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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

Supporting children and young people’s mental health

The Alliance’s Policy Adviser Ben Jessup reflects on the key announcements within the Government’s recent Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health and considers how sport and recreation can support these.

 

Published 06 December 2017, Mental Health

Courageous leadership is key in ensuring we protect our athletes and the culture and ethics of our high performance system

In Mental Health Awareness Week, John Steele, Chairman of the English Institute of Sport (EIS), which is a signatory of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation, highlights work being done in the high performance system to protect athlete welfare and sets out ways that more can be done in the Tokyo cycle

Published 10 May 2017, Mental Health

Over three quarters of organisations cite Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation as influential in creating culture change towards mental health

Signatories of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation have reported an encouraging change in how their organisation thinks and talks about mental health.

Published 29 March 2017, Mental Health

Press release: Sport and Recreation Alliance calls for greater recognition of benefits of physical activity on mental health

New research from the Sport and Recreation Alliance looking at the role of sport and physical activity on mental health has found that a third of people who are currently inactive, would consider getting active if they knew more about the mental wellbeing benefits of exercise.

Published 26 March 2017, Mental Health

Taking the reins with #JockeyMatters – how jockeys are being supported to have good mental health

Paul Struthers, CEO of the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA), blogs about his personal experience of mental health and how the Jockeys Employment and Training Scheme and PJA are working together to improve the mental wellbeing of jockeys.

Published 10 October 2016, Mental Health