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The Scottish Standards for Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport supports organisations to create a culture of safeguarding and protecting children. 

Use this sample role description as a template to assist you when recruiting for a club welfare officer role.

This template provides a role description for a lead safeguarding officer role in the context of protecting children in sport.

A template role description for a regional or county safeguarding officer role, which you can use when recruiting.

Dec 2021 Revised. UK Sport and Sport England have published a new Code for Sports Governance. Its policies and processes cover the crucial safeguarding elements needed for a well-run organisation.

Is your organisation doing everything it could be to keep children and young people safe in sport? These online self-assessment tools will help you find out.

These safeguards outline what should be put in place by any organisation providing sports activities to children and young people.

Sport England - Uniting the Movement. A 10-year strategy, launched in 2021 with a vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity.

The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), developed by ACPO and CEOP, is a criminal records check for UK nationals or non-UK nationals previously resident in the UK, seeking to work with children overseas.

Download these free posters to help you signpost everyone within your organisation to who they can talk to if they have a concern.