Yard Nine sponsors Foundation of Light's Community Clubs
The Beacon of Light’s Yard Nine café is giving their support to the Foundation of Light’s Community Club teams.
Beacon of Light supports mental wellbeing on Suicide Prevention Week
The Beacon will light up green on World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday 10 September as part of Suicide Prevention Week.
Suicide Prevention Week runs every year throughout the week corresponding to Suicide Prevention Day, building on the campaign to inform and engage about suicide prevention and the warning signs of suicide.
1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health issue each year; that's around 7,500 in a full capacity Stadium of Light!
The Beacon of Light is home to the Foundation of Light, who run various initiatives to support mental wellbeing.
These include the Game of II Halves suicide prevention programme aimed at men 16+, the Believe peer-to-peer women’s support group, and Wear Together sessions which supports those aged over 55 to keep social and active.
We are also proud to host Andy’s Man Club Sunderland every Monday from 7pm, Space North East on Wednesdays from 7pm, and the SAFC Branch Liaison Council Matchday Mental Health Hub with Washington Mind at our Fan Zones.
Beacon to host Remembrance Day Fan Zone for Heroes' Week
The Beacon of Light will host a dedicated Remembrance Day Fan Zone ahead of Sunderland AFC’s match against Coventry City.
Baroness Estelle Morris impressed by Beacon after Foundation's schools conference
Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley, a trustee of Sunderland AFC’s official charity, took part in the conference and called the Beacon ‘a fantastic building’ adding that ‘what happens here is absolutely key.’