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The talent pathway offers fantastic experiences for athletes. But there are specific factors that can make them more vulnerable to abuse.

These short videos aim to help coaches and sports clubs realise the potential of parental involvement and how to best work with parents.

Following the publication of the Sheldon report into non-recent child sexual abuse in football, the sports sector will be looking at what learning we can take from the report and its recommendations. 

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

In this blog. written by Rachel Stevens, CPSU Training and Development Consultant, she explores why the mental health of safeguarding leads should be a priority, her personal experience of mental health at work, and the importance of being trauma-informed.  

May 2011. The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection (CLiCP) carried out a three year research study of young adults' childhood experiences of emotional harm, body image, self harm, sexual harm and physical harm in organised sport. Three published reports provide a headline summary, a longer overview and the full in-depth research findings.

A selection of events that may be of interest to anyone involved in safeguarding children and young people in sport.

A free online sun and heat protection course has been developed for people in sport. 

Our essential away day trips safety checklist for sport organisations.

Involving children and young people in decision making, planning and hearing their voices is important part of creating a safe culture in a club or activity.

Involving children and young people in decision making, planning and hearing their voices is important part of creating a safe culture in a club or activity.

A template for sports organisations to create their own registration and consent forms.

In this podcast, we talk to the LTA about how they’ve developed and delivered on their last safeguarding strategy and what improvements it’s made to the experiences of young athletes in their sport.

The CPSU is a partnership between the NSPCC, Sport England, Sport Northern Ireland & Sport Wales to help safeguard against child abuse.

Online technology has changed the way people interact. Get advice about how to keep children safe online in a sports context.

Keep sport safe and fun.

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

BBC Radio 5 live broadcast on surviving abuse and creating a safeguarding culture in sport, from the Sport Resolutions 2016 Conference in London.

Our Help and Advice section has hub pages on specific safeguarding topics, which provide an overview, guidance and a list of resources. This page covers the specific factors that need to be considered when safeguarding talented and elite young athletes.

The talent pathway offers fantastic experiences for athletes. But there are specific factors that can make talented athletes more vulnerable to abuse.