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Missing children and young people at sports events: procedure and flowchart

Topics: Safeguarding standards Trips, events and travel Type: Policies

Steps to take if a child goes missing at your sports event - sample procedure from the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit.

Guidelines on transporting a child or young person in your car

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Best practice

This briefing highlights best practice for adults when transporting children to and from sporting activities.

Safe sport events, activities and competitions

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Tools

This resource will help you to meet the safeguarding responsibilities for your event and to promote the wellbeing of all the young participants, volunteers and officials.

Managing weather related risks at events

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Best practice

Advice about reducing the risks posed by unexpected or adverse weather conditions at children's sports and activities.

Risk-assessment template for activities

Topics: Trips, events and travel Community and school sports Type: Forms

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

Safety checklist for overnight trips and international travel

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Forms

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

Lost or found child form

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Forms

A sample form to be used when a child goes missing or is found alone at a sports event.

Events held in public parks and spaces – additional safeguarding considerations

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Best practice

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.

Event safeguarding checklist

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Forms

A planning checklist for sports organisations to ensure they meet all their safeguarding requirements when running events and activities for children and young people.

Away day trips

Topics: Trips, events and travel Type: Best practice

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