At Mind, we deliver a series of webinars to support organisations and professionals within sport, physical activity and mental health. This is part of our Sector Support programme which is funded and supported by Sport England and the National Lottery.

The aim of the webinar series is to upskill the sport, physical activity and mental health workforce to better support and engage people experiencing mental health problems in physical activity.

However, we know that physical activity may not work for everyone – sometimes the barriers are just too much, it’s not the right time or people haven’t found an activity that works for them. And for some people, it is the physical activity itself that becomes a problem and can impact negatively on both physical and mental health, but this side of physical activity is rarely talked about.

This webinar will explore when physical activity becomes a problem through people with lived experience of mental health problems sharing their experiences. We will identify ways that the sport and physical activity workforce can provide person-centred support and identify resources to support you to better understand the other side of physical activity and how balancing the message is key to providing effective support.

The webinar will take place 11.30am-12.30pm on Zoom.