Resource library

A template safeguarding policy statement for organisations to use and adapt to make it clear to staff, parents and children what you will do to keep children safe.

Standards providing a framework for everyone involved in sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm.

A sample missing children at sports events procedure from the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit.

Use this sample job description as a template to assist you when recruiting for a club welfare officer role.

Is your organisation doing everything it could be to keep children and young people safe in sport? These online self-assessment tools will help you find out.

Working together to safeguard children, statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

This template provides a sample job description for a lead safeguarding officer role in the context of protecting children in sport.

This short animation shows the difference between child protection and safeguarding in a sports setting and looks in more depth at how children and young people can be further protected beyond their time at training sessions.

The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), developed by ACPO and CEOP, is a criminal records check for UK nationals or non-UK nationals previously resident in the UK, seeking to work with children overseas.

This poster has been designed to encourage parents to ask the right questions when choosing a club for their child.