Mental Health Awareness Week gets the horseracing industry talking
Mental Health Foundation’s Mental Health Awareness Week: 09 – 16 May 2022
Stakeholders across the industry engaged in conversations around mental health and loneliness last week in support of the National Mental Health Awareness Week campaign, led by Racing Welfare on behalf of the horseracing industry.
Racecourses across the country showed their support with race titles dedicated to the cause and staff sporting the green ribbon on their clothing.
The campaign film, which can be viewed below, produced by Racing Welfare and Equine Productions, was also played at racecourses up and down the country as well as across social media channels of racing’s key stakeholders.
Racing Welfare Project Manager, Christina Sell, kicked off the week with an appearance on Racing TV’s Luck On Sunday programme on Sunday 8th May. Catch up with some of the other media coverage here:
Tuesday 10th May: Sky Sports Racing’s Kieran O’Sullivan speaks to Christina Sell.
Tuesday 10th May: Sky Sports Racing’s Zoey Bird speaks to Racing Welfare beneficiary, Paddy Farrell at Chepstow racecourse.
Wednesday 11th May: Racing TV’s Gordon Brown speaks to Lucinda Russell about mental health in the industry and the training available via Racing Welfare.
Friday 13th May: Nick Luck speaks to Christina Sell on the Nick Luck Daily podcast.
Sunday 15th May: Racing TV’s Nick Luck speaks to former trainer David Arbuthnot, who is now retraining as a counsellor.
Further information on Racing Welfare’s mental health support services can be found here.