Moving For Mental Health
- Date Published
- Jan 2022
- Publisher(s)
- Sport For Development Coalition, Mind, Edge Hill University, Loughborough University
- Document Type
- Report
- More Info
- http://sportfordevelopmentcoalition.org/moving-mental-health
- Themes
- COVID-19 Recovery, Health & Wellbeing*, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity
- Sub Themes
- Mental Health
- Geographic Area
- National
- Lifestages
- Early Years, Children & Young People, Adults, Older Adults
- Sport / Activity
- Mental Health
The 'Moving for Mental Health' report recommends the new strategy is led by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, and includes better training for health professionals to prescribe movement for mental health. The research was led by an expert team made up of academic researchers from Edge Hill University and Loughborough University, and draws on evidence and submissions from over 70 organisations including sport and mental health organisations, public bodies and Government departments. It has been produced to help inform Government policy and realise the benefits of community-based physical activity for everyone, with a particular focus on disadvantaged and deprived communities which have been affected disproportionately by the negative impacts of the pandemic.
