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Danger signals within a club

Help and advice from the Child Protection in Sport Unit

Be very wary of a club where staff or volunteers create a culture within the club where the following is common practice:

• parents are discouraged from watching or becoming involved in training or other activities
  
  
• rough play, sexual innuendo or humiliating punishments
  
  
• individuals who take charge operate independently of the club or sport guidelines
  
  
• coaches who show favouritism or personally reward particular children
  
  
• encouragement of inappropriate physical contact
  
  
• staff/volunteers inviting children to spend time alone with them outside of scheduled sports activities, or request this through parents
  
  
• poor communication with parents and lack of parental involvement
  
  
• children suddenly drop out or stop going for no apparent reason.

Help for children & young people

ChildLine

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