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This online tool will help you to ensure that you meet the safeguarding responsibilities for your sports event, from playing in a local park up to representing their country.

Is your organisation doing everything it could be to keep children and young people safe in sport? These online self-assessment tools will help you find out.

The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), developed by ACPO and CEOP, is a criminal records check for UK nationals or non-UK nationals previously resident in the UK, seeking to work with children overseas.

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

This guidance highlights what safeguards you should have in place when involving young people in mixed age activities or sports.

Find out about NSPCC Learning’s courses on ‘Child protection in sport and physical activity training’ and ‘Safer sports events training’, and other online courses.

October 2025: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

November 2025: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

December 2025: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

January 2026: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

February 2026: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

March 2026: Places on this course are now available for designated safeguarding leads from any sport or leisure organisation to book.

Safeguarding leads in Wales explored the impact of gambling and of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) at this month’s Safeguarding Lead Support Forum in Cardiff.

NSPCC's Child Protection in Sport Unit offers advice and resources to help you improve safeguarding for sport and leisure facilities.

This briefing highlights best practice for adults when transporting children to and from sporting activities.

This NSPCC report compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the four nations in the UK for 2020.

Good-practice guidance from the NHS on heat health. It lists risks and actions to consider when planning sports events.

Running events in public spaces can present a variety of additional safeguarding challenges, including security and photography. This briefing will help your organisation identify and address potential issues.

These reporting-procedure flowcharts offer guidance to organisations hosting sporting events at 5 different levels, from local to international.

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