A football manager who leads a walking football team for people with Parkinson's disease said the sport gives the players "a new lease of life".
Nigel Osmond has managed about 28 walking footballers at Portishead Town FC, near Bristol, in weekly sessions since May last year.
On Saturday, teams from across the country played in the first South West Parkinson's walking football festival.
Osmond said: "They've had a new lease of life. The benefits to them are starting to come out now. I don't want to ask too much, I just want to make sure it's fun for them."
UK-wide, more than 166,000 people are thought to be living with the disease, which impacts mobility, speech, focus, sleep and independence. There is currently no cure.
Nigel Osmond has managed about 28 walking footballers at Portishead Town FC, near Bristol, in weekly sessions since May last year.
On Saturday, teams from across the country played in the first South West Parkinson's walking football festival.
Osmond said: "They've had a new lease of life. The benefits to them are starting to come out now. I don't want to ask too much, I just want to make sure it's fun for them."
UK-wide, more than 166,000 people are thought to be living with the disease, which impacts mobility, speech, focus, sleep and independence. There is currently no cure.
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