William urges clubs to take more action on mental health

The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of the need for football clubs to take more action to tackle mental health issues as he met adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the sport.

William, who is also president of the Football Association (FA), made his comments during a visit to the charity Sporting Chance in Liphook, Hampshire, which is working with those affected by nonrecent sexual abuse in football. 0 The Prince visited the Sporting Chance charity

The prince was met by the charity’s founder and former Arsenal defender Tony Adams, who explained how it had got involved following the recent emergence of allegations.

William said: “We have been very good at tackling things like racism and such in football and the fact that we are now seen to be leading the way in football and mental health is fantastic.

“We need to normalise this a lot more in stadiums around the country whenever we can.”

Sporting Chance was set up in 2000 to support professional and former professional sportspeople with a range of issuesincluding depression.