What We Do

Training, Technical Assistance, & Consultation

Unparalleled Expertise on Abuse in Sports

The Assist offers trauma-informed training & technical assistance rooted in lived experience. We are subject-matter experts and understand the systems and strategies needed to help individuals and organizations build safe environments.

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Training

Our expert-led and survivor-informed trainings can be either tailored live or available on-demand. Trainings are customized to fit the needs of anyone within the global sports ecosystem – athletes, coaches, parents/guardians, sports institutions, and more!

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Technical Assistance

Technical assistance is customized to fit the unique dynamics of sports organizations and service providers. We offer innovative strategies to address the complexities organizations face as they build their capacity to serve athlete survivors and become trauma-informed.

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Speaking Engagements

The Assist’s team of speakers brings powerful, trauma-informed storytelling and expertise in abuse in sport to your audience.

We offer:

  • Facilitated critical conversations around safety, power, & accountability in sport
  • Lived experience narratives and leadership which highlights personal resilience & systemic issues in sport
  • Specialized training in trauma-informed public speaking for athlete survivors and others impacted by abuse in sport
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On-Demand Training

Our library of on-demand trainings is designed to build service provider capacity to serve athlete survivors. All trainings are trauma-informed and designed to address the unique dynamics of sport culture that athletes experience.

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Our Partnerships

We collaborate with a vast collection of organizations and movements to amplify impact, share resources, and advance our collective mission of ending sexual abuse in sport.

Donate Today

Your donation supports survivors, funds sexual abuse prevention education, and helps make sport safer for all athletes.

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Get Involved

Stand with us! Your involvement impacts systems change, raises public awareness, and protects athletes.

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