The Frank Bruno Foundation Team provide Round by Round programmes to support those suffering from early stages mental ill health. The Frank Bruno Foundation Team aim to provide support and encouragement, and the motivation to succeed, for those facing and recovering from mental ill-health by providing opportunities to participate in a wellbeing and non-contact boxing programme for anyone aged 10 y
ears and over, supported by a need-led wraparound service offering advice and signposting on housing, benefits, volunteering, employment and CV writing skills. Our aim is to directly support participants in building self-esteem, confidence, resilience and discipline and in applying such skills to their daily lives. Within our first Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre and Gym we provide a safe environment to residents of England, Wales and Northern Ireland facing and recovering from mental ill health symptoms by delivering wellbeing sessions alongside non-contact boxing workouts bringing together healthy bodies and healthy minds. Our Round by Round Programme will be run from our first centre in Standens Barn in Northampton. Each Round by Round Programme will consist of a 12 week (one day per week) programme with a maximum of 20 clients on each day. The Centre will open five days a week for different clients to access. The aim is to bring healthy-body and healthy-mind approaches together to provide a holistic and enjoyable approach to supporting all clients with mental ill health. The Wellbeing element of our programme will use a strength based approach and is supported by a team of specially trained facilitators. The physical element of the programme will be a physical workout, with non-contact boxing, such as skipping, punching pads and a general workout aiming to improve physical and mental toughness. As a Foundation we are also committed to help raise the public awareness and understanding of mental ill health, and to break and knockout the stigma attached to this. We will continue to campaign to raise public awareness of how this can affect anyone at any time.
