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<p>The Government’s sport strategy ‘Sporting Future’ recognises the positive impact
that being physically active has on mental health, and the importance of welfare and
wellbeing for people participating in sport at all levels.</p><p>Sport England, DCMS's
arm’s length body for grassroots sport in England, launched a new ten year strategy
'Uniting the Movement’ in January 2021 which prioritises the importance of improving
mental health and wellbeing through sport and physical activity. They have also committed
to working with partners on health and wellbeing, and supporting communities through
social prescribing.</p><p>Since 2017, Sport England have invested £280 million into
grassroots programmes with mental wellbeing outcomes, as well as £5.5 million into
partnerships with expert mental health organisations, such as Mind and Rethink. Mind’s
‘Get Set to Go’ programme has supported 8,000 people to improve their mental health
through engaging in physical activity since its launch in 2014. Sport England have
also worked closely with national partners such as Public Health England (now Office
for Health Improvement and Disparities) and the Royal College of GPs to develop the
Moving Healthcare Professionals programme, improving social prescribing links by providing
support for healthcare professionals to promote physical activity to patients.</p><p>At
the elite level, the Government published its Mental Health and Elite Sport Action
Plan in 2018, setting out a range of actions to improve the support available to athletes,
the sharing of best practice across the sector, and mental health education and training.
Following this UK Sport, DCMS’s arm’s length body for elite sport, launched its own
mental health strategy as well as a programme of mental health education to support
athletes and promote positive mental health across the UK’s high performance system.</p><p>
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