{"id":903988,"date":"2026-09-21T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/903988\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:40:09","slug":"forest-green-rovers-footie-prescribed-for-poor-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/903988\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Green Rovers footie prescribed for poor mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The scheme has partnered with more than a dozen GP surgeries across the Stroud area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really pleased that participant testimonials from last season were so positive,&#8221; said Opher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m confident we can take the learning from the pilot forward into this new season and continue to deliver meaningful outcomes for participants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vince said football could be a &#8220;positive and considerable social force&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;It brings people together, creates a sense of belonging, gives us shared endeavour &#8211; and it&#8217;s fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At FGR last season, we saw the difference that this shared experience game can make for people struggling with their mental health.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The scheme has partnered with more than a dozen GP surgeries across the Stroud area. &#8220;I&#8217;m really pleased&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-903988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903988","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=903988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}