Sportni launches mental health course

Sport NI has launched an online mental health and wellbeing awareness course for the sports sector.

The new course, available through Sport NI’s Digital Learning Hub, provides sporting clubs and organisations with an introduction to mental health and wellbeing. It will equip those working or volunteering in sport with some of the skills needed to spot the signs and symptoms to look out for and how to support people.

Richard Archibald, Sport NI Interim CEO, said: “We are encouraging the sports sector to prioritise mental health and wellbeing. At Sport NI we are committed to building a positive and inclusive sporting system which recognises the importance of mental health and wellbeing at all levels of sport. Sports clubs are at the very heart of our communities, and we are all aware that sport and physical activity can have a powerful and positive effect on mental health.”