Creating an environment that supports a psychologically safe climate enables individuals to; perform at their best, increase confidence and self esteem, support others and make the group experience more enjoyable. Creating a psychologically safe climate for a group of similar people is important. There can be additional benefits for a diverse group too…
Here are some of the benefits of embracing diversity and inclusion in physical activity groups;
- Helps to make physical activity more interesting
- Helps people understand social norms outside their own
- Makes people aware of shared responsibilities of making everyone feel valued
- Helps people see things from a different perspective/embrace different views
- Reduces marginalisation
- Increases confidence and self esteem
- Encourages better recognition of different skills
- Generates fresh and different ideas
- Makes us aware of the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on others through our own behaviour
- Promotes understanding, tolerance, harmony and unity & prepares people for taking part in an inclusive society
- Enhances individual and collective wellbeing from knowing that everyone is accepted
Actively encouraging a diverse group can widen opportunities for Trainers and those taking part.
Extracts taken from 🤼 🤸🏾♀️👨🦽🚶🏻♀️🏋🏽♀️ https://files.schudio.com/hnc/files/files/EandD.pdf
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