Alan Pringle Email & Phone Number

Alan trained as a Registered Mental Health nurse and as a Registered General Nurse in Glasgow. After working in the city as a Staff Nurse Alan moved to Mansfield to work at Millbrook Mental Health Unit when it opened in 1987. During his time at Millbrook Alan managed acute wards and the multidisciplinary Day Therapy Area until 1993.In 1993 Alan worked as a teacher practitioner between Millbrook and the University of Nottingham School of Nursing, a role that involved teaching three days per week and clinical work for two.He took up a full time post with the University of Nottingham as a lecturer in mental health nursing in 2004.Alan has worked in the area of football and mental health promotion and interventions in a number of ways in recent years.His PhD looked at the impact that actively supporting a club (in this case Mansfield Town FC) could have on the mental health of supporters. He was involved in the development of the "It's a Goal!" programme which places staff in football stadiums to work primarily with young men in mental health promotion and mental health intervention work. "It's a Goal!" has run in 16 different professional clubs from large premiership clubs like Manchester United and Stoke City to lower division clubs like Macclesfield Town and Plymouth Arglye.Alan was involved in developing the Positive Goals football league with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust. This league for service users involves teams from all over the county coming together to play matches on a monthly basis and each year comprises of between 10 and 12 teams.Alan is a member of the Football and Mental Health Group for TIme -to-Change the national anti-stigma organisation.Alan also has an active interest elderly and dementia care and has publishes and researches in this field. This has included building and using memory rooms and the use of ipad technology for reminiscence in dementia care.

Listed skills include Lecturing, University Teaching, Higher Education, Clinical Research, and 6 others.

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  Waverley Secondary School, Drumchapel, Glasgow