We present you photos from the online kick-off meeting of the project “Mental Health Matters”.

FuteBola Sport – Centro de Futebol from Portugal together with partners Club for Youth Empowerment 018 from Serbia, Beyond Borders Italy from Italy and Barcel’hona Sports Events from Spain, implements “Mental Health Matters” project in the field of sport to promote importance of mental health hygiene while raising the awareness about mental health issues of men in competitive and professional sports. Project consortium is made from youth and sport organizations in order to combine different approaches and expertise so that more attention and visibility is given to the topic of men’s mental health and more specifically of male athletes. Project objectives are 1) To develop new methodology for sport workers for promoting mental health and wellbeing of young men and boys, 2) To train 20 coaches and other sport workers in the field of mental health protection, 3) To create more opportunities for public dialogue on the topic of mental health of men in competitive sports and 4) To raise the awareness about importance of protection of mental health among male athletes. Project is implemented in Portugal, Serbia, Italy and Spain in the period 01.11.2024 – 31.10. 2024 and is co-funded by the EU.