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MISSION STATMENT

Educate and Support young people involved in physical activity, to live mentally healthy lives. 

The Aspirations

ROAR aim to support young people aged 12-18 years who are involved in sporting activities. Research suggests that young males are less likely to talk openly about their feelings and emotions and have a significantly higher rate of suicide than young females. While ROAR will be inclusive and open to all young people, we recognise the particular barriers that young males may face in seeking support. 

The initial working group with involve young people participating in football, basketball and netball clubs affiliated with Richard Huish College in Taunton, Somerset. 

Over time, we would like to roll out this model of mental health support through existing sporting organisations across a much wider spectrum of sporting clubs and academies. Our ambition is to have a positive impact on the lives of young people using the trusted environment of sport to encourage open conversations, build resilience and make mental health support more accessible. 

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MEEt the team

Matt Nolan

TRUSTEE

I am extremely proud and excited about leading the development of The Roar Trust. We have a clear vision to have a positive impact on the mental health of young people in sport. I have a background in support services in education and have had the privilege to lead a high performance student support department in a sixth form college. I am hugely proud of the charity and can’t wait to make it a roaring success!!

Emily taylor

TRUSTEE

I currently hold the position of the Regional Decarbonisation Manager at National Grid, having previously worked in both the NHS and VCSE sector. I’m is a specialist in stakeholder management, communications and engagement with a focus on collaboration and whole systems thinking. As well as my work, I have served on the trustee boards of Somerset charities, with the most recent role being Vice Chair of the Spark Somerset board since 2021.  

jamie brockhurst

TRUSTEE

It is exciting to be part of a project with such huge potential. The Roar Trust is well positioned to engage with the community on so many levels. We are very fortunate to have a range of experience amongst the board of trustees. I have a commercial background and currently work within the care sector, which has been my focus for over 10 years. Looking forward to adding value where I can and seeing what we, as a team, are capable of achieving through The Roar Trust.

The Roar Impact

One of the benefits of our vision being delivered effectively will be a reduction in demand for organisations working with young people who have already reached crisis point. We are very aware that these organisations are currently inundated and struggling to cope with demand. The young people we work with will better understand their mental health and have self-management techniques to avoid themselves, and potentially others from reaching crisis point.

Our player assistance scheme will allow young people to access support quicker than they would have previously, this will again take the pressure off local authority services who are currently failing due to the volume of referrals.

We will use a recording model to measure our impact and report back to stakeholders periodically.

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The HOW

We understand that most of the mental health support available is for when young people are in crisis, we want to offer young people the opportunity to access supportive workshops that are aimed at the prevention of a mental health crisis.

We are going to work with young people who are involved in sport to equip them with the knowledge, understanding and resources to manage their mental health alongside their physical health. As part of a structured programme, we will run a series of workshops for young people. The workshops will focus on what is mental health, how to recognise poor mental health, where and what support is available. These workshops will be interactive and aimed at preventing young people for going into crisis and requiring any emergency support.

We will also offer those young people who are in crisis the opportunity to access clinical support such as counselling or therapy, even if they are financially restricted. ROAR will raise money to develop a funding stream that young people can apply for to support with clinical interventions. This funding stream will be by application and a needs assessment to ensure that those young people in the greatest need are accessing this support.

Furthermore we want more young individuals to feel the benefits of combined physical activity with mental health support, so we endeavour to create funding for those who would normally be excluded from sporting activities due to financial limitations.

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