The video begins with a white screen.
Upbeat music can be heard and continues throughout the video.
A colourful border, in Buddle brand colours: purple, blue, green, orange, and red, frames the screen.
The Buddle logo appears in the top left, beneath it reads ‘supported by Sport England’ and their logo.
The Mind logo also appears.
The name of the video, ‘Spot. Support. Signpost.’ appears in black.
The frame transitions with the Buddle brand colours swiping across the screen to reveal black weighing scales.
On one side there is a blue speech bubble which contains the words ‘low mood, trauma, anxiety, fear, calm, worry, content, positive, happy, hopeful’.
On the other side there is a male wearing blue trousers, a purple top and holding a badminton racket.
There are subtitles across the bottom of the screen for the rest of the video.
A male voice can be heard as the voiceover begins alongside the graphic, hereafter referred to as ‘voiceover’.
The male voice says:
Mental health is as important as physical health.
The current frame is cleared to the left of the screen and replaced by a female in an orange hijab (far left), a male in a wheelchair next to her, a child in the centre of the frame, and a male in a red t-shirt (far right).
The voiceover says: We all have it, it affects the way we think, feel and behave.
Aligned with the voiceover, two thought bubbles appear above the first two characters, happy, indifferent, and sad faces appear above the child, two hands shaking appear above the male.
The buddle brand colour swipe transition crosses the screen again, clearing the previous scene.
The next scene appears.
There are children are playing catch under a netball post, a pregnant female is watching them.
In the background, two people are playing badminton, and in front of them the female wearing a hijab and a male wheelchair user are on screen again.
A final character enters on a skateboard and stops to interact with two others, they wave, smile and move their mouths as if talking.
The voiceover says:
If your organisation delivers sport and physical activity, it has a duty to care and support people’s health, wellbeing, and safety. You’re not expected to be an expert, but you can spot the signs that someone might be struggling, support them and signpost them to help. Let’s find out more.
The buddle brand colour transition clears the screen to white.
In time with the voiceover ‘spot, support, signpost’ the tree icons appear. ‘
'Spot’ is presented alongside two eyeballs. 'Support’ alongside two outstretched arms with a heart above them, and ‘Signpost’ which shows a signpost pointing in different directions.
The voiceover says:
Spot. Some will feel comfortable approaching you for help, others won’t.
‘Spot’ and the accompanying icon remain on screen and move to the top left whilst the other icons two fade to white.
Two males appear on screen, one is smiling and speaking openly, the second looks unsure and is not talking back.
The Buddle brand colour transition moves across the screen, clearing the frame to white, leaving only the ‘Spot’ title and icon in the top left.
The outer right third of the screen becomes orange, and a list appears as it is spoken in the voiceover below.
To the left a magnifying glass appears with a scene of a park. A female is walking alone to sit on a bench, she appears unhappy. A group of smiling children run past her leaving her alone.
The voiceover says:~
To spot the signs that someone might be struggling, look out for: Mood or behaviour changes. Withdrawal from activities. Appetite or weight changes.
Within the magnifying glass the colour transition clears the scene to reveal a male sitting alone on a bench outside of gym.
The voiceover says:
Different drinking, smoking, or exercise habits.
Within the magnifying glass the colour transition clears the scene to reveal a male sitting on the edge of his bed, his wheelchair is positioned next to him, and the night sky can be seen outside his window.
His face appears confused and a thought bubble with question marks appears above his head.
The voiceover says:
Difficulty concentrating, decision-making or sleeping.
Within the magnifying glass, the colour transition clears to reveal a female looking unhappy.
There is a background of grass and trees behind which quickly turn from vibrant colours to grey and cloudy.
The colour transition moves across again revealing a male looking forlorn and scratching his head.
The voiceover says:
Comments about difficult thoughts and feelings, or unexplained aches, pains, restlessness or agitation.
The colour transition moves across the whole screen and clears the list and magnifying glass, leaving just two characters centrally on screen.
To the left is the female in the hijab and to the right is the male in the red t-shirt.
Both characters are smiling, but behind the man’s head is a thought bubble showing his face with sad emotion.
The voiceover says:
Remember, sometimes there’s no outward signs. If you’re worried, start a conversation.
A speech bubble appears from the female saying ‘Let’s talk’, a second speech bubble then appears from the male.
The colour transition clears the characters away to reveal ‘Support’ and the accompanying icon.
It sits centrally on the screen before moving to the top left of the frame for the following few scenes.
The voiceover says: Support. It may feel daunting, but often small actions can have a big impact.
