UK Sport has set out a new ambition to move beyond net zero and deliver a net positive environmental impact by 2040, warning that climate change is already affecting athletes’ health, training and performance. The refreshed approach builds on the organisation’s Sustainability Strategy published in 2023 and reflects growing concern about the increasing impact of environmental damage on high performance sport. It comes as new research commissioned by UK Sport shows strong support among young people for environmental action from the sector, with 69% of 11 to 15 year olds…
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Culture Secretary and the Duke of Cambridge join sports stars to talk mental health across UK sport
The Culture Secretary and The Duke of Cambridge have joined some of Britain’s biggest sport stars to discuss the issue of mental health across UK sport, as elite athletes and many of the wider population return to work following an easing of lockdown restrictions. The virtual roundtable saw Oliver Dowden and The Duke joined by British sporting greats who together have accumulated more than 400 caps for their country, 17 gold medals at Olympic or Paralympic Games, seven grand slams, and won a Davis Cup and Rugby World Cup. Many…
Read MoreUK Sport and EIS working to deliver a positive mental health environment across Olympic and Paralympic sport
On World Mental Health Day 2018 (10 October) UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) unveiled increased measures to facilitate a positive mental health environment across the Olympic and Paralympic sport system. A new Mental Health Strategy, developed by a Mental Health Steering Group that has representation from leading mental health charity MIND, has been launched today and will be implemented by National Governing Bodies (NGBs) across the Tokyo Cycle. It consists of four key pillars which are: education, provision, communication and assurance. Support already in place includes…
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