How can we tackle eating disorders in sport? Taking part in sport has such obvious links to good physical and mental health, that it can be easy to forget that lurking tipping-point over from optimised nutrition into disordered eating and further down the rabbit hole into clinically recognised eating disorders. […]
Young players need resilience… but it doesn’t grow on trees Human beings aren’t born with a map or instruction booklet. We bumble along through life, learning lessons from our mistakes. Sometimes listening to the sage advice of others – notably those that are older than us – and sometimes ignoring […]
Mental Health for Young Players Pathway Now Available We’re excited to launch a comprehensive eLearning pathway to help anyone who works with young people in sport effectively understand and manage mental wellbeing in their players. Created in partnership with mental health charity Team Mental Health, sports nutritionist Dr Richard Allison, […]
Honouring our duty to protect young players’ mental health Growing up through adolescence can be both a fun and challenging time. If we try to remember back, we were flooded with hormones, surrounded by peer pressure, confused by how we were supposed to look and act. It was a balancing […]
With International Women’s Day just around the corner, if you haven’t already embraced the opportunity to engage and empower girls in sport, now’s the time to open your doors to this underrepresented but talented pool of sportspeople for our next generation of athletes. Whilst it’s high on everyone’s agenda at […]
Engage and empower a diverse sporting community The benefits of engaging the whole community in sports clubs go beyond skin deep. The young people benefit, the club as a whole, and the rest of the community does as well. Go far with your successes, and these positive actions reach further into […]
It’s been a rough year (and a bit) for everyone, but we’re not out of the dark just yet… The pandemic has been catastrophical for many, with bereavement, physical health complications, domestic abuse and serious mental health issues just some of the things we cannot forget took place in 2020/21. On […]