Football legend Jimmy Armfield supports dementia awareness campaign
Blackpool and England football legend Jimmy Armfield is appearing in a new video campaign about dementia, inspired by his friend Sir Tom Finney.
Blackpool and England football legend Jimmy Armfield is appearing in a new video campaign about dementia, inspired by his friend Sir Tom Finney.
Blackpool and England hero Jimmy Armfield is appearing in a new video campaign about dementia.
It's a subject close to the footballer's heart, his great friend the Preston North End legend Sir Tom Finney suffered dementia before he died.
Jimmy's appearing in a film, raising awareness of dementia, that has been produced as part of Altogether Now - A Legacy for Blackpool.
That's the partnership between the NHS in Blackpool, Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group and Hospitals Trust, Blackpool Council and Blackpool FC.
In the interview, Jimmy, a health ambassador for the project, said he had become much more aware of the condition as he himself got older.
Former England 1966 world cup winner Jimmy Armfield is backing a campaign to raise awareness of dementia in his hometown of Blackpool.
Jimmy Armfield, who's become a health ambassador raising awareness of dementia, has had a remarkable footballing career.