Today we are supporting Level Playing Field's 'Unite For Access' campaign and making live sport more inclusive for disabled supporters.
Robins supporter Adam Collings regularly watches home matches from the Colin Farmer Stand sponsored by JM Weston Construction, he loves commentating on the game each week using his Dictaphone.
When Adam was seven months old, he was in the hospital for a lengthy spell due to a delay in his birth where he suffered breathing problems.
This left him in intensive care for six weeks with his family not knowing whether he’d survive, and if so, whether he’d walk or suffer severe brain damage.
This made his mother, Linda, push the best physio/cranial therapist and assistance she could find. Adam then started going to St. Roses Disabled School in Stroud to give him independence. He gained many friends there and had an active social life.
Later, when he moved to Leckhampton, he quickly became a Cheltenham Town fan, and from then on, there was no other team for him.
His family and various helpers would take him to the ground, so he could get to as many home matches as possible. Sadly, Adam’s mother passed away when he was just 16 years old, and his dad, Richard, passed away unexpectedly in December 2019.
When his aunty and now guardian, Shirley, phones him to see how the Robins did, he’ll never say they lost. He instead says, “They nearly won.”
Two years ago, Shirley sought the help of the Robins Trust to help Adam attend home matches, and Gavin Garthwaite kindly offered to help. They now watch the games together each week - keep up the good work Adam and thanks for your support!
