The Players Foundation has been criticised by a charity who say they've had to step in to offer financial support to three former players with dementia, because the Foundation refused to do so.
The Players Foundation is the former charitable arm of the PFA, but the two entities have since split, and work separately.
Former Manchester United and Scotland international Gordon McQueen, ex-Blackburn midfielder Tony Parkes and the former Huddersfield and Bradford forward Allan Gilliver all have advanced dementia, and all are currently in residential care.
The new dementia charity Head for Change which formed three years ago, says their families are struggling to afford the payments, and have donated £3,000 to each of them.
Dr Judith Gates is a co-founder of Head for Change. Her husband, former Middlesbrough player Bill Gates, also has dementia and requires residential care.
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