Shared space of mental health and well-being: interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance player care and performance

Mental health and well-being feature openly in care responsibilities for corporate and sports organisations alike, mirroring developments across society more generally. The centrality of mental health and well-being to elite athletes and performance environments is well documented. We have witnessed multiple ‘calls to action’ in this regard from across the broader sport landscape, including the Duty of Care in Sport report from Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson,1 a Mental Health and Elite Sport Action Plan emerging from the UK Department of Culture Media and Sport2 and from within the game with the ‘Mentally Healthy Football Declaration’.3