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Who are we?
• Malcolm Rae State of Mind
Sport Chair OBE, FRCN
• Dr. Phil Cooper – Nurse
Consultant Mental Health
and Substance Use / Co-
founder State of Mind Sport
• Danny Sculthorpe – Former
England, Wigan Warriors,
Castleford Tigers, Wakefield
Wildcats and Bradford Bulls
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Terry Newton
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State of Mind Sport
Aims
• To promote an
increased awareness of
mental fitness,
wellbeing and resilience
in rugby league players,
fans, and communities
• Tackle stigma, signpost
to support, encourage
early access and
prevent suicide.
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NON-STIGMATISING
LANGUAGE
• Help a mate
• Mental fitness
• Feel good, play
better
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Sport speaks many
languages• State of Mind Sport prevent ill-health, challenge stigma and
saves lives
• Influences the public health agenda on suicide prevention groups and nurses are using sport for care and recovery plans to add value to nursing
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Benefits of engaging in sport and
recreational activities
• Improves social well being, enables
connections with others and
friendships
• Prevents isolation and withdrawal –
Meaningful activity improves self
confidence and esteem
• Combining with physical exercise
and activities has the potential to
improve fitness, strength, mood and
reduce stress
• Enables reaching vulnerable
individuals and at risk groups to
promote health, well being and
resilience
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Case Example
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• To promote and improve health via an increased awareness of mental
fitness, wellbeing and resilience to prevent mental ill health in future
• Project targets players, fans, and communities, tackle stigma and
signpost people to support, encourage early interventions and prevent
suicide
• Encouraging self management of long term mental health conditions
will reduce the health burden on NHS services
• The RFL agreed to have a themed round of fixtures in Super League
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State of Mind Round
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Stigma Tackled
• People fall through the gaps or don’t access help
• State of Mind Sport get asked to speak to people with the most complex needs
• Using language that resonates with those in sports rather than medical language
• Using former players with lived experience to deliver the messages alongside health professionals
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What we do
• We have delivered education sessions in high schools, construction sites, power
stations, Thames Tideway Tunnel Project, sports clubs to over 19000 people
with brief interventions in anxiety, depression and alcohol misuse and are
extremely efficient
• State of Mind Sport allows nurses to get in places other NHS services do not
access because we use sport and players to improve mental fitness and prevent
ill health
• People access help and support earlier and we encourage self management of
long term mental health conditions that will reduce the health burden on NHS
services (Rochdale Schools with Rochdale Hornets RLFC) link to school nursing
in future
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Case Example
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What we do
• Sessions delivered to people with severe and enduring mental health
problems in secure units / prisoners
• People with severe and enduring mental health die on average 10-15
years younger than the general population
• Using sport to improve physical health It’s Time To Move staff and
service users walking together with local sports stars
• Improves quality of life and those involved promoting independence
and reducing reliance on medication
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Boot room project
Big Lottery Funding -university evaluations
Travelling conference –local sportsmen and women
Australia, Ireland and social media and partnerships with media
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• Woolston Rovers 2 Year
Partnership
• Prison Initiative for staff and
prisoners
• Sporting chance stepped
care pathway, player welfare
officers and mental health
first aid for coaches
• Schools Drama project
Isabella Blow Foundation
funded for 2017
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Danny Sculthorpe
• Former England, Wigan
Warriors, Castleford,
Wakefield, Bradford, Widnes
and Rochdale player
• Bad injury leading to
difficulties / suicidal thoughts
and plans
• How he returned from a dark
place
• Message to people attending
sessions
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Future Plans
• Continue and expand education
and raising awareness,
resilience building programmes
• Influence suicide prevention
strategies and inform
implementation plans
• Develop and expand our annual
round of fixtures
• Develop practice guidance with
sporting language / graphics,
anxiety, depression, gambling,
sleep, drugs, alcohol and
bereavement
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And there’s more ..
• Increase and evolve methods of
evaluation
• Fashion design competition
• Develop guidance and an event
for referees and officials
• Explore contribution to prison
suicide prevention strategies
• Develop healthy workplace
initiative
• Continue to fund raise
• Support ex-players career
development
• Develop partnership work
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Coping with change
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Thank you for your time
and attention!
• Twitter: @SoMRugbyLeague
• www.facebook.com/pages/State-of-Mind
• www.stateofmindsport.org