As we re-open our sporting clubs the physical and mental well-being of our members is paramount. Our guests highlight the importance of having strategies in place to support our fellow club members.

· Leah Cassidy, CEO, Sport SA

· John Mannion, Executive Director, Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation

· Professor Murray Drummond, Researcher, SHAPE Research

EPISODE SUMMARY

Welcome to Return to Sport and the Mental Health Conversation (0:20)

Leah Cassidy (1:12)

•Need for mental health support in our sporting clubsJohn Mannion (4:45)

•No one is immune to mental health challenges

•We will all come into contact post COVID that will be struggling

•Young players / 18-24 years / older generations

•Normalising the mental health conversation

•Giving people the skills to help their colleaguesProfessor Murray Drummond (8:30)

•Risk of young people being lost to sport

•Sporting organisations coming togetherJohn Mannion (11:24)

•Growing Mental Health Literacy within our Sporting Clubs

•First mental health conversation will occur in our community

•Mental Health Awareness Class / Mental Health 1st Aid Training

•Return to Sport Webinar | Mental & Physical Health - what your club needs to know

•Breakthrough Mental Health RoundProfessor Murray Drummond (15:20)

•Getting young people back to sportLeah Cassidy (18:46)

•Need for support and understanding mental health in sporting clubs

•Return to Sport Webinar | Mental & Physical Health - what your club needs to knowTim Mattin - Port Adelaide Pirates Rugby Union Football Club (21:20)

•A club who has had the mental health conversation

•How clubs can develop their own mental health knowledge

•Working with BreakthroughWrap (26:41)