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The digital world is rapidly evolving – here, we highlight sport-specific resources for safeguarding children online, and point you towards the parts of the NSPCC website where you can keep up with what you need to know about online safety.

Here are links to a variety of resources to combat bullying, whether it occurs within sport or off the playing field.

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

Find out about the Safe in Sport volunteer programme and join us as a valued volunteer.  

Attending sports safeguarding training will develop your knowledge of how to recognise and respond to any concerns that may arise.

Details of upcoming webinars, and webinar recordings and resources from our past online events.

There are many challenges with the online world that make it difficult to keep our children and young athletes safer, such as rapidly evolving technology, the worldwide nature of abuse which makes it difficult to know which countries' laws apply and use of fake identities on digital platforms.

Creating a safe environment can help keep children safer online whilst keeping in touch and staying up to date with your organisation.

These sport specific resources and guidance for photography and filming will help to keep children and young people safe from inappropriate use of images or videos.

NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit offers advice and resources to help you improve safeguarding for sport and leisure facilities.

Communicating the safeguarding plan to others  Once you have a signed-off safeguarding plan, you need to make sure the people across your organisation are aware of the safeguarding work taking place and understand their own role in keeping children safe.

Using inclusive language that doesn’t discriminate against someone’s ability, age, race, religion, faith, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation helps to create an inclusive culture in your organisation.

Discover what safeguarding training is available for your staff and volunteers to build on their existing knowledge and skills.

An ally is someone who actively supports the rights of a minority group without being a member of it.

Active partnerships (formerly CSPs) Introduction There are 43 active partnerships across England (formerly known as county sports partnerships), which work with local partners to increase participation in sport and physical activity.

The impact of bullying in sport Bullying behaviours can cause negative experiences for children and young people taking part in sport.

Our photography and filming guidance explains how you can create and use images and video safely in your sport or activity.

What have we achieved in 2024/25? Our latest impact report highlights our headline achievements and the progress we have made towards reaching our aim to support the sport and physical activity sector to create a caring culture where children and young people are safe and thrive in sport.

Meet the team We have 25 years’ experience supporting the sport sector with safeguarding and welfare training, guidance and support.

Elite pathways promise opportunity, but for young athletes, they also bring exposure to online abuse.