Safeguarding and Welfare Guide
A comprehensive resource to help you create safe, inclusive, and enjoyable environments in sports clubs and physical activity settings.
Our Safeguarding & Welfare Reference Guide, provides a comprehensive resource to help you create safe, inclusive, and enjoyable environments in sports clubs and physical activity settings.
Whether you are a club welfare officer, a club committee member, a volunteer, a coach or a private instructor/coach, this user-friendly guide can help you make sense of the terminology and provides guidance to help you further safeguard the wellbeing of everyone involved in your club or activity. This guide provides the support and information you need to help when you are drafting or reviewing your policies, addressing a safeguarding concern or requiring the help of an additional service. It also includes a useful checklist for you to see if you have the necessary policies, procedures, insurance and training in place to meet the essentials of safeguarding.
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