NARI Collective  •  Oxford, UK

Athlete
Care.
Artist
Care.

The structured human care layer for elite performers and the teams around them. Built on fifteen years of evidence-based practice across sport and music.

15
Years in elite care
500+
Athletes supported
2
Industries. One framework.
What We Do

Care that sits between the practical
and the clinical.

Practical liaison handles the logistics. Clinical psychology handles the acute. Athlete Care and Artist Care fill the space between: the sustained human relationship that holds a performer's ecosystem together and ensures the right support reaches them before a situation becomes a crisis.

Sport
Athlete Care
Structured wellbeing support for professional athletes, sports clubs and multi-sport organisations. From international football to Olympic athletics, applied at the transition moments that matter most: arriving at a new club, stepping up from academy to first team, navigating the end of a playing career.
Physiological baseline and performance nutrition
Cultural integration and ecosystem support
Dual-career planning and post-career transition
Music
Artist Care
Structured wellbeing support for artists, labels and distributors. Applied directly with artists during demanding periods, and with the music industry teams who work alongside artists every day and need the awareness, language and referral framework to support them effectively.
Physical — health, nutrition and workload
Mental — wellbeing, stressors and resilience
Personal — logistics, finances and ecosystem
The Framework

Three pillars. One sustained relationship.

The same evidence-based framework applies across sport and music because the human pressures of elite performance are the same. What changes is the context. What does not change is the need for a trusted, consistent, non-clinical person in the corner.

I
Physical
Baseline health assessment, nutrition, workload management and energy protocols built around touring, recording or competitive schedules. Referral to The Forbes Clinic for integrative medicine or The Bosworth Clinic for physiotherapy where specialist input is needed.
II
Mental
Wellbeing check-ins, identifying and managing stressors, building resilience and sustainable performance habits. Referral to Think2Win (HCPC-Registered Practitioner Psychologist) when professional psychological support is the right step.
III
Personal
The practical layer — logistics, operational support, financial literacy and the ecosystem of family, friends and close relationships that either sustains or undermines everything else. The things that show up outside the studio and need someone trusted in your corner.
About

Fifteen years building the infrastructure
around elite talent.

In Sport
FISU Education Committee, GB Delegate
500+ high-performance athletes supported, Oxford Brookes
Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallists
England internationals and World Cup winners
UK's first 24/7 athlete mental health service
UKAD Clean Sport Advisor 2020 to 2025
TALS Dual-Career certified
Safeguarding Level 2
Wales Women's National Football Team
Oxford United Women's First Team
Physiological Assessment
Initial baseline assessments through The Forbes Clinic of Integrative Medicine
Specialist referral pathways for ongoing physiological support

NARI Collective was founded by Marcus and Bryony O'Dowda-Boswell, who spent fifteen years building athlete care systems in elite sport before applying those principles to the music industry. The company works with professional clubs, music distributors, labels and performers, and with the industry teams and governing bodies that support them.

NARI Collective is a member of an elite-sport family. Callum O'Dowda (Ferencváros TC, Republic of Ireland international) and Jade O'Dowda (Paris 2024 Olympian, heptathlon) are immediate family. The company's understanding of elite performance is not theoretical.
Referral Network

When clinical input is needed,
the right people are in place.

NARI Collective is not a clinical service. When a welfare concern moves into clinical territory, the referral is warm, immediate and made through an established professional relationship.

Referral costs are met directly by the partner organisation or by the individual at preferential rates negotiated through NARI Collective. They are not included within our fees.
Oliver Spensley-Corfield
Think2Win Performance, Oxford
HCPC-Registered Practitioner Psychologist, BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist
Former international sailor and world championship medallist. Worked with Olympic medallists, Welsh Netball and Team INEOS UK. The primary referral for sport psychology, performance psychology and mental health support. Co-delivers the Artist Care workshop programme.
Dr Anna Forbes
The Forbes Clinic of Integrative Medicine, Harley Street
UK-Licensed Integrative Medicine Doctor
Over 15 years of medical experience. Gut health, autoimmunity, chronic illness, hormone balance and functional medicine. Advanced lab testing and targeted nutrition. The referral for complex or persistent physiological concerns.
Gordon Bosworth
The Bosworth Clinic, Cassington, Oxfordshire
Founder and Principal Physiotherapist
Senior GB Physiotherapist at three Winter Olympics. Chief Physiotherapist to UK Athletics. Physiotherapy, osteopathy, soft tissue therapy, strength and conditioning, and injection therapy. The referral for physical injury and rehabilitation.
Future Practitioners

NARI Collective
is building its team.

There is no funded role right now. There will be. The company is growing across both sport and music, and we are actively building a picture of practitioners who might join us when the time comes.

We are not looking for generalists. We are looking for people who have worked in structured welfare roles within elite sport and who are drawn to the idea of applying those skills across sectors, including music.

The profile we have in mind
Experience within a dual-career support framework: TASS Lifestyle Adviser, TALS practitioner, university athlete support, NGB welfare or equivalent
Genuine curiosity about applying elite sport welfare principles outside of sport
Comfortable working without clinical registration because you understand where the non-clinical layer begins and ends
Drawn to a small, growing company where the work is shaped by the people doing it
Why now?
Artist Care and Athlete Care are becoming formalised disciplines across sport and music. Serenity Haus launched the first in-house Artist Care department in May 2026. The DFL formalised Player Care across the Bundesliga the same month. NARI Collective is building the UK's leading independent practice in this space. The people who join early will help define what it becomes.
What we offer in return
Meaningful work at the edge of where elite sport and music intersect. A framework that is already being taken seriously by professional clubs, major distributors and national governing bodies. A small team where every person's contribution is visible. The chance to develop a specialism that barely exists yet.
If this sounds like you
Send a brief note about your background and what draws you to this kind of work. No CV required at this stage. We are building a picture, not running a formal process.
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Get in touch

Ready to talk.
Let's start.

Whether you are a club, a label, a distributor, a governing body or a performer.

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