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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. 

A campaign to make vetting checks a legal requirement for people taking part in regulated activity in Northern Ireland has received support. 

Definition of neglect Neglect is not meeting a child’s basic physical or psychological needs.

The following resources can help you to involve children and young people with decision making within your sports club or activity.

In this blog we talk about why neuroinclusive sport matters, using people's strengths, why safeguarding leads need to be aware of this and practical tips.

Learn how to respond with empathy in the moment if you receive a concern about child abuse, whether it’s from a child, a parent, or is something you’ve seen.

Guidance with best practice for responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in youth sports, physical activity and leisure. Also includes wording for policies, codes of conduct and communication.

Starting and maintaining the life of a performance or pathway athlete can be exciting, but also daunting, as it takes time to adjust and learn how to balance training with all the other things in life.

Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport is our national campaign aimed at getting parents involved in their child's sporting life. For 2025, Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport will be taking place between 6 - 12 October 2025.

In this blog Graham Smith talks about some best practices to help you manage and safeguard your social media presence in sport effectively.

This guidance has been developed to help anyone planning to work with children and young people in drop-in activities.

What is contextual safeguarding. Find out why it is important in order for you to help protect your young participants.

Third-party use of facilities There are a few key points to consider when determining supervision levels and responsibilities for third-party users of facilities.

This briefing provides guidance about arranging appropriate supervision ratios for children's sporting activities. Use our supervision calculator to help you plan.

Better understand how you can help to promote the recording and reporting of lower-level concerns in your organisation.

In this blog, we reflect on the lessons learned from the most recent CPSU podcast 'Safeguarding in sport and physical activity' and how it challenges us to move beyond paperwork and procedures, and to focus on what truly matters: people.

What better way to celebrate National Safeguarding Week in Wales, than bringing together people from across the nation’s sports to share their expertise on keeping children safe?

Learn why, as part of a safeguarding framework, checklists can be an essential tool for coaches, welfare officers, and club leaders to manage their duty of care effectively, especially when things get busy.

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.

Read our latest blog, describing how planning this year’s Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week has been a journey — one filled with collaboration, flexibility, and a deep sense of purpose.