Helgi Thor & Bergthor Bodvarsson | Football for Mental Health in Iceland | FC Sæko | Power of Sport Ep.10
In this episode of the Power of Sport, I sit down with Helgi Thor and Bergthor Bodvarsson - two of the people behind FC Sæko, an independent football club in Reykjavík for men and women living with mental health problems.
FC Sæko was started in 2011 with a simple idea: get people out of isolation, onto a pitch, and give them a reason to show up. Titles and diagnoses stay outside the field. In 2018, UEFA recognised their work with the Grassroots Gold Award - and that same year, Bergthor was voted Citizen of Reykjavík.
We talk about what it actually looks like week to week, what showing up on a…
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