Signatories that have had their action plan approved
By signing up to the Charter, you are committing to helping make our vision, to embed mental health within sport and recreation to create a culture shift that removes the stigma around mental health, a reality.
Sign up to the charter here
Some of the many ways we will we will achieve this is by:
- Using the power of sport and recreation to promote wellbeing, with a special focus on encouraging physical activity and social interaction.
- Publicly promoting and adopting good mental health policies and best practice within our sports and recreational activities.
- Using diverse role models and ambassadors to reduce the stigma attached to mental health problems.
- Actively tackling discrimination on the grounds of mental health to ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
- Supporting the establishment of a network to work closely with the mental health sector to develop resources and best practice.
- Regularly monitoring our performance, assess progress and take positive action on mental health issues.
You will be asked to commit to three actions when you sign-up to the Mental Health Charter. Don’t worry this isn’t a test, we know organisations are at different stages of their work around mental health so these will differ for each signatory.
To help you take action we've added some examples below.
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| Using the power of sport and recreation to promote wellbeing, with a special focus on encouraging physical activity and social interaction for their contribution to good mental health. |
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| Publicly promoting and adopting good mental health policies and best practice within our sports and recreational activities. | Promote positive health behaviours and prevention measures e.g. introduce Wellness Action Plans for staff to support them to stay well. | ||||
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Promoting positive public health messages using diverse role models and ambassadors to reduce the stigma attached to mental health problems.
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Recruit ambassadors and champions who are willing to support the Charter including those who have personal experience /close experience of mental health problems and those who can champion the programme. | ||||
| Actively tackling discrimination on the grounds of mental health to make sure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect. |
Sign up to support #SportMinds campaigns including: World Mental Health Day (10 October)
Time to Talk Day (1 February)
Use #SportMinds when promoting our own activities.
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| Supporting the establishment of a network to work closely with the mental health sector to develop resources and best practice. |
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| Regularly monitoring our performance, assessing progress and taking positive action on mental health issues. |
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance, alongside the Professional Players Federation (PPF) and with support from the mental health charity Mind, launched the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation in March 2015.
Since then we've been encouraging other organisations within the sector to show their support and sign-up to the Charter. The response has been phenomenal with over 400 organisations now being signed-up to the Charter in total.
Current no. of signatories |
466 |
The following Charter signatories have completed their development of a Mental Health Charter Action Plan:
| Access Sport | Active Ashfield | Active Devon |
| Active Tameside | British Mountaineering Council | British Canoeing |
| British Horseracing Authority | British Orienteering | British Weightlifiting |
| Burton Albion Community Trust | Chepstow Harriers | Child Protection in Sport Unit |
| Derbyshire Sport | Eastbourne Leisure Trust (Serco) | Edinburgh University Sports Union |
| England Athletics | England Cricket Board | English Karate Council |
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Karate Union of Great Britain |
Kent Sport |
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Ladies European Tour |
Lawn Tennis Association |
Leeds Beckett University |
| Leicestershire and Rutland Sport | London Playing Fields Foundation | My Players - South African Rugby Players Organisation |
| Parkour UK | Professional Cricketers Association | Professional Darts Players Association |
| Professional Footballers Association | Professional Players Federation | Racing Welfare |
| Royal Yachting Association | Rugby Players Association | Sport and Recreation Alliance |
| Streetgames | Swim England | Table Tennis England |
| The Football Association | Truro and Penwith College | UK Coaching |
| University of Bath Students Union | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | |
The following organisations have signed the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation:
