An evaluation of Get Set to Go was carried out by academic researchers across a two year period. The evaluation team worked with over 1,000 Get Set to Go local and digital participants to track their progress, making this the largest ever study of its kind.

The findings show that physical activity has an important role to play in building resilience, enabling and supporting mental health recovery and tackling stigma and discrimination. 

Understanding mental health is just as important as physical health when it comes to making services and settings appropriate for everyone.

Our three-hour short course is aimed at sport and physical activity providers, coaches, sports administrators, front of house staff and volunteers.

From elite sport through to grass-roots participation, sport can be used to reduce stigma and start positive conversations about mental health. Sport should also be accessible to people with mental health problems. That’s why we’re supporting the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation.

We’ve worked with the Sport and Recreation Alliance and the Professional Players Federation to create the charter. We’ve also developed resources and case studies to support signatories.

Across the country there are amazing examples of good practice from organisations using sport and physical activity to support mental health.

In summer 2015 we established the network which meets twice a year. It's aimed at local and community organisations that are using sport and physical activity to help people with mental health problems benefit from being more active. The network exists to:

Through our work getting people with mental health problems more physically active, we have developed some resources to help support coaches and physical activity providers make it easier for people with mental health problems to get active.

These include:  

Do you want to up your activity levels but don't know where to start?

Our new Get Set to Go website features motivational stories and practical ideas to help you get started with physical activity.

It's part of our Get Set to Go programme supported by Sport England and the National Lottery.

If you want to find out how to increase your physical activity levels our new information guide may answer your questions.

It covers how being active is important for our mental health and explores which sports or exercise may be best for you.

Starting something new can be hard and getting active is no exception. If you've recently started exercising our Elefriends online community can help you stay on track.

Elefriends is is a safe and supportive space where you can be yourself and link up with others who are just starting out.