Love of the Game Founder & Chair Laurence Geller was recently invited to take part in an important Parliamentary roundtable on concussion in sports. Hosted by Chris Bryant MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain Injuries, the session brought together leading industry stakeholders and parliamentarians to coordinate research, policy, and guidelines. Laurence, …
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The UK Government has issued a detailed action plan to deal with Concussion in Sport. Love of the Game (LOTG) and our Chairman, Laurence Geller, are integral to planning and delivery. This comes in response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) Select Committee earlier this year. LOTG President Simon Shaw was …
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Samson Rising documents your life, the roller-coaster of growing up on a tough Council Estate in Cornwall and your discovery of sport, through to your life-altering MS diagnosis and establishing a bespoke MS therapy centre in Surrey. What inspired you to share your story and what do you hope your readers take away from it? …
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Ahead of Love of the Game’s landmark Hakathon this weekend, we are pleased to have the support of the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and its Minister for Sport and Tourism Nigel Huddleston. Ahead of the event Nigel said: “This ground-breaking Hackathon is a wonderfully creative innovation aimed at finding solutions to …
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A Message from Our President “As a former sportsperson competing at the highest level on the international stage, I’ve seen the impact of head injuries on those around me – and also felt it myself. Sadly, too often it’s only after your career that you reflect on the risks taken and the damage you may …
