IN 2012, sports trainers supporting Hume League clubs treated an average of two players a week who were suffering from concussion or head injuries.

Fast forward two years and those same trainers are desperately seeking to curb the rate of concussion in sport by changing dangerous attitudes and raising awareness of the serious, life-changing ramifications of head injuries.

The Hume League Sports Trainers Association and Riverina Sports Trainers Association in partnership with AFL NSW/ACT are preparing to host a ground-breaking concussion management forum on Sunday March 1.

Hume League Sports Trainer Association president Fran Jones believes the forum is an opportunity for the wider community to take an important step in "facing up" to the effects of concussion.

Jones points to changing the public's attitude towards head injuries as a crucial factor in addressing the growing issue.

"The message is getting out there that this is not a blight on their manhood nor is it not an issue of courage," she said.

"There is more and more documented evidence that addresses the life-long injuries people can suffer after a concussion if the necessary procedures to keep them out of contact sport aren't followed."

Jones hopes the forum will help ease the burden on Riverina clubs struggling to deal with the multifaceted issue.

"This (concussion) is a major part of what we (sports trainers) deal with week to week in clubs and within leagues," she said.

"It is becoming a major issue in AFL and major leagues and they are having difficulties dealing with it. And they have doctors and a major medical staff on the sideline and at their call.

"The clubs around here don't have those same luxuries... They do have well-trained trainers watching over their players, but it's important people get up to speed on how to deal with people with concussions or head injuries."

Jones said one of the difficulties facing regional sporting associations and clubs, particularly sports trainers, is accessing the up-to-date information.

"For a lot of these things we need to travel to Melbourne, Sydney or Canberra to attend seminars and its not easily accessible information," she said.

She emphasised the importance of generating improved awareness of the prevalence and effects of concussion in children's sport.

"Every kid should have someone looking out for them," she said.

"It is quite serious to think that is happening with kids.

"Schools need to be aware and parents need to be getting a message out there."

Jones, who has a background in nursing, experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her eldest son suffered a serious injury while playing sport.

"He should have ended up in a wheelchair and it was only that he was very lucky that he didn't," she said.