Standards for safeguarding and protecting children in sport
Standards providing a framework for everyone involved in sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm.
Photography and video consent form template
A template that sports organisations can use to create their own photography and filming consent form.
How can sport safeguard children?
This short animation shows the difference between child protection and safeguarding in a sports setting and looks in more depth at how children and young people can be further protected beyond their time at training sessions.
Speaking out in sport - for parents
This short animation helps parents to understand why it's important that everyone plays a role in keeping children safe in sport and how to speak out if they have any concerns.
Self-Assessment Tools
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.
Remote teaching and coaching
Safeguarding guidance for sports organisations and clubs on online teaching and coaching to help them stay in touch with teams and club members during the coronavirus pandemic.
My Magic Sports Kit
In this video, children describe how parents' and spectators' behaviour gets worse during competitions – and how this affects the young athletes.
Sample safeguarding policy statement
A template safeguarding policy statement for organisations to use and adapt to make it clear to staff, parents and children what you will do to keep children safe.
Self-declaration forms
Self-declaration can be part of an organisation's safer recruitment process, it can provide additional information that a DBS check will not.
Lead safeguarding officer – job description template
This template provides a sample job description for a lead safeguarding officer role in the context of protecting children in sport.