This online course was developed by Terre des hommes, within the "Keeping Children Safe in Sports" project. The project aims to promote child safeguarding in sports and summer camp settings in Romania and Greece, however, this knowledge can be applied in all other sport settings.
In the fight to protect children from sexual abuse, authorities and sports organisations are becoming more aware of the need to put necessary measures in place to provide a safe environment for young athletes.
From October 2020 to March 2021, UEFA and Terre des hommes ran three in-depth child safeguarding workshops for national football associations. A total of 54 national associations enrolled specialists, child safeguarding focal points, in the workshops to improve their knowledge and plan activities to advance child safeguarding in their countries.
Die UEFA und Terre des hommes haben vier interaktive Online-Kurse zum Thema Kinderschutz im Fußball entwickelt. Die Kurse richten sich an alle, die im Fußball mit Kindern arbeiten bzw. an diesem Thema interessiert sind.
L’UEFA et Terre des hommes ont conçu et mis en ligne quatre cours interactifs sur la sauvegarde de l’enfance dans le football. Ces cours s’adressent aux personnes qui travaillent auprès d’enfants dans le domaine du football ou qui s’intéressent à cette problématique.
УЕФА и организация Terre des hommes разработали четыре интерактивных онлайн-курса по защите детей в футболе. Эти курсы предназначены для всех, кто работает с детьми в футболе или интересуется данной сферой.
UEFA and Terre des hommes have developed four interactive online courses on child safeguarding in football. The courses are intended for anyone working with children in football or interested in this field.
This is a sample referral flowchart. These flowcharts are useful to show the pathway to handle cases of concern. It should be adapted by clubs/organisations to reflect the national context and discussions with local child protection services.
The template is part of the Child safeguarding toolkit for UEFA member associations.
This is a template for a referral form to report safeguarding incidents to outside organisations, such as the police or child protection services. If a referral is made by phone, a referral form should always be subsequently completed and sent, so that there is a written record.
The template for the referral form is part of the Child safeguarding toolkit for UEFA member associations.
Learn more about the Swiss Football Association safeguarding tools of all stakeholders implicated in football practice, training, and/or management. You can find videos, flyers, and guidelines for child, staff and coach safeguarding in football.