Lifestyle and Mental Health

Target Group Range:

Learning Objectives:

• To understand a clinical definition of mental health and how this relates to the current and previous understandings of the term.

• To learn how lifestyle factors can have an impact on mental health and how this is impacted by life as a professional player.

• To understand who Sporting Chance is, what it does and how what it does can practically help players including access to confidential and safe services.

Delivery Type:

Face-To-Face (Max. Person Capacity: 30)

About This Programme:

Sporting Chance deliver interactive workshops that are designed to get players thinking about their relationship with mental health by looking at it through the lens of physical health and performance, as well as examining the effect of certain lifestyle factors, such as gaming, social media, gambling, alcohol and other drugs.

Sporting Chance was founded when former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams, who had publicly disclosed his own alcohol addiction years earlier, created a safe, confidential treatment clinic for athletes. The charity helps current and former professional players with any emotional or mental health problem by offering a 24/7 helpline, counselling services and addiction clinic.