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The following resources and guidance should prove useful in ensuring that sport and leisure facilities are properly safeguarded for use by children and young people.

Introductory safeguarding training Everyone can benefit from taking an introductory safeguarding course.

A wide range of resources are available to help you make your sport or activity more accessible for all children and young people.

Case management outlined  What is case management? Case management is a process used by organisations to address safeguarding concerns that may arise.

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.

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

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.  

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.

What has the CPSU 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.

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.

Meet the CPSU team Laura WhaphamCommercial Business Manager Laura joined the CPSU team in 2011.

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.

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

The correct safeguarding training for you will depend upon your role within sport, as well as your existing safeguarding experience and knowledge. These pages cover what you need to know to choose the right training.

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

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.