Florio, golf's mental health movement

The Florio Club Commitment is an initiative by Florio, golf's mental health charity.

Florio is building a movement to drive better mental health in the golf community, and to save lives in doing so.

We reach people before things get bad, give clubs the tools to look after their members, and point people to professional support when they need more than a good mate. Everything we make is built with consultant psychiatrists, in a voice that sounds like a golfer.

Alongside the Commitment we make Healthy Minds Golf Club, free guides and exercises for golfers; Fairways & Feelings, our podcast; and talks and workshops for clubs, counties and events.

• A registered charityA Charitable Incorporated Organisation, number [to confirm]
• Built with consultant psychiatristsEvery page that touches a crisis is clinically reviewed.
• For every golferEvery background, every handicap, every club.

How this Toolkit was developed

The Club Toolkit was developed by Florio and their clinical team, led by Dr. Edward Clark, Consultant Psychiatrist and Florio's Lead Clinical Advisor. It is based on published research and guidance on suicide prevention and workplace mental health, written for the people who run a golf club.

Anything about suicide, self-harm or a crisis is reviewed by our clinical team before it's published.

Sources

Draft list, awaiting confirmation by our clinical team.

• Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings (NG105)
  Published by NICE, 2018
• Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence (NG225)
  Published by NICE, 2022
• Media guidelines for reporting suicide
  Published by Samaritans
• Crisis management in the event of a suicide: a postvention toolkit for employers
  Published by Business in the Community, with Public Health England and Samaritans, 2017
• Reducing the risk of suicide: a toolkit for employers
  Published by Business in the Community, with Public Health England, 2020
• On Your Side: the suicide prevention toolkit for sport
  Published by The Royal Foundation, BSI and Hub of Hope, 2026
• Management Standards for work-related stress
  Published by Health and Safety Executive
• SafeGolf
  Published by England Golf
• Mental Health First Aid
  Published by MHFA England

Supported by

• England Golf[Logo to come]
• CMAE, the Club Managers Association of Europe[Logo to come]

Contact and charity details

• Email the team[to confirm]
• Registered charityCharitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission, number [to confirm]
• How we handle your detailsPrivacy statement
• Safeguarding[to confirm]