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Child abuse in a sports setting - Lower-level concerns

Lower-level concerns It is important that all concerns are reported through an organisation’s procedures, including serious concerns and worries considered lower on the spectrum of behaviour.

Photography - Sports bodies' use of photos and videos

Using images of young people for publication, promotion or coaching Sports organisations and clubs benefit from using images of young participants to promote and celebrate activities, events and competitions.

Deal with a concern - Contact your active partnership

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

Club framework for safeguarding standards in sport (NI)

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.

What does safeguarding mean?

Every child has the right to be safe. Find out what safeguarding is and what's expected of organisations.

Pool lifeguards and DBS eligibility

This briefing outlines a consistent approach to decisions about the eligibility of pool lifeguards for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Information for parents - Safeguards in place

What should be in place at your child’s club or activity Any good club or activity should have certain things in place to make sure they’re taking care of children during sessions, practices and any away trips and competitions.

Online safety – training scenarios

You can use these scenarios with staff and volunteers in your sport to identify any gaps in knowledge when dealing with online safety concerns.

Child abuse in a sports setting - Neglect

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

Child abuse in a sports setting - Domestic abuse

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

Safeguarding in martial arts

Thousands of children take part in martial arts – and its popularity is expanding at an incredible rate. So it's critical to get safeguarding and child protection right.

Putting safeguards in place - Responding to and reporting concerns

Responding to and reporting concerns It is not the responsibility of anyone working in a club, activity or organisation to decide whether or not child abuse has taken place.

Sport safeguarding training - Specialist safeguarding training

Specialist safeguarding training Specialist training builds on basic safeguarding training with information more specific to particular safeguarding roles with children and young people.

Alan Shearer and British Cycling unite for Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week

Athletes, celebrities and safeguarding professionals are calling on sports and activity clubs, teams, parents and carers across the UK to take part in the NSPCC’s Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week.

Behind the scenes of filming for my no. 1 fan

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.

Plan your Team Huddle

We’re asking teams and clubs across the nation to bring their sporting community together by hosting a Team Huddle as part of our Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport campaign.

Remote teaching and coaching

Safeguarding guidance for sports organisations and clubs on online teaching and coaching to help them stay in touch with teams and club members during the coronavirus pandemic.

Information for parents - Resources

Here we provide leaflets and videos to give you more information, as well as links to organisations for further help.

Working together to safeguard children

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

LADO guide for sport and physical activity

This guidance will explain how and why you need to report safeguarding allegations to LADOs, and what to expect when doing so.