Resource library

This article informs those in the sports sector about the recommendations resulting from a review of athlete welfare in elite 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.

This NSPCC report compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the four nations in the UK for 2018.

This report, which is part of the UEFA Children's Foundation charity award project, focusses on how young people in sport view ‘help’, and how the NSPCC service Childline can be there for them.

This report, which is part of the UEFA Children's Foundation charity award project, focussed on the worries young people involved in sport might have.

This research article reports on the first large-scale prevalence study on interpersonal violence against children in sport in the Netherlands and Belgium.

This 2013 NSPCC report describes the experiences of 11-12 year olds on social networking sites. It also looks at roles that parents, social network providers and regulation can play to protect them.

This article defines overuse injuries and overtraining syndrome. It looks at how prevalent they are in sport and how to reduce the risks for young athletes.

The CPSU commissioned a report in February 2015, 'Summary of child development ages 8-11 years for the purposes of safeguarding children in sport and leisure facilities' from Dr Vicky Lovett from Swansea University.

NSPCC report about young people’s experiences of childhood abuse, how they disclosed the abuse and what help was available to them.