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<p>The government’s sport strategy “Sporting Future” highlighted the importance of
welfare and wellbeing for everyone participating in elite sport, regardless of age.</p><p>In
March 2018 I published a mental health and elite sport action plan, based on discussions
I held with sportspeople and key stakeholders from across the sport and mental health
sectors. The plan sets out a range of actions to improve the support available to
athletes, the sharing of best practice across the sport sector, and mental health
education and training in sport.</p><p>As highlighted in the plan, UK Sport has worked
with key agencies to develop a Mental Health Strategy, being implemented during the
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games cycle (2017-2021). The aim of the strategy
is to deliver positive mental health for all people operating in the high performance
system, for athletes as well as senior leaders, coaches, practitioners and administrators.</p>
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