International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)
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.
NSPCC report – 'No one noticed, no one heard'
NSPCC report about young people’s experiences of childhood abuse, how they disclosed the abuse and what help was available to them.
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.
Promoting positive parental behaviour – PowerPoint template
A presentation template (in PowerPoint format) that you can amend as appropriate to the nature of the event, audience, sport or club context.
Sports Safeguarding Children Initiative report
The midterm report of the Sports Safeguarding Children Initiative (SSCI) identifies the achievements that the sports sector has made since the initial 2010 Call to Action. The report also highlights new challenges and future priorities for action.
Young athletes' perceptions on promoting positive parental behaviour in sport
In order to address a gap in the research into promoting positive parental behaviours in youth sport, Brunel University has interviewed a group of young athletes about their perceptions of the subject.
Spectator behaviour in sport
This report, developed by Children 1st's Safeguarding in Sport Service, presents the findings from a survey of children and young people's experiences of spectator behaviour and the impact of poor behaviour on them.
Partnership Check and Challenge Tool (generic)
This simple-to-use checklist has been developed to support partners involved in providing sport activities for children and young people. It's intended to help ensure that young participants will be safe and looked after during these activities.
Primary School Partnership Check and Challenge Tool
This simple-to-use checklist has been developed to support partners involved in providing sport activities for children in primary schools. It's intended to help ensure that young participants will be safe and looked after while involved in these activities.
Including deaf and disabled children in sport
We arranged for a group of disabled young people to meet with GB Wheelchair Basketball player Ade Adepitan. Their discussions of the challenges they've faced should give sports organisations ideas for how to break down barriers and make it easier for young disabled people to get involved in sport.