Healthy Goals 2026

17/08/2026

Happy Monday to you all.

Here's another Player Story ahead of our event in October.

There seems to be a common theme with the attitude of girls being allowed to play football at school in particular.

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08/08/2026

Another day and another story about how Joan Masterton found, and now loves, Walking Football.

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f211916c57.html

We hope this series of stories will encourage others to come along to the Healthy Goals event on 4 October to find out more, maybe participate in the non competitive walking football sessions and either be tested or chat to the health partners supportig the event.

Head to the webste to find out more and sign uo for the event.

Walking Football Scotland
Age Scotland
Jeanfield Swifts Community Football Club

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07/08/2026

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland are a big supporter of Walking Football Scotland and are offering Health Checks at our event on 4 October

Come along. Get you and/or others checked out, play some Walking Football, raise monies for charity and just maybe find a new sport you want to get more involved with.

https://healthy-goals.org

07/08/2026

A good news story from SAMH, one of our Health & Wellbeing Partners at Walking Football Scotland

They are one of the Partners you will find at our event on 4 October

https://healthy-goals.org

Come join us. Have a game of Walking Football. Raise monies for charity and have a bit of fun too!

"I’ve come out of my shell and found a new lease of life again."

Will popped into The Nook for support after struggling to find a direction in his life, as well as dealing with depression and bereavements.

"I struggled for enthusiasm in my life. I watched a lot of daytime TV, my daily hygiene was lacking, and my social life was non-existent.

"After weeks of encouragement and many deliberations I finally plucked up the courage to visit The Nook. I was greeted by one of the volunteers, Louise, who was kind, polite, and put me at ease.

"One of The Nook’s practitioners, Amber, introduced herself and I spilled all my problems to her, and even got teary, but Amber reassured me this was normal and they could help.

"Visiting The Nook is great. You know the faces and everyone is so friendly. It’s really helped me open up more about life, opportunities, and what I have planned for the future."

https://www.samh.org.uk/about-mental-health/samh-stories/wills-story

07/08/2026

Walking Football Scotland Player Story

This post features Kenny Lynn who has Prostate Cancer UK to thank for all the support he required and received.

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/35e867e414.html

At the event on 4 october we are working with Prostate Cancer UK to deliver a number of health checks which might spot the early onset of this cancer.

Head to the website to find out more

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07/08/2026

Congratulations to SC Walking Football Women's team who won the Bonnyrigg Festival which raised money for the OAPs at xmas.

Walking Football Scotland

It's great to see these women are still abe to enjoy the sport while raising monies for others.

Our event on 4 October is as much about participation in the sport as it is about improving the health & wellbeing of people over 40. It's also about raising funds for charty.

Hope you can join us

https://healthy-goals.org

06/08/2026

Ahead of the event in October, and hopefully continuing afterwards, we're producing short comicbook style storyboards to highight some of the reasons people are enjoying the work of Walking Football Scotland and all the clubs across the country

From Giffnock SC Walking Football, here's how Ann got involved and why she would encourage others to do so too

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06/08/2026

Time for another Player's Story.

Walking Football seeks to include everyone irrespective of 'footballing' ability. Ask anyone who plays and they'll talk about the games as you would expect, but the biggest benefit is the social impact it can make. Creating new friendships and support mechanisms that maybe haven't existed for years.

Colin's story about his brother Ian, is such a heart warming tale and one will resonate across the country.

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/e9b4f03ecb.html

We now can't tag all the health partners involved in the Healthy Goals event on October 4, but if you search for Walking Football Scotland and our event Healthy Goals 2026 it should, as the social media streams claim, identify all those that will be involved.

A special note though to both Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and Prostate Cancer UK who will be on hand to provide vital health checks for all those who attend the event, whether to play Walking Football on the day and raise monies for charity or to watch. More details on the event website.

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04/08/2026

So, the couple of stories earlier were both related to men in their 70s still having an active life.

But Healthy Goals and the work of Walking Football Scotland is also about how we support women and, if you go to the website,

https://healthy-goals.org

you'll see we are highlighting the Player's story of who took a tentative first step a couple of years ago and hasn't looked back since.

Read her story and hopefully many other women over 40 will seek our their local club to enjoy the sport

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Prostate Cancer UK
Parkinson's UK
Age Scotland
Walking Scotland

Read more in our Comic below which will be updated on a regular basis with stories and more. Please swipe the bottom left hand or right hand corners of the comic below to see the other pages.

04/08/2026

Thanks to new FB rules, we're now limited to the number of Health Partners we can tag per post even although it's a charity event.

We'll just have to duplicate the key info for each post and split the partners across, hopefully, only two posts

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/8d061affa5.html

This second, well it's the fourth really, post today tells the 'story' of Simon McLean who was instrumental in helping start@Giffnock SC Walking Football over 5 years ago and he's never let me forget it!! ;-)

Walking Football Scotland

please note, health checks will be conducted by our partners

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Prostate Cancer UK
at the event

Giffnock Soccer Centre
GSC Auldhouse Foundation
Southern Sound Hospital Radio
The Scottish Football Union
Almond Hearing

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