Our hope is to create an ever-growing bank of letters and notes for people up against injury, by people who have an experience of injury. Every entry makes a difference. So, If you’re an active person and you know what it feels like to wrestle with the unknown of a niggle or injury of any size - you’ll have words that might offer connection, validation, or hope to someone else. Start writing, and you might just surprise yourself.

Here’s some ideas for letters or notes you could write:

1) A letter to yourself. Do you have experience overcoming an injury or another kind of challenge in the journey that’s led you here. If you think back to the time when the challenge first came in to your life, what would you say to that person? What advice, ideas, or tips will help sustain you? What might surprise you about what’s to come?

2) A letter / note to someone else. When an injury strikes, hearing from other people who have navgiated the terrain before you can be really helpful and comforting. What would you say to someone else who might have a similar experience of injury that might be helpful for them to hear? This could be in the form of a letter, or even a bullet point note or two of useful phrases! You could also respond to someone’s letter that’s been published already.

3) A letter to the “problem”. If you’re in the midst of injury right now, think about the biggest problem that you’re contending with. It might not be the injury itself, rather the effect it’s having on your life or what it resembles (e.g. the “unknown” of the recovery period, or the fear of being left behind, or being a “doer” who can’t do).