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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

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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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.

Self-Assessment Tool of the NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit, in order for organisations to analyse whether they are doing everything to keep children and young people safe in sport.

Sport Respects Your Rights is a project based at Edge Hill University aimed at promoting awareness around sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in sport. Project owners want to help reduce the stigma around sexual abuse, and promote safe sports to young people.