Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport
Safeguarding standards providing a framework for everyone involved in sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm.
Safeguarding policy statement
A template and sample safeguarding policy statement for sports and physical activity organisations to use and adapt. Outlines what the organisation will do to keep children safe.
Missing children and young people at sports events: procedure and flowchart
Steps to take if a child goes missing at your sports event - sample procedure and flow chart.
Who can I speak to about a concern?
Download these free posters to help you signpost everyone within your organisation to who they can talk to if they have a concern.
Club welfare officer – role description
Use this sample role description as a template to assist you when recruiting for a club welfare officer role.
Self-assessment tools
Is your organisation doing everything it could be to keep children and young people safe in sport? These online self-assessment tools will help you find out.
Working together to safeguard children
Working together to safeguard children, statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Lead safeguarding officer – role description
This template provides a role description for a lead safeguarding officer role in the context of protecting children in sport.
How can sport safeguard children?
This short animation shows the difference between child protection and safeguarding in a sports setting and looks in more depth at how children and young people can be further protected beyond their time at training sessions.
International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)
The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), developed by ACPO and CEOP, is a criminal records check for UK nationals or non-UK nationals previously resident in the UK, seeking to work with children overseas.