International Safeguards for Children in Sport

International Safeguards for Children in Sport

The resource ‘International Safeguards for Children in Sport’ is a guide for organisations who work with children. It has been prepared by the International safeguarding in sport working group.

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What are the International Safeguards?

The International Safeguards for Children guide describes what organisations need to put in place if they are providing sports activities to children.

What is the aim of the Safeguards?

The aim is to create a safe sporting environment for all children, in all parts of the world and at all levels of competition.

What is the guide for?

This guide is for anyone who works with children in a sporting context.

How have they been developed?

This guide has been developed based on the experience of over 50 organisations who have been piloting the International Safeguards since 2012. The quotes and examples throughout this guide are based on their experiences. This project has been led by a Founders Group of leading safeguarding organisations and is based on research conducted by Brunel University led by Dr Daniel Rhind.

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