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Better support starts with a practical next step.
Find guidance to understand mental health, ask for help and support someone in sport. We are also building an improvement pathway that helps organisations turn commitments into practice, with independent review.
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Athlete support
Resources for you
MindsMelt exists to protect athletes. If you need support now, or want to better understand your mental wellbeing, start here.
Mental Health 101
A plain-language guide to mental wellbeing in the context of high-performance sport.
Read the guideFind a professional
Understand professional routes, qualification checks and how to prepare for a first conversation.
Find a route to helpTopic library
Practical resources on performance anxiety, burnout, injury, transition and more.
Browse topicsOur approach
Support people. Improve the environment around them.
Mental health in sport needs both accessible guidance and organisations that act on what athletes need. Our framework is in development; its structure is a working proposal, not evidence of effectiveness.
5
working pillars
25
proposed indicators
3
proposed review lenses
2
connected areas of work
Working framework
The Five Pillars
Five working pillars organise the improvements we want organisations to make. Requirements and review methods still need independent evaluation.
Athlete Support Systems
Access to qualified professionals, clear referral pathways, confidential help.
Staff Training & Awareness
Coaches and staff trained to recognise, respond and refer.
Policy, Governance & Accountability
Written policy, leadership ownership, budget and athlete voice.
Crisis Response & Safeguarding
Documented, rehearsed protocols and safeguarding infrastructure.
Culture & Environment
A daily climate where speaking up is safe and normal.
Two arms. One mission.
One mission, two connected areas of work
Practical guidance for people in sport, alongside an organisational improvement pathway being prepared for independent review.
Organisational improvement
Build safer, more supportive practice with clear actions, evidence and review. The pathway and certification criteria are still being developed.
Explore the proposed pathwayEducation and support navigation
Trusted, sport-relevant mental-health guidance starts with athletes and extends to coaches, staff, volunteers and support networks. It helps people understand, recognise and act—without diagnosing or replacing professional care.
Explore guidance and supportProposed pathway
Make progress before making claims.
Bronze, Silver and Gold describe proposed improvement milestones. Diamond is the proposed independently reviewed certification. These are not clinical ratings or guarantees of athlete safety.
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BronzeProposed improvement milestone
Bronze
A formal commitment has been made and the first accountable structures are in place.
View this pathway stage02
SilverProposed improvement milestone
Silver
Implementation is active, resourced and communicated across the organisation.
View this pathway stage03
GoldProposed improvement milestone
Gold
Mental wellbeing is embedded across governance, culture and everyday operations.
View this pathway stageProposed certification · not yet issuing awards
Diamond
Full CertificationDiamond is the proposed full certification, with evidence across every pillar, an independent decision and ongoing review. This process is not yet open.
Who it is for
Built for every level of sport
Federations
National and international sports federations setting standards for their members.
See how it worksClubs and academies
Professional and grassroots organisations committed to athlete mental wellbeing.
See how it worksOlympic committees
National Olympic and Paralympic committees leading by example.
See how it worksHigh-performance centres
Institutes and training environments where athlete care must match performance ambition.
See how it works
Why MindsMelt exists
Built from inside elite sport
MindsMelt was founded by Jacques Jefferies, Olympic biathlete, to help make practical mental-health guidance and accountable support easier to find in sport.
The framework is built on a simple belief: athlete mental wellbeing cannot depend on goodwill alone. It must be codified, funded and independently verified.
Read the founder's storyFuture public register
The directory
There are no verified MindsMelt certifications to announce here. Organisations will only be listed after the review process is operational and an award has been independently decided.
Take one useful step today.
Explore guidance for yourself or someone you support. Organisations can learn about the improvement work we are developing.