Rising thresholds for formal child and adolescent mental health services mean access to therapy-based approaches are increasingly limited. Fewer support options, combined with increasing pressures in their daily lives, means many young people are turning to youth sports practitioners for informal mental health advice and help.
This scenario has seen the emergence of a new therapeutic youth sports practitioner role in some organisations working with disadvantaged and vulnerable young people. For example, Tyldesley Netball club in Wigan has proactively responded to the need for informal mental health support sought by young people by making space, time and supportive conversation a key feature of the support offered by the club to young players.
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