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.
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.
| Charter Commitment | Suggestions for signatory Action | ||||
| 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 300 organisations now being signed-up to the Charter in total.
Current no. of signatories |
375 |
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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Fitness League |
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: 21st Sanctuary Retreats Access Sport Accessible Table Tennis All Terrain Boarding Association -UK Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Angling Trust AoC Sport Asian Sports Foundation Association for Physical Education Badminton England Baseball Softball UK Basketball England Betknowmore UK British American Football Association British and Irish Boxing Authority British Athletes Commission British Basketball British Blind Sport British Boxing Board of Control British Canoeing British Dragon Boat Racing Association British Esports Association British Gliding Association British Grooms Association British Inline Puck Hockey Association British Judo Association British Mountaineering Council British Nordic Walking CIC British Octopush Association British Orienteering British Racing British Sub Aqua Club British Swimming British Taekwondo British Triathlon British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) British Weight Lifting Child Protection in Sport Unit County Sports Partnership Network Diabetes Complete Care UK Disability Rights UK DOCIAsport Ltd EFL Trust EMD UK England Athletics England Boxing England Cricket Board England Golf English Bridge Union English Federation of Disability Sport English Institute of Sport English Karate Council English Lacrosse EPIC Problem Gambling Consultancy Equestrian Employers Association Euphoric Being European Tour Fields in Trust Fitness In Futebol de Salao UK Ltd (Socotots & Brazilian Soccer Schools) 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 Margaret Morris Movement Men Tell Health Mind Mixed Ability Sports Mountain Training UK National Association of Karate and Martial Art Schools Outdoor Industries Association parkrun Limited Pentathlon GB Places for People Leisure Police Community Clubs of Great Britain Premier League Professional Cricketers Association Professional Darts Association Professional Footballers' Association Professional Golfers' Association Professional Jockeys Association Professional Players Federation Proprius Education QuidditchUK Ref Support Rounders England Royal Yachting Association Rugby Football League (RFL) Rugby Football Union (RFU) Rugby Players' Association Special Olympics Great Britain Sport and Recreation Alliance Sport England Sported Sportinmind.co.uk Sports Aid Sports Officials Consultancy Ltd Sports Officials UK State of Mind Sport StreetGames UK Table Tennis England Tennis 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 The Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (UK) UK Athletics UK Coaching UK Minifootball Association ukactive Volleyball England We Do Wellbeing Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (UK) (WDSA) Youth Hostels Association (England and Wales) (YHA) Youth Sport Trust
North West signatories Active Cheshire Active Cumbria Active Tameside Burnley Leisure Chester FC Community Trust Creative Support BwD Social Inclusion Service Davies Sports Edge Hill University Everton in the Community Healthy Stadia Inter Madrassah Organisation 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 Sign4Sport STORM Skills Training CIC & #HeyAreYouOK The Pelican Centre TQ Sports International Coaching Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation Wirral Council
North East signatories Active Northumberland Bishop Auckland Table Tennis Club Cardinal Vipers Basketball Club County Durham Sport Durham University and Durham County Council Gateshead Football Club Gateshead Leam Rangers Youth Football Club Hartlepool Run Fit Middlesborough Mind Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation Newcastle University Students Union Northumbria Sport Foundation Origin Nsports Ryton RFC Total Racing Events Tyne Metropolitan College Tyne & Wear Sport University of Sunderland, Team Sunderland
Yorkshire and the Humber signatories Active Humber Carlinghow Princess Royal School Football Awareness Depression Football Community Leeds Beckett University Leeds Frontrunners Lishi International North Yorkshire Sport Ltd Rotherham United Community Sports Trust Sheffield City Trust Sheffield United Community Foundation Sporting Memories Network CIC Team Activ University of Bradford Union University of York Yorkshire Sport Foundation
West Midlands signatories Birmingham Bulls RFC Birmingham City University Birmingham Wellbeing Service Burton Albion Community Trust Burton Albion FC Coventry Solihull and Warwickshire county sports partnership Coventry University East Staffordshire Borough Council Empowering U Care Limited Newman University Small Heath Boxing Club in association with Pat Benson Boxing Academy Sport Birmingham Start Again Project Volunteers in Sport West Midlands Walkherefordshire.com Warwick Sport University of Warwick WiderLearning Wye Ventures
East Midlands signatories Active Ashfield Chesterfield FC Community Trust Cherwell District & South Northamptonshire Councils Derbyshire Sport Feel good fitness Grantham Tennis Club iDID Adventure Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport Lincolnshire Sport Loughborough University London Northamptonshire FA 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 Luton Active Norfolk ActivLives Epping Forest District Council EXTEND Exercise Training Fitness in Mind Herts Sports & Physical Activity Partnership Human Business Inspire Peterborough Leap- The Bucks & MK Sport & Activity Partnership Racing Welfare Sport and Thought, Footballl as Therapy Suffolk Sport The Laban Guild Wise Choice Solutions
London signatories Cycling Instructor Ltd Core Sport Disability Advice Service Lambeth Enterprising Youth Fight 4 Change Fitness League Free Your Instinct Fulham FC Greenwich Leisure Limited Harlequins RFC King's Sport Lee Valley Regional Park Authority London Legacy Development Corporation London Londoncommunit London Playing Fields Foundation London Skills and Development Network London Youth Rowing (LYR) Love Tennis Academy Mind in Croydon NITROS COACHING LTD Parkour UK Polonia Ladies Volleyball club RG Active Race Team - Triathlon Roehampton Student Union Sport Inspires St. Matthew's Project The Fat Girls Guide to Running The Golf Trust The Moving Body - Osteopathy & Sports Injury Clinic The Rockstone Community Foundation The Sports Village Thomas Eggar Wheel Be Dancing
South West signatories Active Devon Active Gloucestershire Argyle Community Trust Bristol Sports Foundation Climb Cornwall Cornwall Sports Partnership Health, Wellbeing and Sport - Truro and Penwith College IN2SPORT & Play Therapy Service Innov8 Sportz C.I.C Minehead AFC Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership Swindon Harriers University of Bath Students Union Wesport Weston College Wiltshire and Swindon Sport YMCA Plymouth Young Gloucestershire
South East signatories Active Sussex Active Surrey Corinthian Casuals FC Fit Farm Freedom Leisure GEMMA QUINNELL'S HEALTH FITNESS & DANCE Get Berkshire Active Intelligent Health Jojourneys Limited Kent County Football League Kent FA Kent Sport Lewes Football Club Live love yoga Maidstone United Football Club Mojo Running Club Oxford Brookes University Oxford City Council - Leisure, Parks & Communities Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Professional Jockeys Association Saturn V (SN) Ltd Sport Hampshire & IOW Sport in Mind Streets Revolution CIC Surrey County FA The Medau Society Thatcham Rugby Club TipTop Wellbeing Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Wales signatories Bangor 1st Football Club Chepstow Harriers Garden City Football Club Chepstow Peak Performance Swansea Harriers Swim Wales Welsh Netball Welsh Rowing Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA) Welsh Sports Association
Scotland signatories Boxing Scotland Dundee & Angus College: Sports Union Edinburgh University Sports Union Physical Education Scotland Professional Footballers' Association (Scotland) Scotland Positive Ltd. Triathlon Scotland
Northern Ireland signatories Northern Ireland Sports Forum
International signatories Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Ancona Alexander Adventures European Sports Development Network International Mixed Ability Sports MyPlayers (South African Rugby Players Organisation) Ladies European Tour The True Athlete Project Water Babies |
