Safeguarding & Protecting Children in Sport Standards
Tyne & Wear Sport achieved the Preliminary Level of the NSPCC CPSU Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport in 2004, and the Intermediate Level in April 2008. We are currently working towards achieving the Advanced Level, and hope to achieve this by December 2008. The standards have been developed in order to help safeguard and protect children and young people in sport.
The standards provide a national benchmark of good practice for sports organisations to work towards, to help those involved in sport to make informed decisions, promote good practice and challenge practice that is harmful to children. They raise awareness and help organisations know what they need to do to protect children involved in sport and to minimise avoidable risks. When implemented fully they should provide parents and carers with increased confidence and peace of mind. Most important of all, they should help create safer environments for children, where they can enjoy and get the very best from their involvement in sport.
Sport England has made working towards achieving the standards a condition of grant aid and they are mandatory for County Sport Partnerships and National Governing Bodies of Sport.
The areas covered in the standards include Policy; Procedures & Systems; Prevention; Codes of Practice & Behaviour; Equity; Communication; Education & Training; Access to Advice and Support; Implementation & Monitoring; and Influencing.
More information about Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting.
