WorkSafe Mental Health & Wellbeing Program 

Give your netball club members an understanding of their mental health and wellbeing habits, and how they can put create positive mental health habits FOR FREE thanks to our Principal Partner WorkSafe, and delivery partner Sport and Life Training (SALT).

Netball Victoria in partnership with WorkSafe is dedicated to fostering both the physical and mental wellbeing of our athletes. The WorkSafe Mental Health and Wellbeing Program provides clubs and their members with essential tools and resources to manage stress, build emotional resilience and enhance overall quality of life.

With the growing recognition of mental health issues in sports, clubs can ensure they are providing the best support for their members, paving the way for a thriving, resilient and successful netball community.

2025 applications will open in March
About Sport and Life Training (SALT)
Sporting clubs and the communities that they create can play a huge part on the mental wellbeing of its players and officials. 
The Sport and Life Training (SALT) presentation is a highly interactive and engaging presentation which gives participants an understanding of anxiety and depression and provides them with positive mental health habits for life. 

The presentation will educate participants on how to have real conversations and aims to reduce the stigma that remains around mental health issues. Players are encouraged to ask questions with friends and to be open and honest about how they are coping. 

Sessions are aimed at people 15+ and will run for 60 to 75 minutes.

  • What is mental illness?
  • Applying strengths from sport into everyday life
  • What life-challenges do athletes face?
  • What is depression and what is anxiety?
  • When can feeling anxious or depressed become a problem?
  • What behaviours indicate that a person may not be coping?
  • How to improve mental health
  • Practical ways of looking after yourself and your mates
  • The value of a genuine conversation. 
  • Suicide prevention strategies
  • Reducing the stigma
  • Where to go for help