Player Foundations

Chris Mitchell Foundation

The Chris Mitchell Foundation was established in memory of the former Bradford City player to raise awareness around mental health and wellbeing for players, ex-players and staff working in the Scottish professional football industry. The foundation collaborates with clubs and mental health charities to promote and safeguard the mental health and wellbeing of Scotland’s professional footballers and staff.

Alan Shearer Foundation

The Alan Shearer Foundation was set up to directly support the Alan Shearer Centre – a highly specialist, disability, respite, residential and social provision for people with complex and acute disabilities and sensory impairments. The foundation ensures facilities, including specialist leisure activities and respite breaks, remain free to use for disabled people and their families.

Darby Rimmer MND Foundation

In 2019, former Liverpool, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers footballer Stephen Darby and British Forces veteran Chris Rimmer launched the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation. Stephen and Chris both have motor neurone disease (MND) and the foundation aims to raise awareness of MND and fund and assist research into the illness. They also offer grants to those with MND and provide information and emotional support for those diagnosed with the disease.

Cyrille Regis Legacy Trust

The Cyrille Regis Legacy Trust was set up to continue the great community work that the late West Bromwich Albion striker was involved in. This includes the Strike A Change mentoring programme, which is a collaboration of all six West Midland Football Club Foundations to support disadvantaged young people who demonstrate a passion for football.

Russell Martin Foundation

The Russell Martin Foundation is a charity based in Brighton and Hove that uses the power of football to help change people’s lives. Set up by former player Russell Martin, the foundation includes a well-established football academy, an alternative education programme for 11–13-year-olds and a health department that distributes food to those in need within the local community.

DT38 Foundation

The DT38 Foundation was set up in memory of Dylan Tombides, an Australian and West Ham United footballer who was just 20 when he lost his battle with testicular cancer. The foundation tackles the stigma surrounding testicular cancer and other men’s health issues, and runs awareness campaigns encouraging men and boys to regularly check their bodies.