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.
How sports organisations have involved children and young people
Here are some examples of how some sports organisations have involved young people within their settings.
Tuesday 5 July was a very exciting day for CPSU team member, Carole Billington-Wood, who helped carry the Queen’s Baton as part of the relay for the Commonwealth Games.
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.
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.
A concussion study being carried out by the University of Birmingham hopes to develop new technology to detect concussion on the pitch to prevent harm to athletes.
Thousands of children take part in martial arts – and its popularity is expanding at an incredible rate. So it's critical to get safeguarding and child protection right.
To select the right people for your sports club, activity or organisation, it’s essential to produce an application pack and any supporting information about your organisation.