Mental Health Charter for Sports and Recreation Newport County
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Mental Health Charter for Sports and Recreation Newport County AFC We aim to create a safe, supportive, inclusive and positive environment for everyone involved within the football club and in our community. We intend for Newport County AFC to make sports and recreation inclusive for all, contributing to reducing morbidity, promoting mental health and wellbeing; remove the culturally constructed stigma that surrounds issues of mental health. As one of 71 English Football League clubs we believe that we have a responsibility to promote mental wellbeing in our community. The Charter outlines actions that we can take to make mental health and wellbeing a priority and to improve the day-to-day lives of those in our community and to improve outcomes for those who experience mental health difficulties. We want to actively encourage people to discuss issues of mental health and wellbeing and also to access high-quality help and support when it is necessary. To enable us to achieve these aims we will: 1. Using the power of sport and recreation to promote wellbeing, with a special focus on encouraging physical activity and social interaction for their contribution to good mental health. 2. Publicly promoting and adopting good mental health policies and best practice within our sports and recreational activities. 3. Promoting positive public health messages using diverse role models and ambassadors to reduce the stigma attached to mental health problems. 4. Actively tackling discrimination on the grounds of mental health to make sure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect. 5. Supporting the establishment of a network to work closely with the mental health sector to develop resources and best practice. 6. Regularly monitoring our performance, assessing progress and taking positive action on mental health issues. By signing up to the Charter, we are committing to helping make this vision a reality. Timescale Activity Description Lead Name & How we will Progress Audience (Number refers to the corresponding Support to measure success area of the Charter) Contact Details implement Update Colin Faulkner Chris Ball Signing up to the Charter and All equality@newport- media@newport- 24/5/2020 Signing Ceremony promote it (1&6) county.co.uk county.co.uk Work with key stakeholders in the Colin Faulkner Members of the Senedd Media publicity All city to promote wellbeing & support equality@newport- MPs 25/10/2019 from all partners in the wider community (4&5) county.co.uk Newport City Council involved Deliver weekly (at least) physical Chris Ball activity sessions to promote media@newport- exercise and socialisation (1,4&5) Norman Parselle county.co.uk Increased number All community@newport- 1/3/2020 of people involved Not limited to but including: county.co.uk Colin Faulkner in activities - We Wear the Same Shirt equality@newport- - Military Veterans county.co.uk - Every Player Counts Working in Partnership with national and local charities/campaigns (2,3&4) Interaction with - Media releases Colin Faulkner Chris Ball charities and All equality@newport- media@newport- In Place campaigns with - Awareness matchdays county.co.uk county.co.uk request to work Bucket Collections - with NCAFC - Charitable Donations - Player Appearances MH issues openly Colin Faulkner Nigel Stephenson End of discussed and 1st Team & Peer support made available to equality@newport- nigel.stephenson@newport 2019/20 support provided. Academy players at all levels (2&4) county.co.uk -county.co.uk Season Performance levels and results Timescale Activity Description Lead Name & How we will Progress Audience (Number refers to the corresponding Support to measure success area of the Charter) Contact Details implement Update Chris Ball Creating a regular message about media@newport- Mental Health to provide support Colin Faulkner county.co.uk Interaction with All and ideas to combat issues (2&4) equality@newport- 29/11/2019 media releases - #WellbeingWednesday county.co.uk Laura Dernie - Monthly website article Laura@mydiscombobulate dbrain.com Staff Mental Health training for club Colin Faulkner Lisa Van Os End of MH issues openly Players employees to help recognise signs equality@newport- Lisa.VanOs@newportmind. 2019/20 discussed and Academy and provide support (2&4) county.co.uk org Season support provided CitC Colin Faulkner (Club) Creating volunteer opportunities to equality@newport- people in the region to bring a sense Donna Linton county.co.uk Number of new All of self-worth and contribution to office@newport- Ongoing volunteers the community (4&5) county.co.uk Norman Parselle (CitC) community@newport- county.co.uk Supporting the wider community (1,3,4&5) Norman Parselle - Appoint at least 1 MH community@newport- Colin Faulkner Ambassador to promote club’s county.co.uk equality@newport- Media publicity work county.co.uk from all partners - Support local schools Dan Harvey (Schools) involved. Regional All Military Veterans to facilitate dan.harvey@newport- Ongoing - Members of the statistics showing Peer Support county.co.uk Senedd positive - Provide opportunities for people MPs improvements Ryan Courtney (Veterans) with MH issues to see live Newport City Council matches [email protected] - Signposting people to relevant m partner charities/organisations Timescale Activity Description Lead Name & How we will Progress Audience (Number refers to the corresponding Support to measure success area of the Charter) Contact Details implement Update Number of FA/EFL/FAW Colin Faulkner additional clubs Other clubs / Encourage and support other clubs Members of the Senedd equality@newport- 24/5/2020 and organisations organisations to sign up to the Charter (1&5) MPs county.co.uk signing up to the Newport City Council Charter Emily Homan [email protected] EFL/Mind partnership match Ben Tinniswood Matchday Activities Alex Eagle (1,3&4) ben.tinniswood@newport & Media publicity All commercial@newport 8/2/2020 Vs Bradford City, Saturday 22nd mind.org from all partners - -county.co.uk February 2020 involved Colin Faulkner equality@newport- county.co.uk Gavin Foxall gavin.foxall@newport- county.co.uk The amount of Review Action Plan (6) green in “Progress NCAFC Colin Faulkner Damien Broad Update” and city - 6 month reviews from date of Academy equality@newport- damien.broad@newport- 31/05/2020 wide statistics. signing CitC county.co.uk county.co.uk - Update accordingly NB – will never be Norman Parselle green community@newport- county.co.uk Key: Red – Not yet commenced Amber – Started but not yet fully implemented Green – Already implemented Declaration: “We, as representatives of the organisations named below, sign this Charter and pledge that we will work together in partnership to improve mental health issues in the city of Newport. We will achieve this using the 6 principles set out at the start of this document to support those with mental health issues and promote wellbeing in our community. This Action Plan will be reviewed every 6 months from the date below.” ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Date: 22nd May 2020 Date: 22nd May 2020 Date: 22nd May 2020 Gavin Foxall Cllr Jane Mudd Cllr Kate Thomas Chairman Newport County AFC Leader of the Council (NCC) NCC Mental Health Champion ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Date: 22nd May 2020 Date: 22nd May 2020 Date: 22nd May 2020 Jayne Bryant John Griffiths Ruth Jones Senedd Member – Newport West Senedd Member – Newport East Member of Parliament – Newport West ___________________________ Date: 22nd May 2020 Jessica Morden Member of Parliament – Newport East .