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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, this week 10th to 16th May, we’re pleased to announce our new partnership with Loughborough Sport, which will further strengthen the University’s…

Falkirk teenager, Caitlyn Christie, at aged just 15 is our youngest-ever fundraiser. Caitlyn has set herself the challenge of running 24 miles in 24 hours around her home town of Falkirk over the…

Since the charity was founded in 2019, Sporting Wellness has been committed to providing support for young athletes struggling with their mental health. We also wanted to help breakdown the stigma…

A group of final year BSc Sport Management students at Northumbria University, are certainly not letting the pandemic get in the way of keeping active! As part of their Sport Event Management module,…

Everyone is talking about a new fitness challenge called 4x4x48, but what actually is it? The 4x4x48 challenge involves running for four miles every four hours for 48 hours. It can be done from…

147 further requests for support from young athletes during January and February 2021, have meant we have reached our 500 referrals milestone, rather sooner than expected this year! It seems that…

Every week day the Prime Minister recognises an inspirational volunteer with the Daily Point of Light award. First established by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, over 6,000 US Points of Light…

We’re very aware here at Sporting Wellness, that lockdown and the pandemic has not only impacted the mental health of the young sportspeople we are in contact with on a daily basis, but millions of…

Sheffield Hallam student and Personal Trainer Patrick Muirhead, has come up with an amazing way to keep physically fit and focused in Lockdown 3.0, whilst current regulations mean he can’t…

Last week we passed the milestone of making our 400th referral for specialist mental health support, after experiencing another spike in young athletes contacting us since the New Year. We have no…

It’s a New Year and we’re pleased to announce a new and exciting partnership with Kukri, multi sport specialist.  By becoming Kukri’s Charity of the Year, they have kindly…

We’re pleased to reassure you that our one to one support service is still be available over the Christmas holidays.  We realise that on top of what has been a tough year for many of us, more…