Mental Health and Physical Activity Toolkit
This toolkit aims to increase the knowledge and skills of physical activity providers when it comes to mental health. It'll help you to better support and engage people experiencing mental health problems in physical activity.
The toolkit is made up of different guides. Each guide includes information, tools, templates and case studies to help you offer an inclusive and welcoming environment for people experiencing mental health problems.
Guide 2: The relationship between physical activity and mental health
This guide has information on the relationship between physical activity, sport and mental health.
Tools and templates in this guide
Case studies in this guide
- Oxfordshire Mind – Boxing for children and young people
- Bedford Borough Council – Mindful Sport
- Notts County Football in the Community (FITC) – Goals for Life
- England Athletics #RunAndTalk programme
- Bright Star Boxing Counterpunch programme
Toolkit glossary
It is important that your language is as inclusive as possible. We've put together this document to define some of the key terms used within sport, physical activity mental health.
- Download our toolkit glossary
- See our A-Z mental health page for a longer list of mental health terms
