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Self-assessment tools

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

Safe Sport Events Management Tool

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.

Self-assessment tools

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.

Presenting at our first Game Safe Festival

In this blog we hear from our colleague, Joe Cartwright, about his experience at the Game Safe Festival 2024.

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We're always pleased to respond to enquiries or provide advice around safeguarding children in sport.

International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)

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.

CPSU webinars

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

Involving young people in mixed aged sport or activity

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

Learning from case data in sport

The latest findings from the safeguarding case data research project with Loughborough University.

Virtual Training: Safer sports events

July 2025: Places on this course are now available for anyone involved in delivering safer sports events to book.

Virtual Training: Safer sports events

August 2025: Places on this course are now available for anyone involved in delivering safer sports events to book.

Virtual events and competitions for children

Advice for activators and coaches on running virtual events or competitions for children. This briefing paper outlines your safeguarding responsibilities and how to mitigate any risks associated with using digital platforms.

Sport and leisure facilities

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

Guidelines on transporting a child or young person in your car

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

How safe are our children? 2020

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.

Virtual training: designated safeguarding lead for sport and leisure

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

Virtual training: designated safeguarding lead for sport and leisure

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

Virtual training: designated safeguarding lead for sport and leisure

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

Virtual training: designated safeguarding lead for sport and leisure

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

Virtual training: Safeguarding for management board members

Places on this course are now available for senior leaders and board members in any sport or leisure organisation to book.