Westminster Wealth Management Team Photo NASS 5-a-side football tournament 2024

NASS 5-a-side Football Tournament

Thank you to all teams for making the first ever NASS 5-a-side football tournament such a fun, competitive and successful afternoon, raising £13,500 to support people with axial SpA. We can't wait to welcome you back for our next tournament in 2025!

Thank you to all amazing corporate football teams for making the first ever NASS 5-a-side football tournament such a fun, competitive and successful afternoon.

Together, you raised £13,500 to support people with axial SpA. Thank you.

Special thanks to Danny McFarlane, who lives with axial SpA and is a member of the NASS Fundraising Board, for all your hard work, dedication and commitment to gathering together such a fantastic group of corporate teams together. And thank you to every player and team for playing the tournament with such great spirit, healthy competitiveness and sense of fun.

Congratulations to Rathbones for winning the tournament!

And congratulations to Wedlake Bell LLP for coming runners up and to Brandsmiths for their bronze medal.

Thank you to the following 10 corporate companies for playing:

  • Brandsmiths
  • Wedlake Bell LLP
  • Waverton Investment Management Ltd
  • Rathbones Group
  • Joelson Law
  • Quilter Cheviot Investments
  • Mamedica
  • LGT Wealth Management
  • Life Remixed Ltd
  • Westminster Wealth Management

Sign up for the next NASS 5-a-side Football Tournament - Limited spaces available!

Interested in getting a team together to join in 2025? Fill in the form below and we'll get in touch. Date tbc. Venue likely to be Powerleague, Vauxhall, London. 

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Get in touch

If you are a corporate team interested in signing up for the NASS 5-a-side football tournament in 2025 (date tbc) and want to know more, please email fundraising@nass.co.uk or call 020 8741 1515 and press option 2.

Contact the fundraising team

What will be provided on the day?

Everything you will need will be provided on the day, including:

  • An event manager
  • 5-a-aside pitches
  • FA Qualified Referees for all games
  • Balls & bibs, and …
  • A fully engraved Winners Cup for the champions, 7 individual winners’ trophies and 7 runners’ up trophies, and team photos!

All you will need to bring is a team of up 5-8 players, a drink and lots of team spirit for a great afternoon!

Other ways to fundraise for NASS

  • 220k

    Adults in the UK

    1 in 200 of the adult population in the UK have axial SpA (AS). That's twice as many as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.

  • 26

    Average age

    Axial SpA (AS) is a condition that affects young people. Symptoms start late teens to early twenties, with the average age of onset being 26.

  • 8.5

    Years to diagnosis

    The current average delay to diagnosis from when symptoms start is 8.5 years, by which irreversible damage to the spine may have occurred.

  • 59%

    Mental health

    59% of people with axial SpA (AS) report experiencing mental health problems compared to 25% of those with musculoskeletal conditions overall.