In the presence of Mayor Dirk De fauw, Alderman for Welfare Pieter Marechal and Alderman for Culture Nico Blontrock, the newest Foundation project Football Memories was presented today. Club legend Raoul Lambert was the first to discover the sports bag full of soccer memories. The soccer bag should help caregivers and care teams help seniors with (incipient) dementia reminisce about the rich soccer past of their favorite club, Club Brugge.
SOCCER BAG FULL OF CLUB MEMORIES
Football Memories is a project that has come over from Scotland and the Netherlands. Football Memories, reminiscing, retrieving soccer memories together, stimulating the brain and thus combating dementia. That is the essence of Club Brugge Foundation's Football Memories project. Elderly people meet each other in a safe and quiet environment and, under supervision, reminisce together. At the same time, the project combats loneliness in Bruges society, because soccer, like no other sport, has the ability to involve, bring together and connect people. This year Club Brugge celebrates its 130th anniversary. 130 years, countless victories, but above all a wonderful soccer history. Based on this history, Culb Brugge Foundation put together a sports bag full of unique soccer memories.
COLLABORATION
This project is an initiative of 'Brugge revolves around People' in collaboration with Erfgoedcel Brugge, Cercle Brugge Community and Club Brugge Foundation. We are convinced that soccer is more than playing matches and scoring goals. It is striving together for a better society. A society where inclusion and diversity are celebrated and where we exclude loneliness and dementia. Only by working together can we best invest in the physical and mental health of our many Bridge supporters.
Football Memories can be borrowed for free through the City of Bruges' Heritage Cell as of February .