Athlete welfare in practice: education, career planning & mental health support

In this webinar, three time Olympic Champion and Social Chairman of MEEF (Hungarian Elite Athletes’ Advocacy Forum), Áron Szilágyi, and sports lawyer, Péter Rippel-Szabó, will explain how the MEEF, with over 1,000 athlete members, works: how it is structured, how it recruits and engages members, and how it runs its dual career, financial and mental health programmes. They will also cover how it works with partner institutions, volunteers, the state and federations, and be candid about what has worked and what has not. 

If you are a federation, institution, athlete group or adviser working out how to support elite athletes now and after they retire, this is the session to attend.

Topics

• Why athlete’s commissions and integrated advocacy tends to succeed or fail
• MEEF structure and what MEEF tries to do differently
• Creating engagement with elite athletes
• Running dual programs including dual and financial career programs, and mental health programs
• Partnering with institutions and managing volunteer relationships
• Cooperation with administrative bodies such as state bodies and sports federations
• Why collective representation of athletes is important and how it works in practice

Speakers

• Áron Szilágyi, Three-time Olympic champion in fencing and Social Chairman of MEEF (Hungarian Elite Athletes’ Advocacy Forum)
• Péter Rippel-Szabó, Attorney-at-law, LeitnerLaw

Price

This event is open access but registration is required. The Zoom link will be sent to the email used for registration.

For all enquiries, please email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..