HEY SPORT, R U OK?
RESOURCES
HEY SPORT, R U OK?
R U OK? has developed FREE resources with practical tools and tips for grassroots sporting clubs and organisations to learn how to spot the signs that someone in their community might be struggling with life's ups and downs.
Whether you're a coach, official, volunteer, administrator, participant or a combination of these roles, these resources can empower you with the knowledge and confidence to have a conversation with someone in your sporting community who might be doing it tough.
RESOURCES FOR COACHES
These resources provide practical tools and tips for coaches to build an R U OK? Culture and have an R U OK? conversation with someone on their sporting club or organisation who might be doing it tough. The conversation guide also provides clear pathways of support if someone answers 'no, I’m not OK'. By making time to meaningfully reach out and offer support, you could change, or even save, a life.
Resources for coaches include:
- A conversation guide for coaches
- Practical tools for coaches
- Digital asset to share
RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE
These resources provide practical tools tips for everyone in the wider sporting community to build an R U OK? Culture and have an R U OK? conversation with someone in their sporting club or organisation who might be doing it tough. Suitable for volunteers, officials, participants, administrators or team captains, these resources include:
- Building an R U OK? Culture: a practical guide
- Digital asset to share
POSTERS
Our posters contain practical tips and conversation starters to empower you with the knowledge and confidence to check in with a teammate or someone in your sporting community. Click on the buttons below to download A4 PDF format posters that you can print yourself.
DIGITAL RESOURCES TO SHARE
Use our digital resources to encourage everyone to check in on each other and discuss the ways they ask R U OK? You can share these images on social media, in emails, on websites or in EDMs. To download an image, right-click it and select Save Image.
ACTIVITY SHEETS
The Hey Sport, R U OK? Activity Sheets (PDF) can be used by coaches, administrators and officials to help engage teammates and build an R U OK? Culture at their sporting team or organisation.
TRANSLATED RESOURCES
The Guide to Building an R U OK? Culture has been translated into three languages - Chinese, Arabic and Hindi. You can download these via the buttons below.
HOST AN R U OK? ROUND
Organising an R U OK? Round can help create a sense of camaraderie and rapport between the people involved, so that they get to know one another a bit better. Some of the best conversations are the ones which take place between people who trust and know one another.
An R U OK? Round is also an opportunity to get everyone in your sporting community ready to trust the signs, ask, 'are you OK?' and start a conversation that could change, or even save, a life.
Download our guide to hosting an R U OK? Round for ideas, tips and more to help you host a meaningful event.
The Host a Round Poster templates have been developed in a way that can be edited with details of your sporting event
Register your R U OK? Round
Register your R U OK? round and we'll keep you updated with event info and resources.
VIDEOS
"It’s important to have an environment where people feel safe to talk to other people, whatever sector of community sport you’re in. Mental health is part of everyday life, whether it’s a junior athlete to a senior athlete. We all struggle, but you don’t have to be an expert to ask,'are you OK?'
Chris Newman
R U OK? Community Ambassador and Junior Rugby League Coach
"We ran a community cricket Big Day Out to bring the community back together. The Kameruka Black Cockatoos were nominated in the Cricket Australia Awards for Community Connections for their community support in suicide prevention, alongside R U OK? "
Glenn Cotter
R U OK? Community Ambassador
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