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Sally joins the SPRINT team!
We welcome Dr Sally Reynard to the SPRINT team, who has joined us as a Research Associate after completing her PhD in Applied Psychology...

SPRINT project
Apr 20, 20232 min read


SPRINT project PhD student attends science communication workshop
I was privileged to secure the EuniWell thesis prize in individual and social wellbeing, which led to attending a science communication...

SPRINT project
Feb 17, 20232 min read


Every day is a school day: learning from our postgraduate researchers
Last week (Friday 27th January 2023) saw an excellent turn out for the postgraduate research day. The day was filled with fascinating...

SPRINT project
Feb 3, 20232 min read


Learning from elite rugby players: How can you be better prepared?
As the Six Nations competitions (men’s and women's) take place over the next couple of months, it got us thinking about how elite...

SPRINT project
Jan 27, 20232 min read


Funding success for the SPRINT Project!
We are excited to share the news that members of the SPRINT Project research team (Prof. Jenn Cumming, Dr Mary Quinton, and Dr Grace...

SPRINT project
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Happy Holidays
Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other holiday, we hope that you are able to find some joy and relaxation...

SPRINT project
Dec 24, 20221 min read


Freelance dancers' mental health & wellbeing
On 29 November 2022, the SPRINT Project's Maria Kolitsida presented the findings of her MA study on the “Effects of the Pandemic on the...

SPRINT project
Dec 16, 20222 min read


Athletes' mental health help-seeking
On 24 November 2022, the SPRINT Project's Kirsty Brown presented the protocol for her scoping review on athletes' perspectives on...

SPRINT project
Dec 14, 20221 min read


Reviewing your year in 4 easy strengths-based steps
It is all too easy to look back on your year and focus on the goals you haven't achieved, the projects not yet completed or the bad...

SPRINT project
Dec 12, 20225 min read


New Paper on Imagery Interventions Published
Professor Jenn Cumming and Dr Mary Quinton recently published “Improving the reporting of sport imagery interventions with TIDieR” to...

SPRINT project
Dec 11, 20221 min read


SPRINT Project PhD Student Wins Thesis Prize
Congratulations to Georgia Bird for being selected for a EUniWell Thesis Prize award in the area of Individual and Social Well-being. The...

SPRINT project
Dec 9, 20221 min read


What does home mean to you?
The SPRINT Project team are excited to share that the Making home a place to be exhibition is now open until 27th November at The...

SPRINT project
Nov 17, 20222 min read


Supporting Community Organisations to Promote Young People's Wellbeing: Upcoming Webinar
Are you interested in new ways of improving young people’s wellbeing? Come join our free webinar to learn how sport psychology techniques...

SPRINT project
Oct 5, 20222 min read


Take a mental break, connect with nature
Here at the SPRINT project, we have spoken about the benefits of mindfulness and of connecting with nature through our MST4Life™...

SPRINT project
Jul 12, 20213 min read


How to use imagery like an Olympian
On Thursday 24th June, Professor Jennifer Cumming, Director of the SPRINT project, is presenting at the Eye Surgery Masterclass. Running...

SPRINT project
Jun 24, 20211 min read


Evaluation of MST4Life™ – what did we find?
MST4Life™ is the first sport psychology, community‐based programme delivered to young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. In...

SPRINT project
Feb 17, 20213 min read


Boost your mental fitness with matchFit
Here at the SPRINT project, we recently collaborated with the Street Soccer Foundation on their brand new app matchFit, which has just...

SPRINT project
Nov 3, 20201 min read


NEW policy briefing to support the well-being and employability of marginalised young people
We have launched a new policy brief on our dssemination tab (or download directly below) around our Mental Skills Training toolkit...

SPRINT project
Aug 20, 20201 min read


How to commission a strengths-based programme
If you’re a regular visitor to our blog, you’ll know that we recently launched our Commissioning & Evaluation Toolkit, designed to help...

SPRINT project
Jun 23, 20203 min read


SPRINT team lead Homeless Link webinar
On 18th June 2020, Dr Mary Quinton and Ben Parry from the SPRINT project co-hosted a webinar for Homeless Link on meeting the...

SPRINT project
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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