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How changes in the ways people communicate online affect clubs and other sports organisations.

We're always pleased to respond to enquiries or provide advice around safeguarding children in sport.

Creating a safe environment can help keep children safer online whilst keeping in touch and staying up to date with your organisation.

Elite pathways promise opportunity, but for young athletes, they also bring exposure to online abuse.

Grassroots sport is where play can be explored, confidence grows and friendships are made.

Find out about NSPCC Learning’s introductory Safeguarding in sport elearning course and other online training courses.

Advice and resources to help you improve safeguarding for sport and leisure facilities.

NSPCC Sport is funded by UK sports councils. Our aim is to help improve safeguarding and child protection practices within sport organisations, to ensure all children are safe when taking part in sport.

Learn what safeguarding in sport is, who is responsible, the benefit to your organisation and examples.

The digital world is rapidly evolving – here, we highlight sport-specific resources for safeguarding children online, and point you towards the parts of the NSPCC website where you can keep up with what you need to know about online safety.

Online gender-based violence (GBV) in sport can show up in different forms depending on whether it’s grassroots or the high-performance sector.

These sport specific resources and guidance for photography and filming will help to keep children and young people safe from inappropriate use of images or videos.

Digital resilience is crucial for navigating the connected world safely and confidently.

There are many challenges with the online world that make it difficult to keep our children and young athletes safer, such as rapidly evolving technology, the worldwide nature of abuse which makes it difficult to know which countries' laws apply and use of fake identities on digital platforms.

Before sharing any images, videos or livestreams of children and young people make sure you consider how widely images may be shared once they are in the public domain.

We're here to provide expert safeguarding and child protection advice to sports organisations.

There are several ways in which sports organisations and activity providers can reduce the risk of harm to children and young people whilst using social media to promote their organisation or to communicate.

You might want to use livestreaming or video conferencing in your sport or activity for a number of reasons, but consent still applies.

Why is learning about positions of trust important? Adults in sport can have a really positive influence on young people.

Definition of bullying behaviour Bullying behaviour is when individuals or groups seek to harm, intimidate or coerce someone they may be jealous of or who is perceived to be vulnerable.