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This blog goes behind the scenes of our latest video My no. 1 fan, where we hear from CPSU colleagues about the day of filming.

This guidance (PDF) aims help coaches understand, support, and educate parents, helping to improve overall parental involvement and allowing children to have more enjoyable sporting experiences.

Competitions can be emotional for children, parents and coaches, so ensuring that feedback is well-timed and delivered appropriately is very important. 

In this video, children describe how parents' and spectators' behaviour impacts their game and how this affects them.

Sports organisations have an important role to play in creating a positive culture to challenge bullying behaviour. 

How to involve children and young people The planning required to engage and involve children and young people will vary depending on the size of your organisation, your budget and how you would like to include them.

Help your organisation to create an inclusive culture which celebrates difference and welcomes everyone.

We take a deeper dive into the dance sector to understand how safeguarding is approached in the activity and explore some of the challenges faced by the sector.

This week is Celebrating Neurodiversity Week 2025, and in this blog Samantha talks about the importance of taking a strengths-based approach to sport and to safeguarding. 

This guidance details the purpose, knowledge and skills required for an Investigator role. An investigation is required as part of a sport's organisations safeguarding and child protection case management process.

What you can do to encourage positive sports parents Your relationship with parents and carers is so important and rewarding.

Definition of emotional abuse  Emotional abuse is the emotional maltreatment of a child, which has a severe and persistent negative effect on the child’s emotional development.

How do you safely advertise, recruit, interview and onboard your new staff and volunteers? Learn more about safer recruitment processes and procedures from start to finish.

Case management refers to the process used to address safeguarding concerns. Case management tool part 1 of 8.

The process of gathering and clarifying information about reported safeguarding concerns or incidents. Case management tool part 5 of 8.

There are many possible outcomes of a case management process. Each case needs to be considered to assess the most suitable outcome. Case management tool part 7 of 8.

Learn more about what you need to know to choose the right training for your role in sport or physical activity.

What is domestic abuse? Domestic abuse describes violence or abuse used by one person over another within intimate relationships or families.

Clear reporting procedures will ensure that any safeguarding concerns are passed on in a timely manner. Case management tool part 2 of 8.

Decisions about cases are made at a number of stages. Organisations should seek to make defensible decisions which would withstand subsequent scrutiny. Case management tool part 6 of 8.