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Supervising children's sport and activities

This briefing provides guidance about arranging appropriate supervision ratios for children's sporting activities.

Recruiting chaperones

This guidance highlights what you need to consider when recruiting chaperones to provide care for children and young people at training, events and competitions.

The evolution of parental involvement in sport

As part of the NSPCC How Safe 2022 conference, CPSU consultant Jude Toasland led a session looking at how parental involvement in sport has changed over the years.

Overnight trips and international travel

This briefing discusses the additional considerations that you should plan for when going on overnight trips or travelling internationally with children and young people in your sports organisation

Learning from lived experience of childhood sexual abuse

In this podcast, we talk with former swimmer Karen Leach about her experience of childhood sexual abuse and what we can learn from it to keep children safe in sport.

Creating safer cultures in sport – Learning from lived experience

In this podcast, we talk with former professional footballer Paul Stewart about the impact that childhood abuse has had on him and how to create a safer culture in sport.

Safe sport events, activities and competitions

This resource will help you to meet the safeguarding responsibilities for your event and to promote the wellbeing of all the young participants, volunteers and officials.

Young athletes' perceptions on promoting positive parental behaviour in sport

In order to address a gap in the research into promoting positive parental behaviours in youth sport, Brunel University has interviewed a group of young athletes about their perceptions of the subject.

Example risk assessment for people under investigation or with DBS content

An example of a safeguarding risk assessment procedure from Basketball England.

Event safeguarding checklist

A planning checklist for sports organisations to ensure they meet all their safeguarding requirements when running events and activities for children and young people.

Away day trips

This briefing highlights things that should be considered when taking children and young people away on trips – such as travel, ratios and insurance.

ADHD, Autism and taking part in sport

This webinar looks at what sports can do to support young people with ADHD and Autism.

Managing challenging behaviour

This briefing provides practical guidelines for managing challenging behaviour from children and young people in sports activities.

Reference form for positions working with children

A template form for sports organisations to use when contacting the references provided by an applicant for a role working with young people.

International safeguards for children in sport

These safeguards outline what should be put in place by any organisation providing sports activities to children and young people.

WhatsApp go-to guide for sports

This WhatsApp guide provides helpful safeguarding information for sports who are thinking of using, or already using, the app to communicate with children and young people.

Check and Challenge Tool

This simple-to-use checklist has been developed to support organisations using external providers to offer sport and physical activity delivery for children and young people.

Online Safety Part 4 - building resilience and reducing harm

In this episode, Samantha Lawrence and Louisa Street explore how adults can support children and young people in reducing harm and building digital resilience in the online world.

The basics of safeguarding

In this podcast, we discuss what safeguards sports clubs and organisations should have in place to create a safe environment for all children and young people.

Safeguarding at sports events

In this podcast, we discuss how your organisation can ensure your sports event stays safe for all children and young people.