Resource library

This is a sample role description for a chaperone responsible for protecting and looking after children in sport.

This guidance provides coaches with helpful strategies to follow to improve and manage potential issues between coaches and parents and build a good relationship.

A presentation template (in PowerPoint format) that you can show to parents to let them know how they can get positively involved in their child's sport. 

Good-practice guidance from the NHS on heat health. It lists risks and actions to consider when planning sports events.

This briefing highlights things that should be considered when taking children and young people away on trips – such as travel, ratios and insurance.

Running events in public spaces can present a variety of additional safeguarding challenges, including security and photography. This briefing will help your organisation identify and address potential issues.

This guidance highlights what you need to consider when recruiting chaperones to provide care for children and young people at training, events and competitions. 

An essential safety checklist for sports organisations that are planning trips away overnight and internationally. 

A risk-assessment template to help you identify the risks and implement appropriate controls to help ensure a safe environment at your activity.

This briefing discusses the additional considerations that you should plan for when going on overnight trips or travelling internationally with children and young people in your sports organisation