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TYSON BULL:

The Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Programme is a world-leading initiative

MONIQUE MURPHY:

As an elite athlete, it is important to have a culture and environment to learn, thrive, and the ability to engage and contribute to the wider community. Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement is supported across five critical areas.

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Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement. Mental health; career & education; personal development; conduct & professionalism; engagement]

Mental health. Giving current and former athletes, along with coaches and high-performance staff access to the best practise mental health information and education, as well as individualised psychology services. Career and education.

TYSON BULL:

Providing advice face-to-face or online learning related to education, career mapping, professional development, and work experience.

MONIQUE MURPHY:

Personal development. Focused on empowering elite athletes to grow in their life and sporting career by building self-knowledge, and applying values-based decision making. Conduct and professionalism.

TYSON BULL:

Supporting athletes’ strategic leadership by providing advice on managing duty of care and well-being issues, including ethical decision making, and the development of policies and procedures within the high-performance environment.

MONIQUE MURPHY:

Engagement. Enabling us to become positive role models, inspiring communities by connecting with grassroots sport, and national charities.

TYSON BULL:

Finding the right balance between the requirements of an elite sport, competition, and activities outside of training leads to a high-performance athlete leading a meaningful life.

MONIQUE MURPHY:

The holistic wellbeing approach created in this initiative forms a healthy, balanced lifestyle to support performance outcomes and podium success.

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