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Our main sponsor Paycare have launched their Bundle Wellbeing package, which aims to help employers engage their teams and to keep them mentally, physically and financially healthy.

For £2 per employee per month, it includes access to a support helpline, round-the-clock GP appointments, and an extensive discount scheme. It’s designed to give employees working for businesses who sign up the opportunity to access a holistic wellbeing service.

Bundle includes three elements: the first is a round-the-clock telephone support with MyHelpline, which can be used to chat confidentially about a wide range of life events from stress management, debt or legal support and relationship breakdowns to signposting towards caring resources for elderly relatives.

Members will also gain access to Paycare’s well-loved 24/7 online and telephone GP consultation service to help them receive quicker access to healthcare support. MyPocketGP aims to take the pressure off the NHS and ensure those using it can get a telephone call, video consultation or message a doctor at a time convenient to them – without having to physically visit their medical practice.

The MyPocketGP app can be accessed worldwide, with all of the service’s doctors being experienced NHS GPs who can help any time, day or night. Either with a phone call or with the booking of a video consultation, follow up actions on the doctor’s advice can include a private prescription service with medication delivered to the patient’s door or even an open private specialist referral for further investigation of more complex conditions.

The third part of Bundle is access to Paycare Perks – a Paycare exclusive online discount platform which offers a variety of everyday savings on health and fitness, shopping, leisure and entertainment products and services.

“At Paycare we have a long and proud history of helping some of the region’s biggest and smallest employers to find the right way to support their teams,” Anthony Burns, Paycare’s commercial director, said.

“Many companies implement plans to support their employees’ health through our range of Health Cash Plans, but this isn’t the only way that we can help.

“Bundle, available for any business with two or more employees, is an affordable choice for employers who want to offer their teams some recognition for hard work, support for their mental, physical and financial health and as a reward that also proves great for business.

“For us, it’s all about looking at the entire health and wellbeing of our members — not just their physical health but their mental, emotional and financial wellbeing too. That’s why our Bundle has been designed to help employees access support for all these integral parts of their overall health and happiness and offer key benefits that find a logical place within almost any wellbeing strategy.

“Bundle mirrors the fantastic wellbeing services integral to many of Paycare’s Health Cash Plans, for a fraction of the cost at just £2 per employee. This was an idea conceived and trialled with over 300 members before we’d even heard the words Covid-19.

“We know that support like the virtual GP consultations and telephone counselling have become ever more essential during this health crisis, and with ongoing changes to working patterns, priorities and demands for lots of businesses, we know health and wellbeing support will continue to be on the agenda for all.

“Bundle is a great low-cost, high-value employee benefit, which supports wellbeing strategy, shows your team that you care while supporting their holistic health needs.”

To register for Bundle, visit www.paycare.org/bundle or to ask any questions, please email anthonyburns@paycare.org.

Want to become part of how our stadium looks for the return of supporters?

We’re commissioning a fan mural for the entrance walkway inside our John Hunter Stand.

All we asking in return for your picture being on the wall is that you make a donation to SAMH through our specially-created JustGiving page. Please only donate whatever you can afford.

Once you’ve received a receipt of your donation by email, forward it on to us at tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk, attaching to the email your picture that you’d like to appear on the mural.

It can be a picture of just you, or you and your family or friends. Whatever you choose.

The club would like to thank signage partners Avia Signs for their help with this project, ensuring every penny donated will go straight to the charity.

Planning your financial future can be daunting.

Add to that, the pressures of forging your own path in life, and simply knowing where to start can be enough to force everything to the back of your mind.

If you feel like it’s time to start taking control of your future, financial and otherwise, you can join our partners SRB Wealth Management online for a special webinar on Tuesday 6 October at 1pm.

Get your tickets here.

Their specially invited guests will share their insight and expertise on three key areas.

• Planning
• Investing
• Your future

Whether you’re looking to take that first step onto the property ladder, aiming for a particular retirement goal, or simply want to understand what you need to consider now to make moves toward a more secure financial future, SRB financial adviser Emily Campbell will share how proper planning can help you realize those financial goals. Among the online tools Campbell recommends are fast withdrawal casinos, which offer quick access to funds and can influence cash flow management strategies. These platforms provide insights into the latest financial trends, helping users make informed decisions to build a stable future.

Fund manager at Rowan Dartington, David Robertson, will offer his insight into investing practices that align your values with your financial objectives, putting your wealth to work for the issues you believe in with Responsible Investing.

