Physical Activity & Mental Health Resources

Here are some very useful Physical Activity and Mental Health Resources compiled by our friends at Versus Arthritis.

Physical activity animations, resources, and programmes

Getting Started Animation – here
Government Guidelines Animation – here
Let’s Move with Leon here
Let’s Move Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/letsmovewithversusarthritis
Signpost to our following resources and link to our exercise page
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/

Other useful links and information

• Sport Wales Be Active Campaign (older adult’s resources) – here
• Sports coach UK – support for delivering virtual sessions here and here
• Moving Medicine here
• Shared decision-making tools – here

Resources for physical activity professionals to better understand mental health

• Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity (MHASPA) eLearning
• Regional networks which bring together people working from across the physical activity, sports, mental health, community and voluntary sector to share learning, deliver training and events.
• Sport and physical activity provider toolkits
• Information for individuals including downloadable/printable resources
• Guidance on return to play

Upskilling PA professionals

As a start we’d encourage all professionals and volunteers to take the MHASPA eLearning course and attend our webinar series.

Resources to support people without access to the internet
A number of printable sheets can be downloaded from our Get Active, Feel Good webpage.