The Real Madrid Foundation receives the 8th Padre Menni Mental Health Award
The club's Director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, collected the award at a ceremony held in Santander.
The Padre Menni Hospital in Santander presented the VIII Mental Health Award, whose aim is to recognise and honour those people or institutions that have excelled in their work in favour of mental health or disability. In this edition, the award was for the Real Madrid Foundation and its socio-sports programmes geared towards guaranteeing accessibility for all to team sport and its values.
Real Madrid's Director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, collected the award at a ceremony which was attended by the President of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla; the Regional Minister of Health, Raúl Pesquera; and the Regional Councillor for Education, Youth and Health of Santander City Council, Noemí Méndez.
Butragueño spoke of his gratitude with the following words: 'Thank you for this honour from the people who have genuinely been masters of hospitality and care for vulnerable groups for more than a century. It is a great source of pride and gives us the impetus to continue on our path to improving lives.
Five centres
Inclusive sport is one of the main areas of activity of the Real Madrid Foundation. In the mental health field, the Programme in Hospitals, since its origins 20 years ago, has reached out to child and adolescent psychiatry patients at the Niño Jesús Hospital through activities in 12 hospitals. This season, five centres for child and adolescent psychiatry are carrying out the Foundation's weekly physical activity programme.
Real Madrid's Director of Institutional Relations, Emilio Butragueño, collected the award at a ceremony which was attended by the President of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla; the Regional Minister of Health, Raúl Pesquera; and the Regional Councillor for Education, Youth and Health of Santander City Council, Noemí Méndez.
Butragueño spoke of his gratitude with the following words: 'Thank you for this honour from the people who have genuinely been masters of hospitality and care for vulnerable groups for more than a century. It is a great source of pride and gives us the impetus to continue on our path to improving lives.
Five centres
Inclusive sport is one of the main areas of activity of the Real Madrid Foundation. In the mental health field, the Programme in Hospitals, since its origins 20 years ago, has reached out to child and adolescent psychiatry patients at the Niño Jesús Hospital through activities in 12 hospitals. This season, five centres for child and adolescent psychiatry are carrying out the Foundation's weekly physical activity programme.