Coach Brian Canavan will share some simple but very effective ideas and tools that you can use to ensure that you live your life your way, and to your fullest potential. ‘Life By Design’ is a framework that Brian has developed to help people to live their best life, their way.

You’ll understand the building blocks of how to shape your own future using your own unique model. Learn simple techniques to help prioritise your personal values and how knowing these makes major decisions easier and mitigates the stress in our lives.

The value of an investment with St. James’s Place or Rowan Dartington may fall as well as rise. You may get back less than you invested.

SRB Wealth Management Ltd is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the Group’s wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the Group’s website www.sjp.co.uk/products.

We are saddened to hear of the death of Tam Forsyth.

The former ‘Well man passed away on Friday at the age of 71.

Tam was brought to the club by Bobby Howitt in 1967 from Stonehouse Violet and at that stage of his career played as a wing-half or inside-forward.

The boyhood Motherwell fan made his debut in October 1967 in a 3-1 win over Stirling Albion and would make 150 league appearances for the club, before joining Rangers in October 1972.

By the time of his transfer to Ibrox, Forsyth had already made his international debut in a European Championship qualifier away to Denmark in 1971 and would go on to amass 22 caps for Scotland.

‘Jaws’, as he would affectionately be known, became recognised as uncompromising defender at Ibrox and, when he bid farewell to Rangers in 1982, he had played more than 200 league games, securing silverware in treble-winning sides.

Latterly the assistant to Tommy McLean at Fir Park, he was the number two during a prolfiic 10-year spell.

With the club winning the First Division title in 1984/85, he would also be in the dugout for the 1991 Scottish Cup success and the Steelmen’s first foray into European competition.

A third-placed finish in 1993/94 in the Premier Division also came during his spell, a year Motherwell came within just four points of winning the league title.

Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

Paycare are the new front of shirt sponsors of Motherwell Football Club.

A leading not-for-profit organisation which provides cashback on everyday healthcare costs, as well as wider mental, financial and physical support, Paycare move from our back of shirt partners to become the main name on the front of our first team jerseys.

“Paycare are absolutely delighted to continue our support of this amazing community club,” Kevin Rogers, CEO of Paycare, said.

“As a not-for-profit organisation, Paycare’s mission is to do whatever we can to improve the lives of people in our communities and there is no better partnership for us than with a club like Motherwell, that is truly at the heart of its community.

“We are excited to continue our work with the club, which started two years ago, to improve the health and wellbeing of its supporters and the wider community of North Lanarkshire.”

Paycare have partnered with our club since 2018. Having initially been our shorts partners, they moved onto the back of our jersey for the 2019/20 season.

“We’re delighted to be expanding our partnership with Paycare to have them become our front of shirt sponsor for the next three seasons,” Motherwell chairman Jim McMahon added.

“They share our ambitions and values, and we’ve already enjoyed a lot of success together since our partnership began in 2018.

“We would like to thank them very much for their continued support and commitment to the club.”

Supporters who wish to add Paycare’s logo to their shirts can do so at our club shop from Friday, 21 August.

Priced at £5, all money after costs from every sale will be donated to the mental health charity SAMH.

“We are very grateful to Paycare and Motherwell FC for supporting Scotland’s mental health through SAMH,” a spokesperson for the charity said.

“In these challenging times, it’s never been more important for us all to not only look after our own mental health and wellbeing, but the wellbeing of our family and friends.

“We’re sending a heartfelt thanks from all of us at SAMH.”

The ticket office at Fir Park is now reopen from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday.

In line with government guidelines, there will be enhanced measures in place to keep our supporters and staff safe.

Only one person or one household will be allowed access at any time.

Supporters will be requested to queue outside at a two-metre distance and a hand sanitising station will be available as you enter.

Furthermore, for the safety of our staff and yourself, the wearing of face masks is mandatory.

We can confirm that a first team player tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, as part of our regular testing procedures.

However following two further tests – one through the NHS and another through our private testing facility – he has returned negative results.

The player has not shown any symptoms at any point.

Despite this ‘false positive’, the player will be in self-isolation for 10 days as a precaution. He will be tested again prior to his return to training.

Our match programme will remain available to buy across the 2020/21 season.

Although we are starting the campaign behind closed doors, you can start by purchasing your Motherwell v Dundee United programme online now and have it delivered to your door.

