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Safeguarding Sport in Northern Ireland

The CPSU and SportNI believe that all sports governing bodies and clubs have a duty to promote a positive experience and safeguard children from abuse or poor practice.  They also have a role in recognising and responding to concerns that a child may be being harmed within another setting. 

The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) in Northern Ireland was established in 2001 to work with sports bodies so that they are able to fulfil their duty of care and protect children from harm.

• Vetting sports coaches in schools in Northern Ireland (PDF, 54KB)
  Clarification on AccessNI checks for sports coaches in schools.
  
• CPSU NI (PDF, 56KB)  
  This briefing summarises our mission and work.
  
• Duty of care (Northern Ireland) (PDF, 76KB)  
  The Duty of Care applies to all sports organisations.

In 2011, we celebrate our 10th anniversary by calling for a Challenge for Change in Sports Clubs, encouraging all sports  clubs to work towards achieving a Clubmark accreditation to embed safeguarding procedures at a grassroots level.

The CPSU Northern Ireland believe that by encouraging all clubs to implement their governing body guidelines, everyone in sport will benefit: children, parents/guardians and leaders. Search for a sports governing body and contact them for further information on your sports guidelines.

Sport Northern Ireland have produced general guidance for the sports sector in the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children’s Sport. For information, the CPSU has created a briefing on Vetting (PDF, 68KB)

What clubs should do

In Northern Ireland the Club framework for safeguarding standards in sport (PDF, 318KB)  provides clubs with a self assessment checklist document for sport. This is based on the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) sponsored document for the voluntary sector called Getting it right: standards of practice for the protection of children and young people (PDF, 504KB)

In this section you can find:

Safe recruitment practices and vetting checks

Codes of Conduct

Advice about training

Reporting Procedures

Sample forms

For further information about our work in Northern Ireland, please contact the Child Protection in Sport Unit

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