That the Parliament acknowledges that all football clubs in Scotland will shortly appoint people within their organisation to monitor their players’ mental health in order to help prevent another suicide, following 27-year-old Chris Mitchell, who played for Falkirk, Bradford City and Queen Of The South, taking his own life in 2016 after his career was cut short by a spinal injury; notes that the Chris Mitchell Foundation was set up by his family after his death and has funded mental health first aid courses for coaches and staff, which are administered through the SPFL Trust, and considers that mental health issues in football have been brought into sharp focus since the former Wales manager, Gary Speed, took his own life in 2011.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, James Kelly, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Tom Mason, Ivan McKee, Margaret Mitchell, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Adam Tomkins, David Torrance, Sandra White, Brian Whittle