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Celebrating six years of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation

Today marks six years since the Sport and Recreation Alliance, Professional Players Federation and Mind launched the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation to actively challenge the stigma around mental health in the sporting world.

Published 25 March 2021, Mental Health

Be part of the Mental Health Charter’s sixth anniversary

The Sport and Recreation Alliance, Professional Players Federation and Mind would like to create a video to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Mental Health Charter (25 March 2021) and the work of signatories during a challenging 12 months.

Published 17 February 2021, Mental Health

It’s Time to Talk about mental health, now more than ever

At times like this, checking in on your family, friends or colleagues has never been so important.

Published 04 February 2021, Mental Health

Time to Talk Day: Let’s get chatting about mental health

The Sport and Recreation Alliance is proud to be supporting Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6 February as part of a nationwide push to get people talking more openly about mental health.

Published 05 February 2020, Mental Health

Supporting employee mental health

Since signing the charter in 2016, Swim England have committed to providing better mental health support to their employees.

Published 15 May 2019, Mental Health

Is the sport and recreation sector thriving at work?

300,000 people with a long-term mental health problem lose their jobs each year and analysis shows that poor mental health costs the UK economy between £74 billion and £99 billion a year. The cost to employers is between £33 billion and £42 billion of this number.

Published 08 February 2019, Mental Health

The power of volunteering which inspired a Paralympian

Former Alliance board member Anne Usher MBE has taken time out from her goal to become the first Paralympian to cycle the entire length of the Great Divide, to reflect on how sport volunteering has helped her mental wellbeing.

Published 11 October 2018, Mental Health

How community sport can spark the mental health conversation

In recognition of World Mental Health Day, Chris Mackintosh, our academic partner and Chair of the UK Sport Development Network, describes the role that community sport can play in helping to provoke a conversation that many are hesitant to start.

Published 10 October 2018, Mental Health

Raising awareness of mental health benefits of being active could decrease risk of male suicide, says Sport and Recreation Alliance

According to new research from the Sport and Recreation Alliance physically inactive men are less likely to recognise the positive impact exercise can have on mental wellbeing.  

Published 28 March 2018, Mental Health

Driving positive conversations around mental health

Sunday 25 March marked the third anniversary of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation following its launch in March 2015.

Published 26 March 2018, Mental Health