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Child protection in sport

Publications from the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit

A call to action: refreshing the vision and renewing the call to all organisations to safeguard children and young people in and through sport (PDF, 336KB)

The Call to Action builds on the progress made over the past decade and has been developed in partnership with the Departmernt for Culture, Media & Sport, Sport England, UK Sport, and the Youth Sport Trust . It calls on all organisations providing sport to children to sign up to key actions, such as involving children and young people in creating child protection plans, and ensuring appropriate checks are followed when recruiting staff and volunteers.

The Sport Unlimited Safeguarding Support Toolkit

The Toolkit is intended to help ensure that all children and young people engaged in Sport Unlimited activites are effectively safeguarded by identifying and supporting the implementation of safeguarding measures, clarifying the safeguarding roles and responsibilities of organisations, providing guidance, tools, examples and templates and assisting activity providers to move from the minimum safeguarding standards towards excellence.

High quality community sport for young people: operational standards and guidance for organisations who do not have a recognised club accreditation standard (PDF, 792KB)

Published by Sport England (2009). This high quality activity guidance was developed in partnership with the CPSU, Sport England, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), key partners from youth & voluntary sectors, governing bodies of sport and county sport partnerships. The guidance incorporates minimum operating standards for safeguarding children and young people.

Helping keep your child safe in sport: child protection leaflet for parents (PDF, 232KB)

Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) (2007). A guidance leaflet produced by the DCMS for parents and carers which provides advice to help them ask the right questions about important child protection measures that sports providers should have in place, wherever and whatever their child participates in.

Out alone: your guide to keeping your child safe

Advice and practical tips for parents on how to prepare children for being out on their own, whether it's when walking to and from school, attending sports or holiday clubs, or getting involved in other community activities.

In at the deep end

Reports on the lessons learnt by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) from cases of abuse of children and young people involved in swimming. Provides the sporting world and welfare organisations with practical guidance on helping to prevent future abuse of children in sport through the lessons learnt from both good and poor practice.

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Safe sport away

Guidebook produced to assist anyone responsible for planning sports events to prepare safely and sensibly for away fixtures, tours or hosting for young athletes.

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Safe sports events

A resource designed to support organisers of sports events to ensure the safety and welfare of all children and young people under the age of 18. Provides guidance on roles and responsibilities, recruitment and training, reporting procedures for concerns and health and safety. Includes a CD-ROM providing a template for a Welfare Plan and forms.

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Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport

Ten Standards developed by Sport England Governing Body Services and the Sports Task Force on Policy and Standards.

Designed to help sports organisations safeguard children and young people, the Standards provide a national benchmark of good practice to work towards.

A framework for safeguarding and protecting children in and through sport in Wales (PDF, 5.43MB)

The safeguarding framework is an overarching approach to safeguarding children in and through sport. It incorporates standards, support, progress and evaluation. The framework consists of five standards that a sports organisation should demonstrate it undertakes at all levels of its sport.
Fframwaith ar gyfer diogelu a gwarchod plant mewn a thrwy gyfrwng chwaraeon yng Nghymru (Welsh language version) (PDF, 3.3MB)

Strategy for safeguarding children and young people in sport (2006-2012) (PDF, 2.4MB)

A strategic framework outlining what needs to be achieved between 2006-2012 to protect children from abuse during their participation in sport.

Designed to inform the work and strategic planning of sports organisations in England.

Roles, skills, knowledge and competencies for safeguarding and protecting children in the sports sector: guidance document (PDF, 476KB)

December 2007. A toolkit designed to provide guidance and practical assistance for those involved in developing implementation plans for safeguarding children and young people, including those tasked with education, training and workforce planning for staff and volunteers.

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