This briefing clarifies what Duty of Care means for sports organisations and activity providers, with guidance on how to demonstrate that this duty is being met.
This resource will help you to meet the safeguarding responsibilities for your event and to promote the wellbeing of all the young participants, volunteers and officials.
This framework provides a set of standards of good practice for clubs in NI to work towards. These standards help organisations know what they need to do to protect children involved in sport, and to minimise avoidable risks.
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.
This research article reports on the first large-scale prevalence study on interpersonal violence against children in sport in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Holiday activity programmes are a great way for children and young people to try new sports, learn new things and meet new friends. Here are our five ways to run a safe and enjoyable holiday club.
In this podcast, we talk with former swimmer Karen Leach about her experience of childhood sexual abuse and what we can learn from it to keep children safe in sport.
In 2022, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its final report looking at child sexual abuse across multiple organisations.
The Sheldon Report investigated non-recent child sexual abuse in football. It was commissioned by the FA after survivors came forward in 2016 and includes recommendations for football, but are applicable to all sports.
This guidance highlights what you need to consider when recruiting chaperones to provide care for children and young people at training, events and competitions.