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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.

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.

Having an open discussion with the young people in your club or activity regarding their preferred name, pronouns, needs and concerns will help all members to feel valued and listened to.

Don't forget to have fun! is a beautifully illustrated and evidence-based children's book that explores the emotional impact of parental behaviour in youth sports. Free to download.

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.

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

Olympians, celebrities, and safeguarding professionals from across the UK have celebrated a week of awareness for the NSPCC’s Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport campaign.

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.

Our template anti bullying policy can be adapted to help create a safe environment in your organisation. 

These briefing papers explain positions of trust in sport and dance and outline the legislation which was updated in June 2022 in response to the NSPCC's Close the Loophole campaign.

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.

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.

This blog by Paul Stephenson touches on the complexities sport NGBs face when making decisions on a person’s suitability to return to participation or coaching, after allegations or concerns raised.

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.

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