Safeguarding support toolkit for sports programmes

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Safeguarding support toolkit for sports programmes

Who is it for?

The safeguarding support toolkit is a resource currently being developed to support the work of all those involved in sports programmes such as Sportivate .

This includes County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) with a strategic or funding role and other organisations or groups responsible for identifying, commissioning and monitoring potential activity providers, as well as individuals and organisations delivering those activities to children and young people.

What is the purpose of the safeguarding support toolkit?

The toolkit is being designed to support all organisations involved in the safeguarding programmes working with children and young people/adults:

identifying and supporting the implementation of safeguarding measures that all activity deliverers are required to have in place
clarifying the safeguarding roles and responsibilities of all organisation involved in the commissioning or delivery of activities with children and young people including CSPs, other commissioning bodies and activity deliverers, with reference to the SU safeguarding criteria
providing guidance, tools, examples and templates to support the development, implementation and review of safeguarding practice by activity deliverers that reflect the needs of the organisation
assisting activity providers to move from the minimum safeguarding standards towards excellence
providing good practice examples of ways in which CSPs are working with and monitoring partners (eg within the Sportivate programme) to ensure the application of the safeguarding criteria at delivery level
complementing the High Quality Community Sport for Young People publication

What will the toolkit contain?

The Toolkit will provide strategic and operational information and split into four sections:

Section 1 - the role and responsibilities of the CSPs and other partners in terms of ensuring minimum standards for safeguarding are in place. Information will be provided for the variety of organisations that contribute to providing programme activities.

Section 2 - the six safeguarding criteria in detail. It will support the activity provider in developing safeguarding policy and practices that meet the needs of their organisation and provide guidance to assist with the preparation and/or review of safeguarding policy and practice.

Section 3 - examples of child protection policies, procedures and good practice guidance, many of which have been provided by CSPs and other sports organisations. Additional information and signposting relevant to programmes with children and young people (e.g. Sportivate).

Section 4 - exemplers, guidance and resources to support good practice, policies and procedures.

This Safeguarding Support Toolkit is currently being developed and will be available soon.

For further practical guidance on all safeguarding matters, please consult our examples of good practice and sample policies and procedures.