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Developed just for parents, this is our one-stop shop for advice, information, e-learning, videos and other resources for them to help keep children and young people safe in sport.

A sitemap of the CPSU website.

Press release: Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week 2025. Top footballers, Gladiators star, an international swimmer and national sports governing bodies back NSPCC’s Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week.

A campaign to make vetting checks a legal requirement for people taking part in regulated activity in Northern Ireland has received support. 

In June 2025 we ran our first ‘Safeguarding in the High-Performance System Forum’, developed in partnership with UK Sport and the Ann Craft Trust. 

Hear from renowned Professor, Camilla Knight, as she gives advice, hints and tips on what parents can do to offer their child support in sport and physical activity.

You can adapt this mental health and wellbeing sample statement to support your sports organisation's existing safeguarding policies and to demonstrate your commitment to protecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing. 

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 how you can safeguard and include deaf and disabled children and young people in your organisation.

See our photography and filming policy for advice on how to help take and share images within your organisation.

We are proud to announce that we are backing Safe Sport Day (August 8), a global initiative aimed at promoting the safety and well-being of young athletes. 

A template and sample safeguarding policy statement for sports and physical activity organisations to use and adapt. Outlines what the organisation will do to keep children safe.

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.

We’re asking sports parents to play their part and talk to their children about how they can bring out their best. Find out how your sport, club or organisation can support the 2025 KYCSIS campaign.

Guidance to help sports clubs and organisations risk assess any safeguarding concerns around the membership of people with criminal records. This briefing paper highlights what needs to be done to ensure decisions made are fair and safe.

Decisions about cases are made at a number of stages. Organisations should seek to make defensible decisions which would withstand subsequent scrutiny. Case management tool part 6 of 8.

Writing the safeguarding plan Breaking the plan into sections will make it easier to write.

Helping organisations to work with parents We know that working with parents and carers can be challenging, and that’s why we are also giving you resources to support you.

In this webinar, we explore the topic of unconscious bias; moving from the history of where bias towards people of colour has come from, through what it means and how it impacts our perspectives and decision making, as well as what we can do to actively be more aware of our own bias.

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