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Responding to and reporting concerns It's not the responsibility of anyone working in a club, activity or organisation to decide whether or not child abuse has taken place.

Using inclusive language that doesn’t discriminate against someone’s ability, age, race, religion, faith, sex, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation helps to create an inclusive culture in your organisation.

Learn more about how our safeguarding consultants work with system partners in England to strengthen safeguarding in sport.

Holiday activity programmes are a great way young people to try new sports, learn new things and meet friends. Here are our five ways to run a safe and enjoyable holiday club.

Sports organisations have an important role to play in creating a positive culture to challenge bullying behaviour.

How you go about engaging and involving children and young people varies depending on the size of your organisation, your budget and how you want to include them.

Before taking any photos or videos, think about whether you should be doing so.

An ally is someone who actively supports the rights of a minority group without being a member of it.

Our tips for strengthening safeguarding this September cover common concerns and practical steps for governing bodies, active partnerships and clubs.

Create an inclusive culture by having open conversations, making adaptations, training staff and putting polices in place to celebrate difference.

This framework provides a set of standards of good practice for clubs in NI to work towards. These standards help organisations know what they need to do to protect children involved in sport, and to minimise avoidable risks.

This thresholds guidance should be documented as part of your safeguarding procedures. It will enable all concerns to be dealt with appropriately.

This template details the purpose, knowledge and skills required for an Investigator role. An investigation is required as part of a sport's organisations safeguarding and child protection case management process.

When planning and running drop-in activities for young people, think about the ages and abilities of those who might attend, and how these might impact the sessions.

Definition of emotional abuse  Emotional abuse is the emotional maltreatment of a child, which has a severe and persistent negative effect on the child’s emotional development.

All organisations working with children need to have safe recruitment practices in place. We walk you through safely advertising, recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new staff and volunteers.

This guidance outlines the appropriate use of physical contact between adults and young people in sports activities.

There are a number of ways you can encourage parent and carer involvement in a way that benefits their child, as well as your club or activity.

Case management refers to the process used to address safeguarding concerns. Case management tool part 1 of 8.

The process of gathering information about reported safeguarding concerns or incidents, using risk assessment. Case management 5 of 8.