{"id":4508,"date":"2020-05-21T11:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T10:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teesvalleysport.co.uk\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T10:06:27","slug":"essential-mental-health-training-now-free-for-the-nations-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teesvalleysport.co.uk\/national-sports-news\/essential-mental-health-training-now-free-for-the-nations-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential mental health training now free for the nation\u2019s coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK Coaching has announced today (18 May) \u2013 in collaboration with its awarding organisation 1st4sport, and partners Mind, the mental health charity, and Sport England \u2013 that the nation\u2019s coaches can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcoaching.org\/courses\/learn-at-home\/mental-health-awareness-for-sport-and-physical-act\">Mental Health for Sport and Physical Activity<\/a> online course for free.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes at the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/campaigns\/mental-health-awareness-week\">Mental Health Awareness Week<\/a>, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and runs from the 18-24 May.<\/p>\n<p>Usually \u00a318, the course is accessible via the organisation\u2019s learning and development platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcoaching.org\/\">ukcoaching.org<\/a>, and will remain free of charge until the 31 August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches across the UK will be able to increase their knowledge of mental health, and confidence when applying the learning into their coaching practice.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, learners will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>welcome and support people living with mental health problems in their sport and physical activity sessions<\/li>\n<li>increase their knowledge of mental health problems<\/li>\n<li>apply the learning in their coaching practice<\/li>\n<li>make their club or organisation more inclusive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UK Coaching\u2019s Director of Coaching Emma Atkins, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaintaining good mental health and well-being during the coronavirus lockdown was always going to be one of the key challenges facing us. Especially, with social-distancing measures limiting our face-to-face interactions with friends and family members outside of our homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is kindness, and we wanted to honour that by coming together with our partners Mind and Sport England to take the financial burden of an essential piece of coach learning and development away from coaches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this time, we are seeing more coaches using online learning, and this course is one that we know coaches enjoy and benefit from putting what they have learnt into practice. This is vital as we return to play over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be many of us who will have found this extended period of isolation difficult, and many of us who will find the \u2018new normal\u2019 that awaits us after lockdown equally challenging. Coaches are key conduits in helping communities to thrive and prosper. We will need them now more than ever before to help us get back running, mentally, as well as physically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mind\u2019s Head of Physical Activity Hayley Jarvis, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really proud to be announcing this news during such a significant awareness week and at a time when more people than ever are in need of support for their mental health. We know that physical activity can play a vital role in improving and maintaining mental health, but that many people with mental health problems face additional barriers to getting active, whether inside or outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoaches and coaching organisations are in a fantastic position to make a real difference to the lives of people with mental health problems, so we are delighted that this online course is now freely available for the whole coaching community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sport England\u2019s Coaching Development Manager <\/strong><strong>Sion Kitson, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering the challenges, we are all facing, it was right for us to come together to support coaches by removing the financial obstacle of accessing this essential course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople enjoying high quality physical activity is central to the mental and physical well-being of the nation. Despite the lockdown, coaches have worked doubly hard to find amazing ways to keep people active. Hopefully, this small gesture will go a long way towards continuing their professional development.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who usually delivers coaching in a club, leisure centre or any other community sports and physical activity setting \u2013 such as coaches, activators, sports administrators, front of house staff, volunteers and fitness instructors and personal trainers \u2013 will benefit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcoaching.org\/courses\/learn-at-home\/mental-health-awareness-for-sport-and-physical-act\">Mental Health for Sport and Physical Activity<\/a>. &nbsp;The online course is recognised to provide learners with 3 CPD (continuing professional development) points as awarded by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).<\/p>\n<p>This is a difficult and uncertain time, whatever your coaching role \u2013 coach, facilitator, instructor, leader, teacher or trainer \u2013 if you\u2019re helping people to be active and improve, UK Coaching is here for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcoaching.org\/courses\/learn-at-home\/mental-health-awareness-for-sport-and-physical-act\">Access the course for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Coaching has announced today (18 May) \u2013 in collaboration with its awarding organisation 1st4sport, and partners Mind, the mental health charity, and Sport England \u2013 that the nation\u2019s coaches can access the Mental Health for Sport and Physical Activity online course for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":4509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,35],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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