Scotland's Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity & Sport

Scotland’s Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity and Sport aims to empower physical activity and sport communities to improve equality and reduce discrimination, ensuring mental health and wellbeing is not a barrier to engaging, participating and achieving in physical activity and sport.

Since 2018, hundreds of organisations, from grassroots clubs to elite sporting bodies, are using their collective power to create mentally healthy environments to support everyone involved in physical activity and sport.

By signing up to the charter, you will be championing the following areas across communities across Scotland and beyond;
 

Promote

Promote inclusive practices & approaches around mental health & wellbeing.

Include

Embrace inclusion & create a positive & welcoming culture.

Collaborate

Actively collaborate with & contribute to the charter network & wider communities by sharing learning.

Reflect

Review & recognise impacts & achievements in supporting people’s mental health & wellbeing.

For more information on the Charter and how you can make an impact, please see our information booklet.

SMHC - Information Booklet

What is Scotland’s Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity and Sport?

"I am delighted to support Scotland’s Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity and Sport. We must ensure that having a mental health problem is never a barrier to engage, participate and achieve; whatever your goal."

Sir Chris Hoy