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.
Specific issues and topics
Contents
Click on the following links to jump to a specific topic:
Anti-bullying
Deaf and disabled children and young people
Use of photographic and video equipment
Social media and online safety
Elite athletes
Event planning
Safeguarding in performing arts
Anti-bullying
Sports organisations play an important role in creating a positive club ethos that challenges bullying.
What is bullying?
The Anti-Bullying Alliance's definition of bullying is:
"The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power.
The first step to supporting disabled children and young people in your club or activity, is to create and promote an inclusive environment and culture for all children, parents, carers, staff and volunteers.
In this podcast, we hear from two dedicated sports parents who discuss the very different roles they play in their preschool and disabled children's sports.
It’s essential to be clear about the practical safeguards that need to be in place to support and help keep disabled children and young people safe within your sport club, activity or organisation.
This research article reports on the first large-scale prevalence study on interpersonal violence against children in sport in the Netherlands and Belgium.
We're working in partnership with Sport England to level up access to sport and physical activity across the country, by co-deliver the Uniting the Movement strategy.
How to involve children and young people
The planning required to engage and involve children and young people will vary depending on the size of your organisation, your budget and how you would like to include them.
As sports start to return to face-to-face coaching and navigate new coronavirus measures, reviews and the maintenance of safeguarding procedures is vital.
National governing bodies (NGBs)
Introduction
Sport England, Sport Northern Ireland and Sport Wales have each developed guidance regarding which sports they recognise and how to apply to become a recognised sport.