Ethos Young Leader Milo Kirk has produced a short film which tells individual stories from the crucial role sport has played in wellbeing; physical, mental, workplace, recovery, recuperation and the role of sport in the community.
The film formed a catalyst for conversations at “The Four Nations Public Health Approaches in Policing Webinar Series : The Role of Sport in Prevention” held on Monday 13 December 2021,
The webinar explores this public health approach and shared practice examples with a strong focus on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention whilst addressing the causes of the causes. Topics and speakers included:
- Justin Coleman, Co-founder of the Alliance of Sport
- Dr. Nathan Eisenstadt, Senior Research Associate, Domestic Violence and Health Group, Bristol Medical School
- Graham Helm, National Partnerships Manager – Safer, StreetGames Theory of Change that sport can make to produce positive outcomes in the context of Youth Violence.
- Police Scotland National Football Information Point and prevention work suicide and the SPFL Trust.
- Police Service Northern Ireland Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme
- Rich Raynes, CEO of Sport Inspired
The webinar was free to attend and aimed at law enforcement and public health practitioners, policy makers and researchers from public health teams, response policing professionals and leaders, Violence Reduction Units, multi-agency system leaders, future/horizon scanners and early intervention/prevention specialists.