Athlete Support & Wellbeing
Safe, confidential support when you need it. At your pace, in your way.
Safe Sport International: Your safety is our mission
Safe Sport International is a leading global non-profit organisation dedicated towards ending forms of violence, harassment and abuse in sports. Our main purpose is to ensure that athletes, regardless of age, level, gender or race, can compete in a safe, welcoming environment.
Through advocacy and expert-led education, we aim to provide the practical tools and support networks for those in the sports community. From understanding your rights to accessing direct assistance, we are here to ensure your journey in sport is defined by integrity and care. Explore our Athlete Support page to see how we put these protections into practice for you.
Feeling overwhelmed or emotionally triggered?
Sometimes sport, life or a current situation can feel like “too much,” and your emotions can feel bigger than you can handle right now.
Take a break to help you calm your body, steady your mind, and get support. Find out more about how here.
Supporting someone who is upset or raising a concern?
If someone has come to you feeling overwhelmed, upset, or wanting to share a safe sport concern, you do not have to have all the answers.
Be there, listen with empathy, believe them, and help them connect with further support. Click here for guidance.
Feeling unsafe and needing immediate assistance?
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, or you are thinking about harming yourself, please seek urgent help now from local emergency services or a crisis/helpline in your country.
Click here for UK phone or text helplines.
Click here to view the SRA Athletes Network Global MAP OF LOCAL SUPPORT options.
SSI Wellbeing Hub
Needing support? Visit the following links for:
The Athlete Survivors Assist
The Athlete Survivors Assist is a US based organisation that supports athlete survivors and works to reform sport culture through advocacy, education, and resources.
Visit the following links to learn more about the organisation:
Kyniska Advocacy
Kyniska Advocacy is the UK’s Only Athlete-Led & Sport-Wide Safe Sport Organisation working with UK sporting communities to influence change in welfare and wellbeing policies, education and support for all athletes, but especially women athletes.
Visit the following links to learn more about the organisation:
SRA Athletes Network for Safer Sports
SRA Athletes Network for Safer Sports is an international network of people and organizations connected by our lived experience of abuse in sport.
Visit the following links to learn more about the organisation:
Raise A Safeguarding Concern with SSI
If your concern relates to any persons involved in any capacity in SSI activities please contact us at confidential@safesportinternational.com or use one of the reporting methods on our safeguarding policy page.