A confidential, anonymous peer-to-peer wellbeing community. Built exclusively for professional athletes. Accessed only via organisational referral. Free to use. Always private.
The entire model is designed around one principle: an athlete should never have to walk through a visible door to get help. Inter Athlete removes that barrier completely.
When your club, league, or governing body partners with Inter Athlete, we issue a unique referral link. Only athletes you share it with can join. The platform is never publicly accessible.
Athletes access the platform through the link with no names, no profile photos, and no identifiable information. Their organisation cannot see who has joined or what is discussed.
Athletes join relevant groups, connect with peers experiencing similar challenges, and have clinical resources one tap away whenever they are ready to take the next step.
The stigma is real. The fear of deselection is real. Inter Athlete was built because athletes told us through research that they wanted support but could not access it visibly. Now they can, invisibly.
Research is clear — athletes will not use visible in-house support if they fear it affects their selection. Inter Athlete solves this structurally. Your duty of care is fulfilled. Your athletes' anonymity is absolute.
Enquire About PartneringSupplements your existing wellbeing framework with a peer-led layer athletes will actually engage with — on their terms, in their time.
Anonymous usage data — how many athletes are actively using the platform, which groups are most active — helps you understand and improve your welfare provision.
Demonstrate tangible, proactive athlete mental health provision to your board, your stakeholders, and your athletes. Evidence-based and clinically signposted.
Every design decision — from how groups are structured to how crisis prompts are triggered — is made with athlete safety as the primary consideration. Not an afterthought. Not a checkbox. The foundation.
Every group displays relevant clinical resources. An athlete in a gambling group sees different resources than one in an injury recovery group. Always contextual, always visible, never intrusive.
No athlete can be identified by another athlete, their organisation, or us. GDPR compliant. The platform is architected so that anonymity is structural — not just a setting.
Distress indicators trigger immediate, sensitive prompts directing athletes toward crisis support. Every space has clear emergency contacts. No athlete in acute distress is left without a pathway.
All group spaces are overseen by qualified welfare advisors and sport psychologists. Online moderators monitor for concerning, threatening or abusive interactions and intervene where needed.
Inter Athlete is the bridge — not the destination. Our embedded referral pathway guides athletes toward clinical professional support when they are ready. Peer support first. Clinical help always available.
Strict community guidelines. Online abuse results in immediate removal. Members are encouraged to report concerns. A safe space only stays safe when everyone protects it.
Inter Athlete was founded by Craig Walsh, whose academic research into athlete mental health frameworks identified one consistent, critical finding: athletes want support — but they will not access it if doing so is visible.
That research insight — that the barrier is structural, not personal — is the reason every feature of Inter Athlete exists. Anonymous access. Invisible entry. Peer-led community. Clinical bridge when ready.
Craig brings a sport and mental health background, working with welfare advisors and sport psychologists to ensure Inter Athlete meets the standards that serious organisations require.
Inter Athlete is currently accepting a select group of pilot partners. We would welcome a conversation with any club, league, players' association, or governing body serious about athlete mental health.
We are currently working with a select group of pilot partners. If you represent a club, league, players' association, or governing body and want to understand how Inter Athlete could support your athletes, we would welcome a conversation. All enquiries are completely confidential.