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Racing Welfare launches 2020 Mental Health Awareness Week campaign

Posted on May 15, 2020April 6, 2022 by plane

Racing Welfare has today outlined plans for its 2020 Mental Health Awareness Week campaign, beginning on Monday 18^th May. The week is a national initiative run by the Mental Health Foundation which runs through until Sunday 24^th May. Racing Welfare leads racing’s response to the campaign, which this year has been taken fully digital by the charity due to Covid-19.

Racing Welfare’s Director of Welfare, Simone Sear, talks to Nick Luck about Mental Health Awareness Week

Racing Welfare prepares to launch findings of industry mental health research

Posted on May 8, 2019March 23, 2022 by plane

Racing Welfare will announce the findings of its industry-wide mental health research at a launch event on Monday 13^th May at Royal Windsor Racecourse, coinciding with the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. The study, undertaken on the charity’s behalf by Liverpool John Moores University in association with The Racing Foundation, is expected to shape the structure of mental health support within racing going forwards.