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National signatories: Access Sport Accessible Table Tennis Activity Alliance All Terrain Boarding Association -UK Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Angling Trust AoC Sport Archery GB Asian Sports Foundation Association for Physical Education Association of Colleges (AoC) Sport Badminton England Baseball Softball UK Basketball England Betknowmore UK Birmingham 2022 Black Dog Outdoors Boccia England British American Football Association British and Irish Boxing Authority British Athletes Commission British Basketball British Biathlon Union British Blind Sport British Boxing Board of Control British Canoeing British Dragon Boat Racing Association British Equestrian Federation British Esports Association British Fencing British Gliding Association British Grooms Association British Horseracing Authority (BHA) British Inline Puck Hockey Association British Judo Association British Martial Arts & Boxing Association British Mountaineering Council British Nordic Walking CIC British Octopush Association British Orienteering British Racing British Sub Aqua Club British Swimming British Taekwondo British Taekwondo Para Lead British Triathlon British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) British Weight Lifting British Wheelchair Basketball Chartered Institute of Management in Sport and Pysical Activity (CIMSPA) Child Protection in Sport Unit County Sports Partnership Network Disability Rights UK DOCIAsport Ltd EFL Trust Elite4All EMD UK England Athletics England Boxing England Cricket Association for the Deaf (ECAD) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) England Golf England Hockey England Netball English Bridge Union English Federation of Disability Sport English Football League (EFL) English Institute of Sport English Karate Council English Karate Federation English Lacrosse EPIC Problem Gambling Consultancy Equestrian Employers Association European Tour Exercise Movement and Dance UK Fields in Trust Fitness In Futebol de Salao UK Ltd (Socotots & Brazilian Soccer Schools) GB Snowsport Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby GreaterSport Gymnastics UK Help for Heroes Ikkaido Isthmian (Bostik) Football League Join In Karate Union GB Lawn Tennis Association League Football Education League Managers Association LGWainwright Ltd. Margaret Morris Movement Men Tell Health Mind Mixed Ability Sports Mountain Training UK National Association of Karate and Martial Art Schools Netball Players Association Outdoor Industries Association parkrun Limited Pentathlon GB Places for People Leisure Police Community Clubs of Great Britain Premier League Professional Boxers' Affiliation Professional Cricketers Association Professional Darts Association Professional Footballers' Association Professional Golfers' Association Professional Jockeys Association Professional Players Federation Proprius Education QuidditchUK Ref Support Riders Minds Rounders England Royal Yachting Association Rugby Football League (RFL) Rugby Football Union (RFU) Rugby Players' Association Skateboard England Skateboard GB Snowsport England Special Olympics Great Britain Sport and Recreation Alliance Sport England Sport Structures Sported Sporting Equals Sportinmind.co.uk Sports Aid Sports Chaplaincy UK Sports Officials Consultancy Ltd Sports Officials UK State of Mind Sport StreetGames UK Table Tennis England Tennis Foundation The Ellie Soutter Foundation The FA The Institute for Groundsmanship The Professional Association for Directors of Sport in Independent Schools The Referees' Association The Royal Life Saving Society UK Tin Pot Fitness Trail Running Man UK Athletics UK Coaching UK Minifootball Association ukactive UKSC (UK Sports Coaching) Volleyball England WAKO GB War on Epilepsy Paradance UK (Formerly Wheelchair Dance Sport Association) Youth Hostels Association (YHA) Youth Sport Trust
North West signatories Activetots Limited Active Cheshire Active Cumbria Active Tameside Accrington Stanley Community Trust Burnley Leisure Burnley Wado Ryu Karate Club Cheshire Gymnastics Chester FC Community Trust Creative Support BwD Social Inclusion Service Davies Sports Droylsden Sub-Aqua Club Edge Hill University Everton in the Community Greater Manchester Sport Healthy Stadia Inter Madrassah Organisation Kyujutsu Archery Club Lancashire Mind Layton Juniors Football Club LegIt Lancaster Manchester FA MMU Sport Mental Health Football Association Merseyside Expanding Horizons Merseyside Sports Partnership New Era Community Boxing On The Bank Adventure Pendle Leisure Trust Poynton Fitness Ryders Farm Equestrian Centre Sign4Sport The Pelican Centre TQ Sports International Coaching Triple X Personal Training University of Central Lancashire Students' Union Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation Wigan Warriors Community Foundation Wigan Wolves Football Club Wirral Council
North East signatories Active Northumberland Billingham Boxing Academy Bishop Auckland Table Tennis Club Cardinal Vipers Basketball Club County Durham Sport Durham County Presidents American Football Club Durham University and Durham County Council Gateshead Football Club Gateshead Leam Rangers Youth Football Club Hartlepool Run Fit Horse Resource Quarrington Hill Runners Middlesborough Mind Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation Newcastle University Students Union Northumbria Sport Foundation Origin Sports Ryton RFC The Durham Fly Fishing Company Total Racing Events Tyne Metropolitan College Tyne & Wear Sport University of Sunderland, Team Sunderland
Yorkshire and the Humber signatories Active Humber Capoeira 4 You Carlinghow Princess Royal School City of York Hockey Club Dunnington Squash Club FAD FC Football Awareness Depression Football Community Harrogate District Diving Club Huddersfield YM RUFC Leeds Beckett University Leeds Frontrunners North Yorkshire Sport Ltd Rotherham United Community Sports Trust Sheffield City Trust Sheffield United Community Foundation Sporting Memories Network CIC St Chad's Broomfield Cricket Club Team Activ University of Bradford Union University of York Students' Union Wheldrake FC Woodfield Squash and Leisure Club York City Gymnastics Foundation Yorkshire Sport Foundation
