Key info – mental health and wellbeing
How to create a mentally healthy and safe environment for your sport or activity, at a time when increasing numbers of young people are experiencing some sort of struggle with their mental health.
Creating a psychologically safe culture
Top ways to create a culture of psychological safety and promote the wellbeing and performance of young athletes.
Addressing self-harming behaviour
How can sport or physical activity organisations support someone who is self-harming by recognising, responding and passing on relevant information when appropriate.
Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation
The charter aims to influence the sports sector to support athletes' mental wellbeing and change the stigma around mental health.
Building a collective culture of safety
Connor from the NSPCC Young Person's Board for Change interviews our safeguarding panel about how to build a collective culture of safety in sport.
Mental health and wellbeing statement template
Adapt this mental health and wellbeing statement to support your sports organisation's existing safeguarding policies and to demonstrate your commitment to protecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Supporting young athletes with anxiety
This guidance explores anxiety within a sports context, outlining possible signs and symptoms and what you should do if you suspect that a young person is struggling with an anxiety disorder.
Loneliness and mental health in sport
This webinar looks at how loneliness can be both a sign and symptom of mental ill health in children and young people, and what sports clubs and organisations can do to tackle loneliness.
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