Kofi Josephs and Oliver Lawrie join the MVP Cast to discuss their new Mental Health Charter for Basketball.
Kofi tells Mark Woods about how his own lived experience left him to set up his ‘Why Not I?’ organisation to raise awareness of the issues and how talking about it openly has led to other players and basketball staff talking to him about what they are facing.
Oli tells us about how the Charter came into being and the crisis that it wants to help address.
And we look at the resources and steps forward required to make the sport a safe space for those involved without fear of falling short.
Read the full Mental Health Charter here.
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