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LET'S MAKE FOOTBALL SAFE, NOT SORRY

The FA guide to reporting concerns about child welfare

As part of the FA safeguarding children strategy, The FA requires those working in eligible roles with children and young people to pass a criminal records check. This is in line with legislation and government guidance and is standard practice.  

The FA provides the framework and guidance for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in football and the leagues and clubs then have to implement this to ensure that those who are required to have checks done, do so.  

More on the link below.

A collection of documents that constitute the FA safeguarding policies and procedures, including:

• Affiliated Football's Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
• Grassroots Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures
• Template - Clun Safeguarding Children Policy Procedures
• The FA Anti-Bullying Policy for Cluns
• County Witnesses Guide to Personal Hearings
• Match Officials Guide to Personal Hearings
• Player and Club Guide to Personal Hearings

This training kit provides information and training content to help those in positions of influence in the field of sport to prevent and react to situations of potential sexual violence in sport.

It aims to help trainers / instructors, sport leaders, coaches, physical education teachers, etc. to:

The Hub from High Speed Training published guidance to safeguarding children in sport, by Katie Martinelli.

It covers health and safety, protection from abuse, DBS checks, Insurance and Reporting Concerns.

Published by LawInSport

The article provides 10 tips on how to keep children and vulnerable adults safe in sports. This includes making safeguarding a priority, conducting an honest assessment, and embedding a culture of safeguarding.

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An expert group (XG) on Good Governance was set up in 2015 to produce recommendations on this key topic. The XG held its first meeting on 16 October 20214 and began its work on the protection of minors deliverable on 23 February 2016, followed by further discussions on 12 May and 14 July.

UK Coaching has put together a Code of Practice for coaches. The page also includes learning courses on the topic of safeguarding.

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The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK) has developed sample codes of conduct that can be downloaded, printed and used.

These Standards provide a framework for all those involved in sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm.

The Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport (PDF) also seek to provide a benchmark to help those involved in sport make informed decisions, and to promote good practice and challenge poor practice.