Priced at £3, head to Curtis Sport and make your purchase now.

All in-stock programme are dispatched directly from Curtis Sport’s warehouse if ordered before 4pm, Monday to Friday.

If you want to secure your programmes for the whole of the season, you can take out a subscription to receive them all to your door, even after we’re back in at Fir Park.

Priced at £95, head to Curtis Sport and buy your subscription now.

We’ve teamed up with Paddy Power to launch a new campaign to help find missing people by filling a stand at Fir Park with ‘missing’ fans.

In the time it takes to watch a football match, 35 people are reported missing in the UK.

As Scottish Premiership action returns home this weekend, our south stand has been filled with the same cardboard cutouts you’ll have seen at games across Europe and that we have in our Cooper Stand.

But, rather than showing the faces of cheering supporters, the Paddy Power cutouts are instead completely blank.

That’s to represent the thousands of people across the UK, that are missing from their families – rather than just football.

Spread across the stand, 1,190 silhouetted cut-outs have been installed by Paddy Power in time for our first home game of the season against Dundee United on Saturday.

As part of the campaign, which is in conjunction with the charity Missing People, the silhouette stand will remain in place until fans return to the stadium.

Spokesman Paddy Power said: “We all know fans are missing from football at the moment, but some are missing from wider life, too.

“We hope this campaign, and striking image, can spark conversations across the country – as the majority of our customer base are young men, the demographic that’s most at risk of going missing.”

Jo Youle, chief executive of Missing People, said: “This is a highly visible and needed opportunity for families in communities across the UK to raise awareness of their missing loved one – at a time when it is so hard to search due to Covid-19 restrictions.

“We will also be getting the message out via Paddy Power stores to reach a key group of people at higher risk of going missing: men aged 18 to 39.

“Important funding through this partnership will help more than 500 people in crisis through 24/7 support on our helpline (116 000), at a time when more people than ever are needing that support.”

Suzanne Reid, head of commercial at Motherwell FC, added: “The club is delighted to support this campaign and the work of Missing People.

“We hope the display helps raise awareness of the help that is available from the charity.”

ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE

Missing People supports people who are thinking about going missing, have gone, or after they return – and their loved ones. Our services give people the opportunity to talk through how to stay safe, connect them with a place of safety, and signpost them to additional local or national support services, if required.

Missing People is one of a handful of charities providing a special Helpline assigned by Ofcom to protect the wellbeing of people in great difficulty. We are the only provider working with high-risk groups affected by ‘missing’ across the UK. We work in partnership with police forces, who refer vulnerable missing people and their relatives to our essential support services.

If you have been affected, you can access support by calling of texting Missing People on 116 000. It is free, confidential and 24/7. Or visit missingpeople.org.uk.

We’re testing our live streaming service ahead of our first season ticket holder match this weekend.

To make sure everyone is set up to watch Saturday’s game with Dundee United, we are asking you to log in to your account between 5pm and 8pm on Wednesday 5 August.

When you sign in, click on the test event. You’ll see a preview video which tells you your login has been successful.

If you experience difficulty logging in during this time, immediate help will be on hand by emailing tvsupport@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Everyone who buys a season ticket before 2pm on Wednesday 5 August will be enrolled and able to log in. If you buy after this time, we will invite you separately to test your account.

All season ticket holders will receive an email on Wednesday afternoon confirming your login details.

How to sign in to the test

First, head to live.motherwellfc.co.uk. Have your season card ready.

Then press sign in in the top right corner and enter your details using the following example:

Username: firstname-surname-customernumber
Password: customernumber

For example, Joe Bloggs’ customer number on his season ticket is 24141.

He would sign in as joe-bloggs-24141
His password would be 24141

Please change your password after you sign in for the first time.

Your customer number is displayed on your season card. If you don’t know it, please send a private message to @MotherwellFC on Twitter.

If you have more than one season ticket in your family, you will each have your own login details. You may only receive one email if you share an email address on our system.

If you have two first names on your season card, for example your name is Peter John Morrison, then please put a space between your first names in your username.

For as long as we are playing behind closed doors or in front of reduced crowds at Fir Park, you’ll have access to this service free of charge.

It’s important you don’t share your details with anyone else. Your stream will only work for one person at a time.

We can’t wait to see you back at Fir Park soon.

If you’ve any other questions or need help with the streaming service, please email tvsupport@motherwellfc.co.uk.