Guide to Safeguarding Children in Sport

On 25 November 2024, the English Football Association (the FA) announced its new four-year safeguarding strategy, titled An Ever-Safer Culture. This announcement follows the publication of the new 2024-2028 FA strategy, ‘Inspiring…

20 Nov 2024

World Children's Day is a global day of action dedicated to advocating for children's rights and amplifying their voices. Celebrated annually on the 20th of November, this day aims to raise awareness about the challenges children face and promote…

17 Apr 2024

On 11 and 12 April, the UEFA Child and Youth Protection Workshop took place at the Brdo Congress Centre in Slovenia. The event served as a unique opportunity for national football associations in Europe, represented by Child and Youth Protection…

24 Nov 2023

These UEFA guidelines set out competition-specific child and youth protection guidance for event organisers, event child safeguarding leads and/or child and youth protection officers when staging competitions and/or events with the participation of…

20 Nov 2023

On World Children’s Day, 20 November 2023, UEFA published its Competition-specific Child and Youth Protection Guidelines. Football competitions include larger number of children and young people at different levels. Adults may need to take…