Factors for sporting organisations to consider:

• Embrace AW&E providers as vital and valued service providers who are structurally embedded into high performance interdisciplinary teams supporting elite athletes.
• Support and encourage all high performance staff (HP leaders, coaches, managers, directors) to develop a good working knowledge of the role and responsibilities of AW&E providers.
• Support and encourage HP staff to learn and understand the function of an AW&E provider within the broader HP team.
• Ensure for AW&E providers an appropriate level of access and visibility in the daily training environment (DTE), camps, selection events or conversations, and/or competitions.
• Evaluate the resources required to assess, design, and implement AW&E measures and initiatives in response to identified needs, in line with HP processes and priorities.
• Support all stakeholders in the collaborative creation of HP environments that promote wellbeing at all times and encourage the long-term personal and professional growth of athletes alongside the demands of a HP career.