Sports: Mental Health
Commons · Question 15110 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of grassroots sports programmes in strengthening mental health (a) literacy and (b) resilience of men and boys.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 25 Nov 2024
Grassroots sports programmes provide important opportunities to bring communities together and to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of participants. Active lifestyles are also associated with 375,000 fewer people being diagnosed with depression.Th...