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.
Policies, procedures, and toolkit for child and adult safeguarding in football from the Turkish Football Federation. The policies and procedures were compiled based on a thorough revision of international legislation and frameworks.
Attached documents.
The Irish FA shares its safeguarding policy, the club booklet version of the policy and a poster for information, education, and awareness.
LET'S MAKE FOOTBALL SAFE, NOT SORRY
The FA guide to reporting concerns about child welfare
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 International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport is a rights-based reference that orients and supports policy- and decision-making in sport.
Adopted in 1978, the original Charter was perceived as innovative at the time - as it was the first rights-based document to state that “the practice of physical education and sport is a fundamental right for all”.
The “Start to Talk” campaign was launched by the Council of Europe to fight against the abuse of children in sports.
Children face violence and abuse everyday; every fourth girl in Jamaica and every fifth girl in Europe has been a victim of sexual harassment. Unfortunately, sport is one of the most common areas where violence against and abuse of children takes place.
Karen Madden gives some of the reasons why sport provides a space for violence and abuse:
The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme speaks to former footballers Chris Unsworth, Jason Dunford, Steve Walters and Andy Woodward, who all claim to have been sexually abused by former coach Barry Bennell. Bennell, 62, was jailed in 1998 for sex offences against children and was imprisoned again last year. Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City - where Bennell worked as a coach - have begun internal investigations.