Two children appear on the left-hand side of the scene playing catch.
A male, walking a dog, and a female cross the screen chatting.
On the right-hand side, in time with the voiceover, the words appear: Small actions can have a big impact.
A colour swipe transition moves across the screen, clearing the current characters, leaving only the ‘Support’ title and icon in the top left.
The following on-screen text appears with the first letter larger than the rest of the sentence, later on it’s evident that these letters spell ‘support’.
A red ambulance icon appears alongside the text: See if urgent help is needed.
In time with the voiceover below, additional characters enter the frame, first two males, one of which is holding a football, they are chatting.
Underneath them a blue clock icon appears with the text: Understand the best time and place to talk.
The voiceover says:
See if urgent help is needed. Ask direct questions, you may need to contact emergency services if they’re a risk to themselves or others. Understand the best time and place to talk. Pose open-ended questions to help you to understand how they’re feeling. Provide validation for how they’re feeling and reassure them they’re not alone. Offer emotional support by showing empathy and not trying to fix their problems. Reassure them that it’s good to talk. Thank them for sharing and trusting you, summarise what’s been said and any next steps.
In time with the voiceover, an orange question marks appear on screen followed by the text: Pose open ended questions.
A male wheelchair user and female wearing a hijab enter the frame chatting.
Provide validation appears on screen next to two speech bubbles both with a heart in.
Offer emotional support appears on screen in purple text.
Underneath this appears two blue hands shaking and forming a love heart shape, along with the text: Reassure them.
Finally, an icon of two red hands clapping appears next to the text: Thank them.
The icons then disappear, and the text becomes blurred, leaving only the starting letters S U P P O R T visible.
These letters move around the screen to land in order centrally saying ‘Support’.
The voiceover says:
There’s no such thing as a perfect conversation. Just try your best.
A colour transition moves across the screen once again leaving only the support icon in the top left.
Four people can be seen chatting, two females and two males, one of which is a wheelchair user.
The voiceover says:
Supporting someone can make a real difference, but it can also be time consuming and overwhelming.
These four individuals slide off screen and are replaced by a love heart, within which a park scene can be seen.
Four people are watching on as two females play badminton in the foreground.
The voiceover says:
Be sure to look after your own mental and physical wellbeing too.
A colour transition clears all of the on-screen activity to leave only ‘Signpost’ and the orange icon of a directional signpost.
This minimises and moves to rhe top-left of the screen for the following scenes.
The voiceover says:
Signpost. If they’d like further help, there’s lots of services and resources available. Organisations like Mind, the Samaritans, Shout and many others can help. Consider having a list or offering to find support together.
Two characters appear on screen.
One female, wearing a hijab, is holding her mobile phone. The male facing her has a piece of paper that reads ‘Mental health services and resources’.
Next to these characters is a large orange signpost, titled ‘Further help’. In time with the voiceover, the signpost points to the words ‘Mind’ ‘Samaritans’ and ‘Shout’.
The male passes the paper to the female, and they look at it together.
A colour transition clears the screen revealing the activity scene from the beginning of the animation.
Two children continue to play catch under a netball post with a pregnant female watching on.
Two people are playing badminton in the background.
The male wheelchair user and female wearing a hijab chat to a female on a skateboard who enters during the scene.
Two other males can be seen chatting in the background.
The voiceover says:
Accessing support can take a while and people may still struggle when they have it. Checking in regularly, asking how you can help and being flexible is key to providing a safe, inclusive environment where everyone feels supported.
Alongside the voiceover, three speech bubbles appear across the top of the scene, originating from various characters.
These read: ‘Want to talk?’ ‘Can I help?’ and ‘How are you?’.
These disappear after a few seconds.
A colour transition clears the screen to reveal the female in the orange hijab facing away, sitting at a desk on her computer.
On the computer screen the title ‘Spot. Support. Signpost’ is visible with the Buddle and Mind logos underneath.
The shot zooms in to focus on the computer screen as the female moves the computer mouse and the cursor clicks to transition to the closing video frame.
The voiceover says: To learn more, visit www.buddle.co or www.mind.org.uk/sport.
The final Buddle brand colour transition moves across the screen, turning the frame back to white with the original Buddle colour border.
The Buddle logo appears top left, with ‘Supported by Sport England’ beneath it.
To the right, the Mind logo appears next.
Centrally the National Lottery logo comes into shot, and finally at the bottom three website addresses appear: www.buddle.co, www.sportengland.org, www.mind.org.uk/sport.
The music fades to quiet and the video ends.