West Midlands signatories Aston Villa Foundation Birmingham Bulls RFC Birmingham City University Birmingham County FA Birmingham Wellbeing Service Burton Albion Community Trust Burton Albion FC Coventry University East Staffordshire Borough Council Empowering U Care Limited Kingsbury School Partnership CIC Lonsdale Archers Newman University SlimFit5K Small Heath Boxing Club in association with Pat Benson Boxing Academy South Warwickshire Foundation Trust Sport Birmingham Staffordshire Cricket Ltd Start Again Project Think Active TJK Tamworth Together Active TRiM Project Walsall College Warwick Sport University of Warwick WiderLearning Worcester Warriors Wye Ventures
East Midlands signatories Active Ashfield Chesterfield FC Community Trust Cherwell District & South Northamptonshire Councils Derby County Community Trust Derbyshire Sport Feel Good Fitness Grantham Tennis Club Jumpz Gymnastics Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport Lincolnshire Sport Loughborough University London Northampton Town Football Club Community Trust Northamptonshire FA Phoenix Rehab Ltd Serco Leisure University of Derby University of Leicester Equestrian and Polo club University of Leicester Lacrosse Club University of Leicester Running and Athletics Club
East of England signatories Active Essex Active in the Community Active Luton Active Norfolk Active Southend Active Suffolk ActivLives Basildon Soccability Broomfield FC Burnham on Crouch Sailing Club Epping Forest District Council Essex County Football Association EXTEND Exercise Training Fairfax Saxons FC Fitness in Mind Forest Glade FC Great Bradfords FC Hatfield Town Council Hawkwell Athletic FC Herts Sports & Physical Activity Partnership Hullbridge Sports FC Inspire Peterborough Ipswich Borough Council Leap- The Bucks & MK Sport & Activity Partnership Leigh-on-Sea Striders Mini Footie Football Academy Racing Welfare Ramsey & Mistley Football Club Southend Manor Football Club Sport and Thought St Neots Riverside Runners Stanway Rovers Youth Football Club Telos Treatment + Training The Laban Guild The Plough Pacers Thurrock and Brentwood Mind Witham Town FC Writtle FC
London signatories 12 Rounds Boxing Ltd Bloomsbury Football Foundation Cycling Instructor Ltd Core Sport Disability Advice Service Lambeth Enterprising Youth Fight 4 Change Focus CIC Free Your Instinct Fulham FC Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) Harlequins RFC Highbury Korfball Club Hotpod Yoga King's Sport Lee Valley Regional Park Authority London Community Boxing London Legacy Development Corporation London Londoncommunit London Marathon Events London Playing Fields Foundation London Pulse Netball London Skills and Development Network London Sports Trust London Youth Rowing (LYR) Love Tennis Academy Mind in Croydon Parkour UK Polonia Ladies Volleyball club Priya Yoga RG Active Race Team - Triathlon Roehampton Student Union Sport Inspires St. Matthew's Project Step Change Studios The Fat Girls Guide to Running The Golf Trust The Moving Body - Osteopathy & Sports Injury Clinic The Rockstone Community Foundation The Sports Village
South West signatories Active Devon Active Gloucestershire All-Aboard Watersports Argyle Community Trust Bristol Sports Foundation Calne SMaRTT City of Bristol Rowing Club Climb Cornwall Constantine Cricket Club Cornwall Sports Partnership Cotham Park Tennis Club Exeter City Community Trust Exim Dance Company CIC Health, Wellbeing and Sport - Truro and Penwith College Heavitree Bowling Club Hu Long Temple IN2SPORT & Play Therapy Service Innov8 Sportz C.I.C Minehead AFC North Bristol RFC Rugby Cubs Ltd Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership Swindon Harriers Swindon Town FC Community Foundation TheHorseCourse University of Bath Students Union Wesport Weston College Wiltshire and Swindon Sport YMCA Plymouth Young Gloucestershire
South East signatories Active Sussex Active Surrey Aspire Oxford Baypoint Sports CIC Corinthian Casuals FC Crowthorne Rugby Football Club Dorking Rugby Football Club East Surrey Girls FC Farnham Town Running Club Fit Farm Freedom Leisure Gemma Quinell's Health Fitness & Dance Get Berkshire Active Intelligent Health Kent County Football League Kent FA Kent Sport Les Bubka Karate Jutsu Lewes Football Club Live Love Yoga Maidstone United Football Club Mojo Running Club Oxford Brookes Amateur Boxing Club Oxford Brookes University Oxford City Council - Leisure, Parks & Communities Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Parkwood Community Leisure Professional Jockeys Association Saturn V (SN) Ltd Sport Hampshire & IOW Sport in Mind Streets Revolution CIC Surrey County FA Sussex Bears CIC Tai Chi For Health The Fitness Garden The Medau Society Thatcham Rugby Club TipTop Wellbeing Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council Tri Training Harder LLP Tribal Sports Events Tuff Fitty Triathlon Club Vista Twisters
Wales signatories Bangor 1st Football Club Chepstow Harriers Colwyn Bowmen Archery Club Garden City Football Club Chepstow Green Ideas Mental Health Matters Wales Newport County AFC Swansea Harriers Swim Wales Welsh Netball Welsh Rowing Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA) Welsh Sports Association Welsh Triathlon Limited
Scotland signatories Boroughmuir Blaze Basketball Club Boxing Scotland Dundee & Angus College: Sports Union Edinburgh University Sports Union Physical Education Scotland Professional Footballers' Association (Scotland) Scotland All-Strong StrongMamaMoves Triathlon Scotland UpDog Yoga Life
Northern Ireland signatories Larne Football Club Northern Ireland Sports Forum
International signatories European Sports Development Network International Mixed Ability Sports Ladies European Tour PGA Tour The True Athlete Project Water Babies World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
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