The sportscotland and SAMH strategic partnership aims to build capacity across sport and physical activity communities. In July 2020, we commenced our series of learning and development opportunities for sportscotland’s professional staff network, with the focus across the series on exploring and understanding mental health and wellbeing in the context of sport and physical activity.

This initial wellbeing sessions that took place across July-October are now being followed up with this Maintaining Wellbeing Reflection session, exploring how you have used learning from the first session, if you have implemented any changes, and how things stand currently for you.

Both these Maintaining Wellbeing sessions are key to us understanding the mental health narrative better, deepening our understanding on a personal level, and having both empathy and experience to incorporate into our future work. This will support our ability to practically make use of tools in our work moving forward.

Title: Maintaining Wellbeing Reflection Session

Session content;

- Exploring where people were at during session 1

- What you have learned and tried since the Maintaining Wellbeing Session?

- How have you applied your learning to maintain wellbeing within your role?

- What have you seen/recognised from being back in your settings?

- What has this meant to you?

In advance of the session - Please reflect on the above questions in advance of the session. The 60 minutes will be a guided conversation based around these key areas.

Post session – you will be sent a resource pack containing any relevant resources based on the discussions.

*Note: We do not go into any great detail around mental health problems and suicide specifically on Zoom, as we cannot guarantee confidentiality and a safe space environment on an online delivery platform, as well as the opportunity to have private discussions between trainer and participant, should they become distressed with the content. Participants, however, will be able to privately contact the trainer with any additional questions/queries after the session has ended.