Physical contact and young people in sport
This briefing provides guidance on the appropriate use of physical contact between adults and young people in sports activities.
Preventing abuse of positions of trust within sport
This briefing defines abuse of trust within a sports context, outlines relevant legislation and highlights recommended best practice.
Sample accessible player registration form
Sample form for sports organisations. A good-practice example developed by the Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Serivce, Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust.
Involving young people in mixed-aged sport or activity
This briefing recommends best safeguarding practice for sports organisations that involve participants from mixed age groups.
Supervising children and young people's sport and activities
This briefing offers guidance on appropriate staffing and supervision ratios of adults to participants when planning and running sports activities.
Safeguarding Youth Sport – booklet
This booklet marks the end of the European project Safeguarding Youth Sport (SYS), managed by the International Centre for Ethics in Sport in close collaboration with 10 partners from 8 EU member states.
Involving young people in consultations
How involving children and young people in consultations helped Cumbria's CSP analyse its School Games safeguarding practices.
Recruiting coaches and other staff from overseas
This briefing offers information and guidance on safeguarding considerations and recruitment processes that should be put in place when recruiting staff from overseas.
Managing challenging behaviour
This briefing provides practical guidelines for managing challenging behaviour from children and young people in sports activities.
Safe recruitment and selection procedures
This briefing provides organisations with guidance on developing effective recruitment and selection procedures.