Key info – talented and elite athletes
Guidance on safeguarding talented and elite young athletes, including considerations of pressure, balancing life with performance, body image, looking after their mental wellbeing and suggestions of what young people can do.
Key info – mental health and wellbeing
How to create a mentally healthy and safe environment for your sport or activity, at a time when increasing numbers of young people are experiencing some sort of struggle with their mental health.
Protecting children from grooming and sexual abuse
Advice about reducing the risk of the grooming process taking place to prevent children from being sexually harmed.
Mental health and wellbeing statement template
Adapt this mental health and wellbeing statement to support your sports organisation's existing safeguarding policies and to demonstrate your commitment to protecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The impact of social media use on young athletes' body image
We talk to Swim England about the impact that social media can have on young people's body image and what changes sport can make to ensure that their wellbeing is supported online.
Building a collective culture of safety
Connor from the NSPCC Young Person's Board for Change interviews our safeguarding panel about how to build a collective culture of safety in sport.
Creating safer cultures in sport – Learning from lived experience
We talk with former professional footballer Paul Stewart about the impact that childhood abuse has had on him and how to create a safer culture in sport.
The Whyte Review of abuse in gymnastics
The report of the Whyte Review into mistreatment within gymnastics.
Addressing self-harming behaviour
How can sport or physical activity organisations support someone who is self-harming by recognising, responding and passing on relevant information when appropriate.
Learning from lived experience of childhood sexual abuse
In this podcast, we talk with former swimmer Karen Leach about her experience of childhood sexual abuse and what we can learn from it to keep children safe in sport.
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