After retiring as a professional athlete in 2021, Melissa co-founded non-profit Athletes of the World with Double Olympic Champion Hannah Mills.
Athletes of the World aims to harness the power of athletes to inspire climate action. The non-profit works with athletes and sports organisations to provide climate and media training, mentoring and campaign delivery, equipping athletes to use their platforms for change. Recent projects have included supporting 135 professional footballers in urging FIFA to drop fossil fuel sponsorship and bringing together 450 Olympians in a letter calling on the IOC’s incoming President to make caring for our planet their top priority.
