At this week’s Dormy Open Helsingborg, the ADHD Foundation have been a fundraising partner and have been on site all week.
The charity, which was founded by Jan and Amanda Undin, helps to spread awareness of ADHD and brings together support for families of children with ADHD.
A main goal of the foundation is to make life easier for people diagnosed with ADHD and related diagnoses, as well as their families.
Swedish golfing legend Helen Alfredsson is an ambassador of the foundation and has been on site at the 2024 Dormy Open Helsingborg.
Alfredsson said: “I got involved because I met this girl who talked about her sons and how golf really helped them becoming much calmer people and then I looked back on myself, and I thought why did I up in golf with the way my brain works?
“When we talked it became much clearer to me that the ball is still, you concentrate for a much shorter time and the targets are very obvious. That fits a brain which is constantly on.
“It was good because I got clarification on why I have chosen golf and I also like to use it for kids instead of just being medicated, finding a way to learn about their only disabilities and focusing and why the brain is so constant sometimes.
“It became so important to me to be able to use the ADHD Foundation to spread the word and Solheim Cup star Charley Hull coming out and telling her story about her ADHD diagnosis also helps.
“You can’t take away kids with extreme abilities and medicate them to keep them quiet. Find some usefulness for them and they will run with it, and they need to feel like they are capable of doing stuff.”
Helen has been working alongside Amanda in spreading awareness about the ADHD Foundation at golf events.
The website is a resource which allows people to fundraise for the charity and find out how best to do this.
While the aim of the foundation is to raise money for camps and other activities for children with ADHD through Kollo Full Fart who arrange camps for children between the ages of 9 and 14.
Helen continued: “When I met Amanda, she just felt so helpless. There was no place to read about it, and the traits come out in different ways. Some people hate new clothes, some people don’t like tight clothes.
“There are so many things that people don’t realise are a part of the ADHD diagnosis. We have the website, and we have camps where parents can come with their kids and the parents can meet other parents.
“When you realise you’re not alone, it’s very strong. You realise I am not the only one, so that’s very important and it becomes a release that we can talk to each other and work together.”
To find out more information, please visit: www.adhdfonden.com
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