Your Performance Wellbeing Page

The Athlete Rep Group

The Athlete Rep Group (ARG) represent the voice of athletes across the World Class and Talent Programmes within our Olympic and Paralympic disciplines. The British Athletes Commission (BAC) - an independent membership association representing the interests of athletes in elite performance sports - support the Athlete Reps in their voluntary roles.

View our Athlete Rep poster here!

The Athlete Reps deliver the opinions and feedback of our World Class Programme (WCP) and Talent Programme athletes to senior staff including the Performance Leadership Team and the British Canoeing Board. Athlete Reps are also equipped to act as advisors to support the queries or concerns of fellow athletes. This peer-to-peer scheme provides an alternative route for athletes to be heard when they may be unsure to whom or how their comments should be delivered.  

Our Canoeing Athlete Reps for 2020-2022 are:

• Afton Fitzhenry (WCP athlete, Sprint)
• Katie Reid (WCP athlete, Sprint)
• Phil Miles (WCP athlete, Sprint)
• Chelsey Dixon (WCP athlete, Paracanoe)
• Stewart Clarke (WCP athlete, Paracanoe)
• Kimberley Woods (WCP athlete, Slalom)
• Ben Haylett (WCP athlete, Slalom)

Support Staff

British Canoeing's World Class Programmes and Talent Programmes are lucky to benefit from a variety of support staff who are available to answer questions or concerns relating to wellbeing, such as coaches, administrators, sports science practitioners, and a Chief Medical Officer. 

Below we introduce two staff members who have a particular involvement in athlete welfare who you may like to contact if you have questions or concerns about performance wellbeing.

Performance Wellbeing Coach, Zofia Campbell

Hi – my name's Zofia and I’m the Performance Wellbeing Coach at British Canoeing. 

It’s my job to support Talent and World Class Programme athletes and staff and to manage any questions or concerns relating to the wellbeing of our athletes. I am also the Safeguarding Lead for our Talent and World Class Programmes.

If you'd like to get in touch, please contact me on [email protected]

Performance Lifestyle Advisor, Emma Groome

Emma works as the (EIS) Performance Lifestyle Advisor for British Canoeing working as part of the multi-disciplinary support team for athletes on the Olympic and Paralympic World Class Programmes.

The Performance Lifestyle service exists to ensure that there is an appropriate balance between the pursuit of performance and the care for the person behind the performance. 

The main areas of expertise within Performance Lifestyle are: 

• Managing Transitions
• Supporting Wellbeing
• Career Development and Planning
• Personal and Professional Development and Finance. 

For more information please click on the link here or see the PL Delivery Principles here.

We want to encourage a free and open culture across the whole of our sport. If you’re worried about something or if you have a concern or question, we want to address it. 

Communication is essential for us to resolve problems, but also for us to be aware of and deal with potential issues before problems arise. Click the image below to view our flowchart for raising queries or concerns within or relating to the Performance Department.

Click me to view how to raise a concern!

Safeguarding

For non-urgent safeguarding concerns, you should speak to Zofia Campbell (Performance Wellbeing Coach and Performance Safeguarding Lead) if your concern relates to our World Class Programme or Talent Programmes. Click here to view the reporting flowchart in such cases. You can view details of alternative routes to report a Safeguarding concern here.

Accident or Near-Miss

Use this form to report an accident or near-miss.

Athlete Rep Group

If you are an athlete on our World Class or Talent Programmes and you would like to contact the Athlete Rep Group, you can:

1. Speak to any of the Reps face to face within your daily training environment. 
2. Contact them individually via email or social media.
3. Email them on [email protected]. 
4. Use our anonymous online comment feature below.

Answer the below question to submit a comment, query or concern to the ARG. You're welcome to leave anonymous comments by withholding your name and email address but please note that this will mean that the ARG will not be able to respond to you directly. We encourage you to leave some contact details in case the ARG would like to follow up on your comments or investigate any concerns in more detail.

On this page you can find a range of useful information and resources.