Brad Fash has described his pride to pull on the club’s 2024 Charity Jersey in support of Alzheimer’s Society during tomorrow’s Charity Match Day at the MKM Stadium, having seen the illness affect his own family.
The Black & Whites will take to the field on Saturday in their 2024 Charity Jersey against St Helens at the MKM Stadium, as the club aims to highlight the importance of early dementia diagnosis.
The shirt features imagery and newspaper headlines from some of the club’s most iconic moments throughout our 159 year history, with the design fading towards the top of the shirt, while players will also play without names on the back of their shirt during the fixture – these elements aim to attention to how people with dementia lose precious memories, even the names of their favourite players
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As part of the launch of the shirt earlier this month, first-team players Jordan Lane and Brad Fash, as well as former player Lee Crooks, visited Hull FC fan Jo, who currently resides at the Beverley Parklands Care Home and is living with the illness.
Jo became the very first supporter to receive the jersey as part of the home’s ‘Inspire24’ project.
Speaking to hullfc.com, Fash said: “It mean a lot to me to be able to present this shirt to a lifelong supporter who’s going through some hardship right now.
“I am a lifelong Hull FC fan too, and my family have always supported the club too, so it’s really special to me to be able to put a smile on the faces of our supporters with moments like this.
“Memories of sport are incredibly important to a lot of people throughout their lives. As representatives of the club, it’s important that we give our best efforts to not just create those memories, but to help keep them alive the best we can.”
On the club’s partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, he added: “I’m really proud that we’ve linked up with them. There are some players within our team who have people in their lives with the illness, and I’m one of those too.
“It affected our family a few years ago with my grandad. It was a really tough time for our family.
“It will mean a lot to pull on that shirt having dealt with this in our family and I know it will be the same for other members of the team.”
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