for Blackpool...
Please find below for your information a recent Early Day Motion Tabled by Gordon Marsden MP. The Early Day Motion (EDM) is a much-used device to publicise the views of individual Members of Parliament, and to demonstrate the extent of support among MPs for a particular cause or point of view.
Mr Gordon Marsden has tabled an Early Day Motion. The text is as follows:
LAUNCH BY SIR BOBBY CHARLTON OF BLACKPOOL FC'S IT'S A GOAL INITIATIVE 4:11:09
- Mr Gordon Marsden
- Mrs Joan Humble
- Mr Martin Caton
- Geraldine Smith
- Jeff Ennis
- Laura Moffatt
That this House congratulates Blackpool Football Club and NHS Blackpool on the launch by Sir Bobby Charlton at the Bloomfield Road ground of their It's a Goal! initiative, a programme using the appeal of football and the facilities of the club, to encourage young men with mental health issues to get support and help in that informal and social setting; applauds the work of Sir Bobby Charlton as an ambassador for the initiative and his reunion at the launch with his friend and 1966 World Cup team-mate Jimmy Armfield, whose role as a champion in Blackpool for this and so many other community initiatives in the town is being underlined by naming the club's new stand the Jimmy Armfield Stand; notes that Blackpool NHS's innovative basing of its staff in offices at the ground tangibly expresses how Blackpool Football Club is at the heart of the community; and further congratulates Karl Oyston and his family, Terry Lamb and Derek Spence, team manager Ian Holloway and all the players for their consistent support for this and other community initiatives in Blackpool. Blackpool PCT are currently involved in negotiations, along with six other North West PCT's, to bring the It's a Goal! programme to their local football club. This follows an initiative by the Mental Health Improvement Programme (MHIP), and it is hoped official launches will begin early in the New Year. |
