Up to 30 football teams from across the country have signed up to take part in this year\u2019s Gaelic4Mothers&Others Festival at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Saturday July 25th.<\/p>\n
The annual event, run by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association, will see all monies raised donated to the Cork Mental Health Foundation.<\/p>\n
Registration for this year\u2019s festival is now open, with this year\u2019s host clubs, the Bride Rovers, Dromtarriffe Dollies, and Carrigtwohill Cougars, encouraging other groups to get involved.<\/p>\n
The initiative \u2014 aimed at promoting physical activity, social connection, and positive wellbeing \u2014 provides an innovative and supportive way for women to play football in a fun, inclusive, and non-competitive environment.<\/p>\n
Mental health talks<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s programme, which will focus on mental health and family engagement, encourages women over the age of 25 to take part.<\/p>\n
During the festival, the Healthy Ireland section of Cork County Council will deliver a series of positive mental health talks; Cork Sports Partnership will host family fun games and yoga classes; and Cork\u2019s 96FM will provide entertainment with an MC and DJ.<\/p>\n
The festival is fully supported by Cork GAA, which is providing access to SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh and its facilities.<\/p>\n
Speaking ahead of the festival, event organiser Rosaleen O\u2019 Brien said that Gaelic4Mothers&Others is about \u201cmuch more than football\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about confidence, connection and belonging,\u201d said Ms O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHosting this festival in SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh sends a powerful message about the importance of women\u2019s participation and mental wellbeing within our communities.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
The registration platform for this year\u2019s festival can be accessed via the Cork Gaelic4Mothers&Others Instagram page, at @corkg4mofestivaloffootball.The page will also feature further event updates and announcements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up to 30 football teams from across the country have signed up to take part in this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[21101,195307,49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-484187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-cork-gaa","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}