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9 October at 7:30pm - Join us for an insightful and practical webinar exploring the vital role of parental engagement in youth sport. Part of Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week.

This week is Celebrating Neurodiversity Week 2025, and in this blog Samantha talks about the importance of taking a strengths-based approach to sport and to safeguarding. 

Using a safeguarding communication plan will help you to ensure that the people across your organisation or sports activity are aware of the safeguarding work taking place and understand their own role in keeping children safe.

Key safeguarding roles and responsibilities There are various safeguarding roles in sport and physical activity depending on the organisation and context.

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.

We’re offering free training from safeguarding experts to help you prepare for the proposed legal requirements for reporting sexual abuse.

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

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

Storing images and videos Photos and videos are classed as ‘personal data’ by law.

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

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

Photography and filming in changing rooms Mobile phones in changing rooms Mobile phones can pose a safeguarding risk if they are used to take photos or video footage in changing rooms or shower areas.

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

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

A wide range of resources are available to help safeguard talented and elite young athletes – we list some of the most useful resources here.

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

Listen to our latest podcast and find out more about previous CPSU podcasts.

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.

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. 

Find out more about the structure of dance sector, the safeguarding challenges and what safeguards should be put in place.