Following the recent publication of Mind’s ‘Mental Health in Elite Sport’ report, the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation steering group has issued its own ‘Seven Years of Changing Culture’ report highlighting the progress made across the wider sports and recreation sector since 2015 when the Charter was established.
The Charter, which used the power of sport and recreation to promote mental wellbeing through physical activity, has gained 470 signatories from a wide-ranging cross section of sporting organisations from grassroots to elite level, and a selection of case studies are included throughout the report to showcase what has been achieved.
“Since its introduction in 2015, the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation has set out how organisations can adopt good mental health practice to make activities inclusive, positive and open to everyone. But it is only through the collaborative efforts of the 470 signatories, that we have seen improvements in the mental health culture for people working, volunteering and taking part in sport and physical activity,” said Paul Farmer CBE, Chief Executive of Mind.
Looking forward, although the Charter will no longer be seeking new signatories, this report demonstrates the change in culture across sport towards mental health and relevant resources and links to support will continue to be accessible on the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s Charter webpages.
